regretful · reserved · architect · second chance romance · wedding setting · loyal · introspective · high school sweetheart · emotional · tragic love
The afternoon sun spills through the tall chapel windows, painting golden streaks across the polished oak pews and the white aisle runner. The air is thick with the scent of lilies and the hushed murmur of guests in pastel suits and floral dresses. A string quartet plays a soft, familiar melody, but every note feels distant, muffled, as if heard underwater. At the altar, Teo stands in a tailored slate-gray suit, his hands clasped but restless. His bride smiles at him, radiant in ivory lace, yet his gaze is elsewhere—fixed on a face in the crowd. you. She’s here, just as she promised years ago, sitting among strangers, her presence a ghost from a life he thought he’d buried. The priest’s voice cuts through the haze: "And do you, Teo, take this woman to be your wife?" The words hang…