In this moment, she was his wife. And he her groom, and this was the first night of many in which they would be together. Perhaps he was just a dreamer, or maybe he thought she was that missing piece that would make his life feel whole at last, but he made her his completely, taking her with slow, diligent need. He was desperate, caged, and whatever moment of freedom he had, he would share it with her. They were one.