That Sacred Arrangement....

[all7seas]

Who: wise_maiden and lists_to_port; We are leaving this log WIDE OPEN. So if you are family or friends, you are invited and may mingle or gossip or be all dressed up or get drunk or do the electric slide or WHAT HAVE YOU. Are there any Wedding Crashers in Luceti? Ha!
What: Wedding
When: Monday afternoon
Where: That spot with the lilacs by the river in that meadow west of the village. You know that spot---we know you know that spot.
Summary: Jack and Raine get married, and everyone ships it hard forever.
Rating: G I expect? It's so hard to tell sometimes.



On the morning of his wedding, Jack sat bolt upright in bed and then vomited onto the floor. Several minutes after that were spent dry-heaving and gasping for breath, and then another several minutes crawling to the bathroom to put his head under the shower. Cold water---it brought back reality and rationality, and erased dreams of being a pirate and dying in some war and having a best mate and a lover who had always been forbidden him---ever since Jack Horner's lesson and the two weeks following it.

Sparrow figured it was a case of wedding nerves. Strange dreams were a new thing for him, after all--normally he slept dreamlessly and woke up alert.

Later, as he stood in the quiet meadow he and Raine had chosen for their ceremony among the fragrant lilac trees, that morning dream was forgotten. Sparrow was calm. Happy. Clean-shaven and dressed in the attire Buffy had picked out for him and eagerly waiting for his beautiful bride.

Comments

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

"The pleasure is mine," she returns the smile and retracts her hand when the shake is finished.

"Are you enjoying yourself?"

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

"Ah, not very used to things like this." Large gatherings of any sort. Weddings in particular. But he looks at ease enough, just by nature.

"You?" Genuinely curious-- he wonders how Jack's family regards this marriage.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

"To be honest? Not really. I think she can do better."

Perhaps Winry shouldn't be saying stuff about her own family member like that, but it's true. She never particularly liked her uncle, whereas she liked and respected Raine.

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

A raised eyebrow, at this bluntness, but there's amusement in the green eye-- honesty never a trait he'd take issue with, that's for certain.

"Ohhh?" He glances at Jack. "He seems determined to do right by her." But the tone is testing, more than defending.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

"It does seem that way, doesn't it? My Mom has confidence in him too, but I'm not sure I buy it. I never really liked him in the first place, though. I might be a bad judge."

She shrugs, finishing off her water. Her eyes look around to see if there is somewhere nearby she can get it refilled. If not? Winry can wait.

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

"Hmmm. I think you're right to be cautious." He follows her glance. "That's all you're drinking? There's food, you know."

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

"Oh - oh no, that's okay. Really, I'm fine," she says as she scratches the back of her neck. To be honest she's watching her 'figure' after she saw her dad expand like a balloon.

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

Little does he know... but he just nods, saying, absently-- "You're not the only one who worries about Jack, either. There seems to be a family history of infidelity, on both sides."

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

"Which is a shame," she sighs, "because they have good kids."

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

"Hm. Or that could just be an unexpected blessing." A little dryly. Then he shrugs. "But no one can know how events will unfold. Time will tell."

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

"We can only hope for the best." She looks to the sky, as if it has answers - or maybe just to catch a glimpse of a bird flying by. Who knows?