#siegfried x audrey (background)

[starry-on-ao3]

'See you at the end of the aisle' - chapter 5

The final installment in my 'How long have you felt this way?' Tristan/Richard series ✨

Summary: It's a busy weekend for Skeldale house: with Siegfried and Audrey's wedding just around the corner, Edward visits Darrowby with Paddy to celebrate the happy day. Meanwhile, Tristan has a very important question for Carmody.

A little snippet for you all :)

It was just a door, no more interesting than any other door in this grand house - but one which, had it not broken in the specific way it did, could have changed the course of his and Tristan's lives forever - if that handle hadn't broken, they wouldn't have gotten locked in that storage room; if that hadn't happened, perhaps their animosity would have lasted for longer, delaying their friendship and their eventual courtship (if that even would have still happened); if they hadn't gotten as close as they did, when they did, would Carmody have written a research proposal ensuring his swift return to Darrowby? Would Tristan have confessed his feelings last Christmas? Would they be together now? His mind boggled, preferring not to think of all the eventualities; it was too painful to bear, the idea of Tristan not being in his life in the way he currently was: Carmody's best friend, partner, co-worker, confidant, and so, so much more. With this man - this silly, eccentric, wonderful, beautiful man - was Carmody's most treasured place on this earth. The safe sanctuary of their bedroom, and of Skeldale House, and of the budding life they were building together was a matter purely sacred to his heart.

The only song I will recommend for this chapter :)