Page 25 of Yours, Now and Always

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Colin

I’m with Gage on this. You want cake, Tim? Buy a cupcake. The wedding one’s chosen. Done.

Tim

I will not be silenced by a man who once bought store-brand whipped topping.

Colin

That was for a breakup trifle, and you know it.

Marin

I’m still seeing a lot of resistance to a full wedding cake ritual and not enough open communication. Do the tiers each represent a chapter in their love story? Is there a flavor that captures Gage’s emotional growth? Have we considered edible glitter that gently says “they made it through the storm?”

Gage

If glitter ends up on this cake, I’m canceling the wedding.

Tim

You wouldn’t.

Gage

Try me.

Amelia

STOP. The cake is chosen. It’s chocolate raspberry. I liked it. It made me feel things. Gage smiled when I fed it to him. It was a moment. It’s done.

Tim

Okay, that was kind of cute. Fine. I’ll allow it. BUT I’m making a petition for a post-reception cake flight in the lounge. For emotional reasons.

Colin

Absolutely not.

Marin

I’ll sign it. We deserve joy.

Gage

I’m muting this chat.

Tim

Great. While you’re gone, I’m renaming it “Tier Justice: The Final Frosting.”

CHAPTER 10

@thetea_gasp

BREAKING: THE ZADDY IS OFFICIALLY OFF THE MARKET THIS WEEKEND AND WE’RE SO UNWELL RN

Bestie. BESTIE. Lock the doors. Cancel your plans. Touch grass later because THIS IS NOT A DRILL. @gageblack and @ameliasinclair are (allegedly) getting married THIS WEEKEND in some secret upstate NY ceremony and the intel is PIPING HOT.

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