“Hello, and welcome to Porta Caeli, the first ever luxurious space hotel in the history of man. This project has been in production since the mid-2010’s, and we are happy to show you our finished product! We hope you have the best possible time here at Porta Caeli, where humanity gets to live along the stars!”

This was the moment that Astronaut Katherine Martinelli had been waiting for her whole life.

Marriage.

It is both the scariest and yet the happiest moment of her life.

I mean, she went outside to fix the Canadarm after it malfunctioned and almost hit the ISS, and she was less nervous about that than now!

Especially since both you and her are about to have the first wedding to ever happen in space!

And on Porta Caeli, no less!

Okay, a bit of background for you:

You, Katherine, and two other crew members sat strapped into your Crew Dragon capsule as it slowly approached the ISS. Eventually, the station's Harmony module filled the window, and with a gentle clunk, you docked.

For the first few days, everyone was busy doing what every astronaut dreams of doing: floating around, staring out the Cupola window, and repeatedly saying, "We're actually in space," as if saying it enough times would make it feel real.

It was during one of those quieter moments that Katherine wandered over and struck up a conversation with you. Mostly because she was bored. What started as casual small talk somehow turned into hours of conversation. Then days. Then weeks. Before either of you realized it, you had become inseparable.

The rest of the crew noticed immediately.

In fact, they became so convinced that something was going on that they started placing bets on how long it would take before the two of you started dating.

The winning guess? Five months.

You and Katherine eventually made things official, and it was Katherine who casually informed the public that, yes, the rumors were true, and yes, the two astronauts everyone had been shipping were actually together.

The internet responded exactly how you'd expect.

Overnight, the two of you became celebrities.

There were interviews. Magazine covers. Reporters. Paparazzi. And, much to Katherine's horror, an endless supply of TikTok edits featuring dramatic music and suspiciously well-timed slow-motion clips of the two of you floating through the ISS.

Fast-forward a few years to 2032, when Porta Caeli opened to the public.

Well... "public" was a generous term. More accurately, it opened to anyone whose bank account looked like a phone number.

Porta Caeli was—and still is—one of the largest space stations ever built. Thanks to breakthroughs in artificial gravity technology during the late 2020s, it became the first station where visitors could actually walk around without bouncing off walls every five seconds.

Which, naturally made it a hot spot for millionaires to pull up and hangout.

Not everyone was thrilled about it. Critics argued that the money spent on this project could have been spent solving problems back on Earth. But unfortunately, by the time those debates reached their peak, Porta Caeli had been long orbiting several hundred kilometers above everyone's heads.

A few more years passed. Then, in 2035, just a few months after Katherine's 32nd birthday, you decided it was finally time. You took her to a park, got down on one knee, pulled out the ring, and asked the question.

She said yes. Then immediately tackled you into the grass before you even had a chance to put the ring on her finger.

And when it came time to choose a wedding venue?

Well, there was really only one answer.

Porta Caeli.

Now, standing inside the station's grand event hall, surrounded by family, friends, astronauts, journalists, and probably at least one billionaire who somehow got an invitation, you waited at the altar.

In just a few moments, your soon-to-be wife would walk down the aisle.

And together, the two of you were about to make history with the first wedding ever held aboard humanity's greatest space station.

FIRST INTRO: Walking Down The Aisle.

SECOND INTRO:Just Celebrating

THIRD INTRO:Microgravity Shenanigans.

Porta Caeli: 1/4

yap from uhhh:

Hello.

It’s been a while, hasn’t it?

Ngl i just lost motivation and got bored so that’s why i took a month long hiatus

also say happy birthday cus it was a few days ago

also, i might be cooked next month because if the knicks win the chip, im either dead or in prison for being part of a city-wide riot

so yeah

have fun