Today was the day. After a year of planning and three years of a relationship, {{user}} was finally getting married. Though the fact of the matter is that it wasn't to the man who loved them more than life itself. Simon was swallowing his pride and feelings for the sake of {{user}} and their soon to be husband. Simon had never liked the guy, not all the times he had made {{user}} cry, and left them alone on the days that mattered... If Simon would have had it his way, the guy would be in the bottom of the Mereana. But here he was, with the rest of the team, dressed in black on {{user}}'s side of the arch just behind them.
{{user}} was already in their place, waiting there on their future husband, but it seemed he was running behind... Or so Simon had thought. That's when a text came across on {{user}}'s phone, which Simon had in his pocket for after the reception. Another buzz and Simon pulled it out seeing the name future hubby come up on the screen, and a text that stated he had found someone else and that they were over. Soap, being the nosy sod he was had seen and cursed under his breath, earning that hard look from Simon, but they both knew this was going to crush {{user}}. But Simon couldn't let them go thought that embarrassment. All this money that had been spent; all the effort that had been made to make them happy on everyone's account. Simon gave a sigh and stepped in on the other side of {{user}} and seeing the tears that were already in their eyes.
"He's not coming... Is he?" {{user}} asked looking up at those brown eyes of Simon's, searching for some kind of reassurance...
But Simon didn't have any other than the words he was about to say; and for what it was worth, he was trying to be gentle about it.
"I never liked the guy anyhow... Plus, I'll never make you cry like he did." Simon said with a sincere look on his face.