Straightjacket Feeling - Pearlet [Chapter 13 - Final]
A/N - The final chapter is here! This was originally meant to be a chapter and a short epilogue but honestly I’ve lost the will to live with this fic so I just want it to be over now! Hope you’ve enjoyed! The rest of Wilting Flowers will be being posted soon :)
Chapter 13
Crawling Back to you.
Matt was getting dressed when Jason woke up the next morning. He looked like a man that was imminently going to be led to his death, not a man getting married today. Jason took a second to just watch him. He wanted to take him all in, the way he looked, the way he moved, every inch of him. He sighed lightly, this was so fucking hard knowing he wasn’t going to see Matt again but he knew it would be for the best in the long run.
‘Planning on running out on me again?’ Jason croaked and Matt spun around to look at him a little guilty.
'I thought it might be easier that way you know? I don’t know if I can do the whole long drawn out goodbye thing. Not with you.’ Matt shrugged sadly. Jason slipped out of the bed and put his boxers on.
'But I haven’t even given you your wedding present.’ He went to his wardrobe and rummaged in the back.
'Jay you should not have gotten me a wedding present.’ Matt sighed. Jason pulled out a tattily wrapped gift and blew dust off of it.
'Well it’s more of a belated graduation present actually. I’ve had this wrapped up for five years, we were on such bad terms when you graduated I didn’t want to give it to you. But here.’ Jason’s hands were shaking as he handed it over to Matt. Matt’s hands were shaking too as he gently tore the paper away. A smile sprang to his lips and tears to his eyes as he looked at the item in his hands. He looked back at Jason.
'You got me the Pearl Liaison tank top I asked you for.’ A small tear rolled down his cheek.
'Not exactly. That’s mine. I couldn’t afford to buy you one back then.’ Jason laughed a little but it was a sad laugh. Matt held the garment close to his chest.
'Thank you.’ He sniffed.
'Never forget me yeah?’ Jason stepped closer and wiped Matt’s tears from his cheeks.
'I couldn’t even if I tried.'
'Be happy Matt, that’s all I ask for. Always be fucking happy ok?'
'I’ll try Jay, I’ll really try.’ Matt pressed his lips to Jason’s in a magical yet sad kiss.
'Goodbye Matthew.’ Jason sniffed feeling his tears brimming. Matt nodded sadly and stroked Jason’s cheek one last time.
'Goodbye Jason.’
'Matt?’ Jason sniffed.
'Yes Jason?'
'Do you think there’s an alternate universe somewhere where an alternate Jason and Matt made things work?’ His lip quivered. Matt smiled through his tears.
'God I hope so pumpkin, and I hope they are deliriously happy together.'
'I’m sure they are.’ Jason croaked. Matt made his way to the door and opened it but before he stepped out he turned back to Jason.
'Oh and by the way, a Violet Kiss is just equal parts amaretto and cherry liquor, topped up with coke and tiny dash of lime. You know, in case you’re ever missing me.’ Matt smiled sadly.
'That’s it?’ Jason chuckled a little. 'All these years that’s been driving me crazy and that’s all that’s in it?’
'I never said it was special.’ Matt shrugged. Jason bit his lip.
'It was to me.’ He whispered.
'Then my work here is complete.’ Matt sniffed. Clutching his present in his arm he blew Jason a kiss and closed the door on them forever, both physically and metaphorically. Jason collapsed and cried in a ball on the floor. Pain consumed his entire body and it didn’t take long for his eyes to flutter closed as the world closed in on him.
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Matt managed to sneak into the grand old building without anyone noticing. He’d found the suite where his tux was waiting for him. He’d showered and changed and was working on his tie when the door flung open.
'Oh my fucking god where the hell have you been?’ Jake yelled, slapping him on the back. 'I’ve been calling, I’ve been calling everyone you fucking know! Where the fuck did you disappear to last night? I’ve been having to lie to Court, I had to tell her that yes we had a great night last night and yes Matt’s feeling fine and no he’s not nervous at all. I almost didn’t think you were going to show!’ Jake fumed. Matt rolled his eyes and continued to work on his tie in the mirror.
'I almost didn’t.’ He shrugged.
'That’s cold feet. You’ll be fine. Are you gonna tell me where you were?'
'It’s not cold feet Jake.’ Matt turned to face his friend. 'I don’t love her.'
Jake pulled a face, shaking his head.
'Nerves dude, that’s all. Don’t be crazy. And stop ignoring my ques-’
'I’m not being crazy! I don’t fucking love her! I don’t think I ever have.’ Matt sighed, getting agitated with his tie he tugged it off and threw it to the floor.
'What the hell is going on? Where were you last night?’
'I was with someone else!’ Matt blurted out even though he wasn’t sure he’d meant to say that.
'What the fuck?’ Jake gasped. 'No way man you’re lying.'
'Why would I lie about that?’ Matt raised his eyebrow at him. 'I was with someone else, I’m in love with someone else! Fuck I don’t know what I was thinking proposing to Court! I’ve always loved him, I’m such an idiot! I can’t go through with this, I need to speak-’
'Him?’ Jake cut him off when he realised what he’d said. Matt froze. Had he just come out? He hadn’t meant to let that slip.
'Uhm…well the thing is…’
'Oh my god.’ Jake stopped him again. 'It’s Jason isn’t it?’
'What?’ Matt scoffed. 'No, why would you think that?’
'It all makes so much fucking sense now.’ Jake mused. 'I’ve always seen the way he looks at you but I thought it was just some crush. That night you hit him, he was said something about you not seeming straight and something about your dick! He vanished last night but we assumed he’d gone home. And he was the only person I called last night that didn’t answer. You were with Jason!’
'Fuck.’ Matt shook his head. 'Yeah, yeah I was.'
'You and Jason?’ Jake looked dumbfounded. 'How long?'
Matt fell to one of the chairs in his suite and ran his fingers through his hair.
'It feels like forever.’ And then he told Jake the whole story from the beginning right up until their painful goodbye this morning.
'Holy shit.’ Jake exhaled when Matt was done. 'I had no fucking idea.’
'That was kind of the point. But he doesn’t want me anymore Jake, I told him to just say the word and I would leave Courtney but he said he couldn’t forgive me after I hit him and I don’t blame him. So now I’m never going to see him again, and it’s fucking killing me.’
'This is a lot to take in.’ Jake exhaled heavily again and stared at Matt. 'You know you can’t marry Court right? It’s not fair on either of you.’
'I know.’ Matt bit his lip. 'I need to find her and talk to her.'
'I’ll be here when you come back.’ Jake patted his friend on the shoulder as he got up.
'Thanks Jake.'
'What are friends for?'
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Matt felt like he had the weight of the entire world on his shoulders as he went in search of Courtney. He felt fucking horrible, he was going to break her heart on their wedding day. But he knew if he didn’t do it now, he would regret it the rest of his life. Jason had been right, just because he didn’t want him, didn’t mean he had to marry Courtney. He wished he realised that before today, anything would have been better than being the guy that left his fiancé on their wedding day. But he couldn’t live a lie anymore. He came to a stop outside the door to Courtney’s suite. He took a few really deep breaths. His hands were shaking. He just hoped when he came face to face with her he didn’t lose his nerve. He knocked on the old oak door.
'Court, it’s me. We really need to talk. I know its bad luck and all that bullshit for me to see you but this can’t wait.’ He opened the door. His heart stopped beating. Matt felt a white hot rage burning inside of him in an instant. His vision blurred a little; sounds around him became distant. The walls felt like they were closing in on him.
'Matt, oh my god!’ Courtney exclaimed although Matt couldn’t really hear her. Her cheeks turned red as she pulled her panties up and her beautiful off-white vintage wedding dress down. The other man in the room turned his back Matt, presumably tucking away his dick that had just been inside Matt’s fiancé. 'Matt, say something.’ Courtney spoke again but Matt still didn’t hear her. He felt nauseous all of a sudden and he bolted from the room towards the nearest exit. He threw himself outside, a wave of fresh air hitting him. He doubled over and vomited in the grass several times. Courtney was having an affair. Courtney was fucking some guy on their wedding day. And Matt knew he had no right to be mad, he was just as bad as she was. Once he’d emptied his stomach of its contents he fell back to the steps he’d just run down and lit a cigarette. He felt oddly numb. He heard the door open behind him and he felt her sit down next to him. He said nothing. He didn’t even look at her.
'I’m so sorry Matt.’ She was crying. Matt couldn’t bring himself to.
'Who is he?’ Matt’s voice sounded devoid of any emotion, creepily robotic.
'My yoga instructor.’ She sniffed.
'How long?’
'Does it matter?’
'How long?’ He repeated as though he hadn’t heard her. He heard her blow her nose before she spoke.
'I don’t know, a few months I guess. After you proposed you became so weird and distant. I thought any day you were going to tell me you’d changed your mind. You didn’t take an interest in the wedding plans, you were always out at the bar with the guys and even when you were home you weren't really there. I needed someone and that’s when I met Diego.'
Matt continued dragging on his cigarette, staring straight ahead. Courtney had no idea what he was thinking.
'I guess that makes us even then.’ He croaked, he sounded like he’d swallowed sand paper.
'What do you mean?’ She put her hand on his leg and finally turned to look at her.
'I’ve been cheating on you too.’ He told her in such a dead pan fashion. He hadn’t been planning on telling her why he was leaving her because he didn’t think it was fair to tell her the gory details. But it didn’t matter now. 'With a man.'
Courtney gasped and put her hands to her face.
'What?’ She was staring at him wide eyed in shock. Matt took another drag.
'Jason.’ He told her again in such a robotic way. Courtney gasped again and shook her head.
'No, this is a joke right?’ Her mascara was running down her cheeks and her false eyelash looked as though it was going to come loose. Matt simply shrugged.
'Nope, no joke.’ He tossed the cigarette but lit another one immediately after.
'Oh my god.’ Courtney muttered. 'Well that’s ok, so we’ve both done some bad things. Like you said we’re even now, so it doesn’t mean we can’t get still get married right?’ She forced a smile and took hold of Matt’s free hand.
'I don’t love you.’ Matt said with another shrug and pulled his hand free. 'I’m in love with Jason. Always have been.’ He turned away from her and looked out into the distance again. 'I was coming to tell you that it was over.’
'You were going to end things on our wedding day?’ She sounded outraged, Matt just scoffed.
'That’s worse than you fucking another guy on our wedding day?'
'We can work this out Matt, I love you.'
'You’re not listening to me!’ Suddenly Matt found himself raising his voice. 'I love Jason! I need Jason! Jason is the only person I’ve ever felt this way about and I actually feel as though I am dying inside not being able to be with him. I was so concerned about you finding out about us that I punched him just so he wouldn’t confess anything. And because of that he never wants to see me again. I pushed him too far! I’m nothing without him. He means the whole fucking world to me and I messed everything up.’ He tried to stand up but he felt too weak and he collapsed to the grass in tears. Courtney came over to his side, lifted her dress a little and knelt next to him.
'I had no idea.’ She cautiously rubbed his back as he sobbed.
'You weren’t supposed to. It’s too fucking late, I ruined everything. I can’t even put into words what that man means to me, he is literally my everything. He is my ray of light of a cloudy day, he’s the anchor that helps steady me when things get rough. He’s my sun and my moon and all the fucking stars in the sky and I fucked it all up because that’s just what I do isn’t it?’ He was yelling a little but the anger was directed at himself. 'You don’t want to hear all this, I’m sorry.’ He shook his head. Courtney continued to rub his back.
'It’s not great hearing the man you were about to marry talking about the person he loves no, but I care about you Matt, I only want you to be happy.’ She cupped his face and wiped his tears away. 'Maybe I should have known. There’s always been something between you and Jason, and I always had a slight suspicion that you were never fully in this. Is it because of Jason you were so upset when we first met?’
Matt bit his lip and nodded.
'Look Matt, maybe we were destined to fail from the beginning. I guess we were never meant to be together. And that hurts because I do love you, but I think you need to tell Jason how you feel about him.’
'He knows.’ Matt wailed. 'And he doesn’t care.'
Courtney half-smiled at him and pointed at something over his shoulder.
'I wouldn’t be so sure.’ She whispered. Matt swallowed and turned to look over his shoulder. Jason was stood awkwardly scuffing his shoe in the grass. Matt turned to look at Courtney who gave him an encouraging nod.
'I’m not going to stand in your way anymore Matt.’ She stood up and helped him up and kissed his cheek. 'Don’t make all this for nothing.’ She whispered in his ear and then although it hurt like hell, she left them alone. Matt wiped his tears on the sleeve of his suit jacket before turning back to look at Jason.
'You’re wearing a suit.’ Matt croaked.
'Yeah well I thought jeans and a tank were too casual for a wedding.’ Jason shrugged.
'I thought you weren’t coming?'
'I wasn’t but I couldn’t stop feeling guilty. We’ve been friends a long time now and it didn’t seem fair for me not to be here. I had to put all my feelings aside and tell myself that no matter what I knew you wanted me here. Even if it killed me to do so.’ Jason sighed.
'How did you know I was here?’ Matt raised an eyebrow at him.
'The alters like right there.’ He pointed behind the building. 'We could hear crying and stuff but I think everyone was too polite to say anything about it. And then Jake comes down in a panic looking for you. He told me you were going to leave Courtney. And that’s when I realised it was you I could hear crying.’ Jason shrugged. 'You left her?’
'Yeah. Well I mean I was going to leave her but then I walked in on her fucking Diego the yoga instructor and it all kind of fell apart. I told her about you, I told her everything.’
'I know I heard.’ Jason scuffed his shoe in the grass again. 'Did you mean all those things you said about me?’ He asked shyly.
'Of course I fucking did! That stuff I said doesn’t even scratch the surface of how I feel about you! Since the day I first laid eyes on you Jason, I was captivated. I had no idea what it was about you, but I always knew there was something. It was like magic, this spark ignited inside of me every time I looked at you. It still does.’ Matt stepped closer to Jason and took hold of his hands. He felt them shaking as held them. 'Jason, I know I don’t deserve your forgiveness. What I did to you, there is no excuse for that. But do you think that maybe, in time you could grow to forgive me?’ Matt was staring intently at Jason and Jason felt a tremble down his spine.
'No.’ Jason sighed. 'Because the truth is, I’d already forgiven you.'
'What? But…you said-’
'I know.’ Jason cut him off. 'I know what I said but it was a lie. When you told me you’d leave Courtney for me, I didn’t believe you. I didn’t want to say yes, leave her and be with me because I didn’t think you ever would. I didn’t want to set myself up for a fall again.’ Jason shrugged, his bottom lip quivering a little.
'I would have done it. I have done it.’ Matt squeezed his hands. 'Be with me. I love you Jason and I can’t bear to be apart from you for another minute. I’ve got a lot of making up to do, all those years of lost time to account for. But I want to spend the rest of my life showing you just what you mean to me.’ Matt let go of Jason’s hands and cupped his face gently. A tear escaped Jason’s eyes.
'I’ve waited to hear you say that for so long.’ He sniffed as Matt’s thumb wiped away the tears. 'No more games? No more fucking bullshit drama? If we’re doing this, I’m in it for keeps Matt. If you want me, you better never fucking let me go.'
'Never ever.’ Matt smiled and threw his arms around Jason’s neck pulling him in to the most passionate kiss either of them have ever had.
'I love you pumpkin.’ Matt stroked Jason’s cheek when the kiss broke.
'I love you too Matty.’
Crawling back to you.
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'I still don’t think this is fair.’ Jason sighed sipping his fruity cocktail as he stretched out on his sun lounger. 'This was supposed to be Courtney’s honeymoon too.’
Matt sat up and dug his toes in the warm sand.
'You’ve been going on about this for almost two weeks Jay.’ He chuckled reaching over to stroke his boyfriends arm. 'She gave up the right to a honeymoon when I caught her fucking Diego the day of our wedding.’
'Oh 'cos you’re so innocent?’ Jason teased sitting up also. 'May I remind you that you were fucking me the night before your wedding?’
'Yeah well I paid for the honeymoon so I think I should get to take who I want.’ Matt leaned forward and kissed Jason.
'Hmm ok.’ Jason gave in. 'What do you want to do today? It’s our last full day, I thought maybe we could go on a boat trip or go scuba diving or something?’ Jason put his hands on Matt’s thighs. 'Or…we could spend all day fucking in as many places as possible?’ His eyes went dark with lust. Matt bit his lip, God he would like that a lot. But he had things to do.
'As much as I would love to fuck you all over this island, I have some things I need to take care of.’ Matt kissed him softly before standing up and putting his t-shirt on.
'Things? What things? We’re on vacation!’
'I know, I know. It’s kind of a surprise though so if I told you, it would ruin it.'
'You’re leaving me alone on our last day?’ Jason pouted.
'It’ll be worth it I promise.’ Matt stroked his hair and kissed his head. 'Meet me back here at sunset.'
'Vague.’ Jason rolled his eyes. 'Ok, I guess I’ll just work on my tan.'
'We’ve been here two weeks and you’re still as pale as the day we left babe. I think you could sunbathe on the actual sun and not get a tan.’ Matt laughed and Jason slapped his ass.
'Not all of us can be beautiful sun kissed gods like you.'
'It’s true.’ Matt beamed. 'I’ll see you this evening ok? Behave.’ He bowed his head and kissed Jason again. Jason grumbled and fell back to the lounger as Matt walked away. He didn’t like secrets, god knows they’d kept enough of them over the years. He felt a little uneasy. He sipped his cocktail and tried to ignore it.
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After a day of sitting on the beach and catching absolutely no sun on his pale skin Jason went back to their beach bungalow. Over the last two weeks they had christened every inch of this bungalow; it would probably have to be sterilised once they left. When he reached the room there was a clothes bag hanging on the door. Jason frowned and took it inside. He laid it on the bed and saw the handwritten note pinned to it.
Put this on and meet me down by the shore. Tonight will be a night you never forget pumpkin.
Jason blushed, he always did when Matt called him pumpkin. He unzipped the clothes back and inside was a pair of white linen trousers and a matching white linen jacket. Jason frowned a little, he certainly wouldn’t have picked this out for himself. But Matt wasn’t here for him to argue about it. He showered and tried on the trousers, they didn’t look as bad as he thought they would if he were honest. He scrutinised the jacket.
'What am I supposed to wear under it Matt?’ He muttered under his breath, shaking his head. He decided on his Violet Chachki tank top as it was black and not overly gaudy and worked well with the rest of the outfit. He tied his hair back in a bun and decided to go barefoot, he was going to miss the feeling of the sand beneath his feet when they went home and he wanted to make the most of it.
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As the sun began to set Jason nervously left the bungalow. He had no idea what to expect and it made his stomach churn in anticipation. He made his way back down to their secluded spot on the beach they had spent most of their time on for the past two weeks. He stopped frozen to the spot for a second when he got there. There was an illuminated path of candles down the beach coming to a stop a wooden archway by the shore. The archway was covered in violets and underneath it stood a few faces he recognised and one he didn’t. Jason’s whole body was shaking as he walked between the two rows of candles towards Matt. Matt had a large smile on his face and he wore matching linens to Jason and under the jacket he wore the Pearl tank Jason had given him. Jason’s eyes were already welling up as he took in the other people gathered around the archway. On one side Kurtis, Jake and the Brian’s all had similar darker linens on and smiles on their faces. Matt’s parents were on the other side, his mother in a long flowing violet coloured dress and matching bouquet of flowers in her hands and his father had on the same coloured linens as their friends. Next to Matt’s mom was the biggest surprise: Jason’s own mother. She had a matching dress and flowers to Mrs Lent and she had the biggest smile on her face and tears behind her eyes. There was a man Jason didn’t know stood under the arch. He turned to Matt as his tears started to fall.
'No.’ Jason sniffed. 'No this isn’t happening.'
Matt beamed and stepped closer, taking hold of Jason’s hands.
'Some people might think this is too soon and it’s crazy but I don’t care. We’ve been going round and round in circles for almost six years now Jason and honestly, I can’t wait another second to start the rest of my life with you.’ Matt got down on one knee in the sand and Jason’s tears fell heavier. He pulled the ring box from his pocket and opened it. 'Jason Dardo, you are the love of my life, I still don’t know what I did to deserve you. But would you make me the happiest man alive and marry me? Like right now?’ Matt’s own tears had started to fall. The ring was simple yet elegant and it made Jason’s breath catch in his throat.
'You are absolutely insane.’ Jason laughed through his tears. 'But that’s just one of the many things I love about you. Of course I’ll marry you, you dork!’ He screeched. Matt slid he ring on Jason’s finger and Jason pulled him up for a kiss. 'I can’t believe you did all this.’ Jason wiped his tears away before wiping Matt’s. He looked over at his friends who were still smiling at him and then at his mom who was crying now.
'Only the best for you.’ Matt took hold of Jason’s hand and led him towards the archway where the pastor was stood. 'Hang on, I just need to do one thing.’ Matt reached up and gently pulled Jason’s hair from its bun. Jason shook his hair out and Matt was beaming. 'Much better.’ He whispered.
'Ladies and gentlemen we are gathered here today to witness the joining together of Matthew James Lent and Jason Dardo.’ He spoke. Matt squeezed Jason’s hand when he felt the younger boy shaking. 'Do you have your vows?’
'Oh god I knew I’d forget something.’ Matt chuckled. 'I’ll give this a go. I’m not great at thinking on my feet but here we go.’ He took a deep breath and turned to face Jason holding both his hands. 'Jason, I’ve told you this before but from the moment I first laid eyes on you I knew there was something magical about you. It took me a while to figure out that thing I was feeling, was love. But we all know I can be a little slow at times.’ He chuckled so did the others. 'I love you because you make me feel like I have a purpose. You give me a reason to get up in the morning, and that reason is to protect you. I love you because you make me feel alive, you make me feel as though I can conquer anything as long as I’m by your side. I love the way you cling so tightly to me when you’re sad and the way you smile so brightly that you light up entire rooms when you’re happy. Most of all, I love that you are finally mine. We had a lot of ups and down getting here, more downs than ups, but I honestly wouldn’t change a single thing. I think sometimes we have to weather the storm to really appreciate the sun. And you Jason Dardo, are my sun. I love you with every little piece of my being, always have and always will.'
Jason’s tears had come back full throttle as he listened to Matt’s speech. He even heard Kurtis sniff behind him. Jason shook his head and squeezed Matt’s hand.
'You fucking asshole.’ Jason chuckled. 'Sorry mom.’ He added, giving her a soft smile. 'This is never going to sound as good, I’m rubbish with words, we’re not even married and you’re already showing me up.’ Jason wiped his tears and took a few deep breaths to try and calm himself. 'I love you for so many reasons that if I were to say them all we would all die of old age so I’ll try and keep this short and sweet. I love you because you make me feel safe. No matter what happened between us, you’ve always made me feel so, so safe. I always felt like when I’m with you, I’m a better Jason. I’m happier, I’m more confident, I’m just an all-around better version of myself because of you. If I’m being honest, a few weeks ago I had finally lost all hope in us. All these years I’ve clung to this tiny shimmer of hope that one day we’d work this out and we’d be able to be together. But the morning you left me to go to her, I thought that was finally it, that was finally the end of our story. But my mom always used to tell me, it’s not over unless there’s a happy ending. I guess she was right after all. This is the happy ending I’ve always dreamt of, but really, this is just the beginning for us. I love you Matt, and I can’t wait to see what the rest of our story has in store for us.’ Jason was amazed he managed to keep his tears at bay. Matt hadn’t, he was crying now so Jason wiped his tears for him.
'Who has the rings?’ The pastor asked the line of men. Jake and Kurtis stepped forward. Jake handed Matt one of the rings.
'Repeat after me.’ The pastor told Matt what to say. Matt bit his lip and swallowed before repeating his words.
'I call upon these people here present to witness that I Matthew James Lent take you Jason Dardo to be my lawfully wedded husband. I give you this ring as a token of our love and friendship, as a symbol of all that we share and in recognition of our life together.’ Matt slid the ring onto Jason’s finger. 'You’re stuck with me now.’ Matt added and chuckled a little. Jason rolled his eyes but he was smiling.
'Now your turn Jason.’ The pastor motioned for Kurtis to hand Jason Matt’s ring which he did. Jason took a deep breath.
'I call upon these people here present to witness that I Jason Dardo take you Matthew James Lent to be my lawfully wedded husband. I give you this ring as a token of our love and friendship, as a symbol of all that we share and in recognition of our life together. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.’ Jason slid the ring on Matt’s finger.
'In the presence of your friends, family and witnesses it gives me great pleasure to pronounce you husbands. You may now seal your vows with a kiss.'
Jason grinned and grabbed Matt by the collar of his jacket and kissed him hard. Matt wrapped his arms around Jason tightly.
'Alright guys get a room!’ Jake told them as the kiss got a little heated.
'I now present to you Mr and Mr…uhm did you decide on a last name?’ The pastor asked them. Matt and Jason looked at each other for a few moments, communicating with their minds. When they spoke, they spoke in unison.
'Lent-Dardo.’ They chucked as they both spoke.
'Ladies and gentlemen, I now present, Mr and Mr Lent-Dardo.’ Their audience cheered and confetti started raining down on them. Matt squeezed Jason’s hand again and started leading him down the candle lit path.
'Is this really happening? Did we actually just get married?’ Jason sniffed, shaking his head.
'We most certainly did Mr Lent-Dardo.’ Matt let go of his hand and wrapped his arm around his husband’s shoulders.
'I wonder if alternate universe us are this happy?’ Jason mused. Matt pulled him to a stop and cupped Jason’s face.
'Not a chance.’ He kissed him softly. 'There is no one in the universe that is happier than I am right now.’ He played with a strand of Jason’s hair. 'And you want to know the best part?’ Matt lowered his voice.
'What’s that?’ Jason asked him in equally hushed tones. Matt beamed that smile that would never fail to turn Jason’s legs to jelly and he kissed Jason’s cheek before placing his lips really close to the younger boys ear.
'This is only the beginning.'
Crawling back to you.
