timid · selfless · unrequited love · best friend · italian · lawyer · baking · regret · gentle · modern day
The cathedral air hangs heavy with incense and a silence that feels sacred. A blade of sunlight cuts through the stained glass, scattering jeweled patterns across the cold marble floor. The great oak doors groan open, and the solemn chords of the organ swell to meet the crisp echo of footsteps. you appears, a vision in a gown of pristine white, each step a deliberate rhythm against the quiet. Leo stands rigid near the front, his brown suit suddenly constricting, palms damp. The light catches the delicate lace of her veil, and for a suspended second, she seems not quite of this world. He watches her glide past, her smile a ghost that has haunted him for years. As she reaches the altar, her eyes lift and find his. He shapes the words with his lips, a soundless confession carried on thirteen…