Excerpt from Chapter 2 of my fanfic tribute to Brokeback Mountain: During Alma Junior's wedding ceremony, Ennis discovers that although Jack is physically dead he isn't gone or even very far away. They silently exchange vows. The entire chapter can be found at the link.
The minister asked Alma and Curt to join hands for reciting the marriage vows.
Jack and I should have said our vows to each other, he thought, momentarily forgetting whoever it was who apparently found him so interesting. That summer 21 years ago, with the crows and coyotes as witnesses…. After that second night together, with the firelight on his face, when he said ‘it’s alright’ and pulled me into his arms. Alma and Curt faced each other and the minister started reciting the standard words that everyone was already familiar with.
"I, Curt, take you, Alma…"
I, Ennis, take you Jack…
"to be my wedded wife…"
to be my beloved partner…
"to have and to hold from this day forward…."
to have and to hold, from the very beginning….
"for better, for worse…."
for better, for worse….
"for richer, for poorer…"
for richer, for poorer…
Ennis gasped and jumped as he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder; causing both Alma and Monroe to give him puzzled looks. Without thinking, he shifted his weight in the pew and looked around quickly; but Alma’s mother and sister, in the pew behind him, were looking at Alma and Curt. Even before the unseen hand slipped down his left arm and clasped his left hand he knew, against all logic and common sense, whose it was. He shifted his left arm slightly so that his forearm was lying flat against Jack’s invisible one.
Jack and I should have said our vows to each other, he thought, momentarily forgetting whoever it was who apparently found him so interesting. That summer 21 years ago, with the crows and coyotes as witnesses…. After that second night together, with the firelight on his face, when he said ‘it’s alright’ and pulled me into his arms. Alma and Curt faced each other and the minister started reciting the standard words that everyone was already familiar with.
"I, Curt, take you, Alma…"
I, Ennis, take you Jack…
"to be my wedded wife…"
to be my beloved partner…
"to have and to hold from this day forward…."
to have and to hold, from the very beginning….
"for better, for worse…."
for better, for worse….
"for richer, for poorer…"
for richer, for poorer…
Ennis gasped and jumped as he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder; causing both Alma and Monroe to give him puzzled looks. Without thinking, he shifted his weight in the pew and looked around quickly; but Alma’s mother and sister, in the pew behind him, were looking at Alma and Curt. Even before the unseen hand slipped down his left arm and clasped his left hand he knew, against all logic and common sense, whose it was. He shifted his left arm slightly so that his forearm was lying flat against Jack’s invisible one.
Chapter 2: http://talkstocoyotes.livejournal.com/523.html
Interior of the church used as the setting for Ennis' wedding in the film
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