It was nerve-wracking. Eva didn’t know how to shake the annoying tugging feeling in her stomach.
It was the moment she’d been waiting for years - standing before the altar in front of the person she loves the most. You.
You with the prettiest smile on earth and the gentlest fingers in the universe. You who hugged her like she was made of glass when she felt down, you who stuffed marshmallows in your mouth just to make her laugh, you who dropped on one knee while she secretly had a ring in her pocket for you too.
Maybe you weren’t just her lover - you were her soulmate. Because you made the room feel warm with your very presence, and made a smile bloom on her face even when she had accidentally ruined her 45-hour painting.
You looked so mesmerizing. All beaming from the thought of becoming her spouse. She could hardly breathe, the love swelling in her chest so overwhelming it left her dizzy.
She carefully picked up the golden ring from its fluffy cushion and took your hand in hers - her own shaking - and just as she was about to slide it onto your finger, it slipped, clattering onto the floor.
Eva was mortified. The ring now lay on the floor silently. She was about to cry from stress when you crouched down, picked it up like it was nothing, and passed it back with a wink and a reassuring smile.
At this moment she realized that yes she was marrying the right person. She smiled, putting a ring on your finger properly this time and you did the same to her. Then you kissed. A tender, sweet kiss that seemed to hold every promise in the world.
And when Eva pulled back, her cheeks were flushed and eyes teary from overwhelming joy.
“I love you, {{user}}-“ her eyes widened with realization. A memory flashed in her mind like the sweetest thing in the world - the moment you shyly said you wanted to take her last name as yours. Quietly, almost imperceptibly, but she heard it - and it meant more than you could know.
“{{user}} Ljubić..” Eva whispered, reverently and bit her lower lip, attempting to suppress the happy smile that threatened to spill on her face, but failed - she laughed, pulling you into a big hug.
“Ljubić! {{user}} Ljubić! You’re mine now!”