collide ➭ matthías haraldsson

LOVE YOU LIKE THAT

"you know how they say you got the real thing
when nothing else matters
i love you like that"

4 YEARS LATER

"I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride"

Matthías held Michelle's hand tighter as they watched Sólbjört and Einar passionately kiss at the altar with their baby, Ylfa, in their arms.

"They really are a cute family" Michelle whispered.

"Not as cute as you" he said making her scoff and blush slightly.

Sólbjört and Einar made their way down the aisle as everyone cheered at the newlywed couple.

"So reception at their house now?" Michelle double-checked with Matthías.

"Yep, you got the gift right?"

"Didn't you bring it?!" Michelle whispered. "I thought we agreed that I'd bring the cake and you the gift?!"

"No you was supposed to bring the cake and I brought Klemens' thong that he forgot at our apartment"

"I still don't understand why he had the thong with him" she sighed. "I guess we're lucky our place is on the way to their house"

"We certainly are, I'd hate to have to give them a used thong as a wedding gift"

-

After a quick detour they arrived at Sólbjört and Einar's house. They walked around the house to the backyard where the reception was held and was greeted by a beaming Sólbjört.

"Michelle! Matthías! I'm so glad you're here!"

"We're glad to be here" Matthías said. "Where should I put our gift?"

"There's a gift-table over there by Ástrós" she said and pointed at Ástrós who waved back. "There's soda on the tables and "grown-up" soda in the kitchen, you should hurry up though, Andrean and Viktor is already there"

"Okay thank you" he said and walked away leaving the two friends alone.

"You looked so gorgeous!" Michelle exclaimed and hugged Sólbjört. "I'm so happy you have Einar"

"I'm happy thar you have Matthías! And you looked even more gorgeous, the maid of honor isn't supposed to outshine the bride!" she said jokingly.

"Did NOT, you looked like a goddess!"

"Haha well thank you, we should probably go to to the others. Ylfa is dying to see her auntie"

-

It was getting late and the reception had calmed down to some extent since all the old relatives had gone home. However, Andrean had found Einar's old bottles of kambucha which everyone seemed to have had waaay too much of. Especially Klemens who was currently "seductively" dancing at the kitchen counters to Beyonce, hopefully Sólbjört snd Einar wouldn't also he left with one of his thongs.

"Hey, do you wanna go outside?" Matthías asked Michelle who was sitting in a couch sipping on some cola.

"Sure" she said and got up from her seat.

Since it was getting darker everybody had gone inside and since Michelle and Matthías didn't particularly like people it was a perfect place to walk around.

They stopped at the middle of the grass and looked up at the luminous sky.

"Wow the sunset is so beautiful" Michelle whispered to herself.

"Uhm...yeah" Matthías said awkwardly. His hands were clenched in the pockets of his fancy suit pants. One pocket being the one holding a small velvet box.

"Michelle?" he said making her turn round to face him.

"Yeah?"

"You know, we've been together for almost four years now and it might've been a little bumpy in the beginning but I love you more than anything"

"I love you too" she said and smiled warmly at him.

"The day you showed up on my doorstep to say you were moving here was the best day of my life, I was so scared that I had lost you"

Michelle frowned in confusion. "Matthías where are you going with this?"

"Losing you would be the worst case scenario. You are the love of my life and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, if you'd let me"

He got down on one knee and fumbled to get the small ring box from his suit.

"Michelle Taylor, will you marry me?" he asked with a look of love and hopefulness in his eyes.

Michelle clutched her hands over her mouth in shock and slowly began to nod as the tears in her eyes were welling up.

"Yes! Of course I will!" she exclaimed tearfully and got down on the grass to throw her arms around his neck while he stood there awkwardly with the ring still out.

"Well, are you going to leave it in the box?"

"Oh!" she said in realization and let go of him to closer inspect the sparkling ring. It was a simple gold band with a round diamond surrounded by smaller ones.

"This is beautiful" she uttered breathlessly.

"I'm glad you think so, Sólbjört helped me pick it out" he confessed. "Let me put it on you"

He carefully picked up the ring from the box and slid it onto her ring-finger.

"That's the wrong hand" Michelle chuckled lightly.

"Oh!" he said and put the ring on her other hand before kissing away the tears that ran down her cheeks.

"I love you" he said and pulled back a piece of her hair behind her ear.

"I love you too Matthías"

THE END