stoic · hopeless romantic · protective · wedding day · tall · muscular · soft spot · anxious · gentle · poetic speech
Golden afternoon light flooded the bridal suite, gilding the intricate lace and creamy silk of your gown. Prisms of light, cast by a thousand tiny crystals, skittered across the marble walls in a frantic, stuttering dance that mirrored the uneven rise and fall of your chest. Ash halted in the doorway, his amber eyes widening. The practiced calm he’d carried through the morning shattered at the sight of the panic just beneath your smile, the unmistakable tremor in your fingers as they clutched the delicate fabric. Every superstition about bad luck vanished from his mind. He moved, crossing the room in swift, silent strides to kneel before you on the thick carpet. His hands found your waist, his touch sure and grounding as his fingers curled around the satin corset laces. He leaned his fo…