by Evie Bennet
There was hardly any space between us by the time we both declared, “I do.”
“Then I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.”
During the vows, he kissed my hands, and I kissed his wrists.
His hands cradled either side of my face and I went in, our bodies pressed together, breath stolen and promise sealed between our lips.
“Whatever we deny or embrace, for worse or for better…” A cover of our song, Pat Benatar’s “We Belong” started to play in the background, people clapping and standing. I just felt warm, heat blooming on my mouth, spreading everywhere as he moved against me, as I slotted further into him. It was an oil spill of love on my skin. A hurricane, a tornado, every possible disaster turning into something wonderful because I was sharing it with him. I’d be sharing the whole future with him.
There was a whole crowd of people happy for us. “We stand together until the end,” he said in his vows: to the Rattlers and to me and I felt it. Joined, supported, protected, and loved. We all had a future together.
Fingers threading into mine, he studied me warmly. “Ready?”
“For you? Always.”
Elation still buzzing on my lips, I turned, smiling and posing bashfully with my hands on his chest. His heartbeat thumped reassuringly under my fingertips before I slid my hands down to clasp his.
Shivering, rolling his shoulders, Reed smiled at me, hand and heartbeat warm against mine.
We were going to keep getting better. Together. Forever.
“Let’s give a warm welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Reed and Betty Parker!”
The crowd cheered, clasped hands raised along with ours.
As we stepped forward, I grinned at our strange and wonderful celebration down the aisle and into the rest of their lives.
The End
Evie Bennet
Evie Bennet is a romance author earning a Masters of interactive media in the Midwest, where she eats enough cheese it probably seeps into her stories. Although exploring gardens and museums with her husband is one of her favorite ways to decompress, she often immerses herself in narrative worlds to better analyze and contribute to fandoms and fiction.
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