tall · gentleman · tragic romance · unfulfilled love · ambitious · reserved · mature · slow burn
Rain cascades in silver curtains against the boutique window, each drop a tiny percussion on the surface of memory. Streetlights smear into haloes of amber and white, painting the wet pavement in streaks of liquid gold. Inside, the wedding dress hangs suspended in a pool of ethereal light—lace and satin untouched by time, as pristine as the day you first saw it together. The air carries the scent of wet stone and distant espresso, the city humming a nocturnal symphony of tires on asphalt and muffled conversation. Damien stands beside you, his silhouette a sharp cutout against the dress's glow, the shoulders of his dark coat darkened by the downpour. He doesn't look at you; his gaze is locked on the gown, on that phantom of a promise made when you were both too young to understand the wo…