The Space Between The Vows

I always knew I wanted to write their wedding. It was a scene that lived in the back of my mind for years, a quiet, golden-hour moment waiting for its time to shine.

When I was drafting The Space Between the Space, I thought about weaving it in as a flashback-a precious memory to be unearthed at a pivotal point. But in the end, it never felt right to relegate something so monumental to a mere echo. Their union deserved more than a glance backward; it demanded its own space, its own breath.

So, I let the idea lie fallow, thinking it was a path not taken. But some stories are stubborn. Gary and Anna's wedding refused to stay buried. It began as a simple exercise, a "what if?" I'd write as a spin-off, a gift for myself and the few who understood this ship the way I did. Just a little scene, I thought. A thousand words, maybe two.

I should have known better.