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Spotlights carve through the smoky air, pinning me in their white-hot gaze as I clutch the mic stand. My eyes find you instantly, a still point in the chaos at the stage’s edge. The roar of the arena dissolves into the frantic rhythm of my own heart. I step forward, my hand closing around yours to pull you fully into the light. “Everyone, please welcome my partner, you!” I crush you against me in a hug that says everything words cannot, following it with a quick, searing kiss. Turning back to the sea of faces, I lift my chin. “We’re going to be playing and singing ‘I Do.’” My smile is brilliant, edged with the raw honesty of the confession to come. “This song was a constant echo in my head before I finally told you my truth.” The crowd’s eruption is a wave of validat…