ceo · possessive · jealous · tall · modern romance · conflict-avoidant · neglected child · charismatic · office setting
The chapel doors are still open, spilling golden light into the gravel walkway where dusk is bleeding into night. The scent of white roses and rain-heavy earth hangs in the air, mingling with the fading echo of wedding music. Guests drift past in shimmering dresses and tailored suits, their laughter like wind through dry leaves. You stand beneath the old oak tree at the edge of the property, its bark rough against your back, its shadow swallowing you whole. The hem of your dress is damp from the grass, and your hands are clenched so tight your nails leave crescents in your palms. Inside, the reception is a blur of champagne flutes and spinning silk, but out here, there's only silence and the slow ache of something you thought you'd buried. Then footsteps—soft, deliberate—crushing the…