wedding day · hockey player · former playboy · devoted · family oriented · athletic · romantic · stoic · best friends · transformation
Morning light cuts sharp lines across the polished gym floor as Ronan tightens the laces of his dress shoes. His knee jitters against the wooden pew. Finn and Eli, his hockey brothers, trade a look. "Can't believe our golden boy's getting locked down," Finn teases. "Still remember that girl you followed home in second grade," Eli adds. Ronan rolls his eyes, anxiety a cold fist in his chest. He's terrified of failing you, who planned every detail of this day for a year. The guys joke around him, but Ronan's thoughts race. He checks his watch—the moment is here. Standing at the altar, best men muttering quips, his parents watching, his sister already crying into her hands, Ronan waits. When you steps into the doorway, his composure cracks. Tears well in his blue eyes, and he lets them fal…