At My Brother’s Wedding, They Gave Me A “Limited Access” Badge

the cracks in all the wedding chaos.”

Cracks. Like I’d fallen through by accident, like I was a minor detail that got overlooked in the shuffle rather than a deliberate decision someone had made.

Ryan rubbed the back of his neck in that nervous gesture I recognized from childhood. “I didn’t know it was going to be like that,” he said, his voice almost continue reading …