Then, he looked back at Evric, his husband, his entire universe.
Hand-in-hand, they turned to the crowd and began their walk back down the glass aisle. As the lyrics "I'd climb every mountain and swim every ocean just to be with you" filled the air, the truth of their history, felt absolute.
They had survived the toxicity, the distance, and the doubt. They had survived the storm, and now, they were walking together into the sun.
The applause was deafening, a wall of sound that validated their "together forever." As they passed the rows of chairs, a rain of white rose petals and gold confetti descended upon them, catching in their hair and sticking to their suits. Evric turned to Zayn, his face etched with a level of satisfaction that bordered on reverence.
In the middle of the aisle, Evric stopped. Ignoring the hundreds of eyes on them, he pulled Zayn in and captured his lips in a kiss so deep and emotional that it drew another roar from the crowd.
