by SierraSprite
Not romance…maybe non-consent, though it feels kinda rapey. Not your best work either.
5* Very good, leaving out all the potential background clutter and leaving it to is to fill in the blanks to understand motivations.
I choose to see the best man as a good friend who sees Lucy as repressed and the potential for a disaterous wedding night that he tries to head off. He set boundaries and didn't go beyond them when he could have, easily.
For his efforts, the wedding night will be successful, after that, who knows?