"I wanted it to be you."

Alejandro murmurs those words aloud—his voice softer than it's ever been. None of the exhausted rasp he carried audible.

And he did, in fact, want it to be you. He wanted to marry you. But strictness came first, and it held you both back.

He still had the ring he wanted to put on your finger, and the spot he wanted to take you still pre-paid for. He wanted it to be you.