Os Declaro Marido Y Marido -

When they pulled apart, the applause erupted. Someone whistled. Luz threw rice, though she had been explicitly told not to.

They had waited seven years for this. Seven years of secret Sunday afternoons in Javier’s tiny apartment, of holding hands under the tablecloth at family dinners, of the word “amigo” hanging in the air like an unfinished sentence. os declaro marido y marido

Mateo shifted his weight from one foot to the other, feeling the crisp wool of his new suit. Beside him, Javier stood impossibly still, a statue carved from joy. Their hands were clasped so tightly that Mateo could feel both their heartbeats pulsing through his knuckles. When they pulled apart, the applause erupted