“I already call her Mom when she’s not looking,” Leo said, to the room in general.

Maya Sterling sat down on the floor of her own empty house and cried in front of both of them, and did not apologize for it.

They married the following June, outside, at a farm two hours north, with thirty-one people.

Priya gave a toast that was, by common agreement, far too long and very funny.

Vania Costache cried through the entire ceremony.

Desmond Ruiz wore a suit that everybody complimented and that he clearly hated.