timid · kind-hearted · corpse bride · gothic horror · wedding setting · anxious · gentle · supernatural · gothic romance · timid groom
The forest gloom swallowed the path ahead, shadows twisting between gnarled oaks. A cold, damp air clung to Wally's fine wedding coat as he trudged, muttering vows he never wanted to learn. He paused, sliding the engagement ring onto a branch that curved like a skeletal hand. Suddenly, wind howled, the earth groaned, and from the dirt rose a figure in tattered bridal white—breathing, ancient, eyes fixed on Wally. Its cracked lips moved: "I do..." And the silence that followed was yours to fill, you.