Brian held me ever-so-tightly as a breeze drifted over and through us making his white linen shirt billow to expose a glimpse of supple, tanned flesh. I was right, Rakiraki on Fiji’s Sunshine Coast was indeed the perfect place for a commitment ceremony. Blue sky, bluer water, bluest eyes. Raising my chin proudly, I mouthed my new name to the Fiji air—Steven Bartholomew Ferrante-Oldsboro—and squinted as the sunlight bounced off my new platinum and 24-karat-gold wedding band creating a prism of light that turned the tropical skyline into a radiantly happy rainbow. I closed my eyes and arched my back in such a way as to permit the sun and Brian to kiss my skin. Our embrace grew so intense that we fell to the beach and rolled around on the sand like lovers from the alternative ending of From Here to Eternity. How wonderful to be gay and in love and in Fiji. And how wonderful to allow myself a moment during my busy Wednesday morning to succumb to a moment of GRIFF—Gay Relationship In Fast-Forward.
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