The Marriage Life Meme

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marriage life meme
(condensed version)

rules:
* post with your character's name and series in the comment title along with any preferences or notes.
* taggers, go to RNG and roll between 1 and 3, or choose one of the prompt selections down below.
* head back to RNG or go there if you haven't already and roll between 1 and 5, or choose a prompt of your own.
* play out the sequences relevant to that of a married lifestyle.

1. proposal {
1. park - you've been planning this proposal for awhile and have taken your sweetheart to a nice secluded area in the park. are they going to say yes or leave you in the dust?

2. house - dimmed lights, candles, home made dinner. it's obvious you've fixed yourself up for something tonight. let's see if your lover catches on before the question is popped.

3. public event - perhaps you're one who wants to gain a lot of attention; maybe your significant other doesn't as much. either way, this goes from writing their message in the sky with an airplane to something like a flash mob ensemble with others involved.

4. restaurant - nothing romantic like taking them out somewhere ritzy and hiding the rings in that glass of expensive wine.

5. car - you've driven them somewhere nostalgic or meaningful either to you or each other, or perhaps just a good view overlooking the city cause maybe you had no other idea how to do it or couldn't afford anything else.

2. marriage {
1. traditional - both parties have agreed and said yes, and everything goes well just like in the fairy tales you've always dreamed of.

2. arranged - you had no say so in this but somebody else like your parents did. you've never seen this person before until you walk down the aisle. what are your thoughts? are you nervous? what if you two don't get along? looks like you have to deal with it either way. enjoy?

3. elope - nothing fancy. you know, they do make drive thru chapels or perhaps you're just going to experience the excitement of meeting up at the court. all and all, it doesn't matter, just so you have your sweetheart to yourself.

4. shotgun - congrats, somebody is pregnant. there's only one more thing left to do now..

5. disaster - looks like somebody forgot the rings! never mind the fact the maid of honor is having a wardrobe malfunction or that soon to be father in law is causing a scene of some sort.

3. after marriage {
1. honeymoon night - self explanatory! come on, you know what this means. it just wouldn't be the same without this option.

2. new addition - it could be a pregnancy or bringing home a new child, or something as simple as a new pet goldfish.

3. house purchase - after months of living in a trashy apartment, you're both about to sign the dotted line and move into your new place.

4. argument - deep, relationship sort of arguments or something petty like who drank all the milk; it's up to you!

5. divorce - somebody has had enough of this and is ready to move on. how will it all go down?

Comments

2, 3

[captaincocksure]

Ow, ow, owowow, Jesus!

[Jim grits his teeth as Bones digs the last big piece of shrapnel out of his chest. Then there'll be bleeding to stop, three cracked ribs to deal with, some burns to set the dermal regenerator on. But he's fortunate--he made it, unlike so many other men and women down there.

It seems like Bones is always after him for almost dying. But this time, he really did almost die, he came closer to it than he ever has before.

And it's shaken him deeply.

He's been quiet, aside from his cursing and protesting, slightly wide-eyed in his silences. But now he looks up, studying the side of Bones' face as the doctor works on him.]

I don't want to wait any more.

[It's sudden, this declaration, and impassioned. Desperate.]

[aviophobia]

Good for you.

[It's clear Leonard isn't really paying attention to what Jim's saying, too busy applying pressure to the bleeding wound and flailing his free hand for the osteogenerator to take care of the broken ribs. Then his actual words set in, and he he looks up.]

Wait for what?

[captaincocksure]

[Jim blinks a few times-- oh, wait, wait, he just didn't get it.]

Wait to get married. I can't, what if next time--

I don't want to put it off anymore.

[aviophobia]

[He's handed the osteogenerator at that precise moment, so he has to lower his eyes, but there's no hiding the crooked smile that curves his lips as he begins to run it over the broken ribs.]

Speaking professionally, you're going to wait until I put you back in one piece, and we'll see if you need any bedrest. Then we'll see.

[captaincocksure]

We could do it if I needed bed rest. We could do it today, even.

[He winces slightly at the feel of his bones starting to knit themselves back together, taking a slow breath.]

I'm serious, I don't want to wait.

[aviophobia]

You know anyone on this tin can who's ordained? I don't think a captain can officiate his own wedding.

[The osteogenerator done, he reaches for the dermal regenerator, starting to run it along the broken skin.]

[captaincocksure]

Pike's on the Excelsior. They're coming to rendezvous with us in a couple hours.

...Not for this specifically but I could ask.

[aviophobia]

Then ask. You need some bed rest, but I don't see why you can't be on your feet for a low-impact ceremony tonight.

[captaincocksure]

[The look on his face right now, the absolute joy.]

Thank you.

Can I do bed rest in my quarters? I can call him from there, for some privacy.

[aviophobia]

Yeah, that'll be fine.

[He finishes with the dermal regenerator, then straightens up, fingers brushing against Jim's hand as he does.]

I can't help you back to your quarters, but - Ensign Marr! Assist the captain back to his quarters. Jim, comm me when you're settled in.

[captaincocksure]

Okay. Okay, I'll call you. Thank you.

[Poor Ensign Marr, he doesn't know what to do with his Captain, who seems way happier than he ought to be about having cracked ribs and being sent to bed rest.

It's about half an hour later when the communicator panel in the wall of McCoy's office whistles.]

Kirk to McCoy.

[aviophobia]

[He's got just enough time to run back to his office, pressing the button.]

McCoy.

[captaincocksure]

He said yes.

[You can almost hear the grin in his voice.]

He'll be here in about an hour but he's got other things to attend to. He said he'd let you decide when I'd had enough rest.

[aviophobia]

Check in again in a couple hours, let me know how you're feeling. Things are finally slowing down here so they might be able to spare me for a bit.

[captaincocksure]

You got it.

Kirk out.

[A few hours later, Jim summons him to the comm again:]

I actually slept. My side doesn't hurt as bad. I think I could probably manage being on my feet for a while.

[aviophobia]

Okay.

[He takes in a breath, thinking. Where on this tin can is appropriate to get married?

Well. There's one place, and Jim loves it, and he'd never expect McCoy to set foot there.]

Let Admiral Pike know to be at the observation deck in twenty minutes. You too.

[captaincocksure]

On the--

Bones. It's all right, we can do it somewhere else.

[aviophobia]

No, Jim. Twenty minutes, or I'm marrying Pike.

[captaincocksure]

...Jesus, all right. We'll be there.

[They're a few minutes late, but Pike and Jim turn up on the observation desk as directed. Both in dress uniform; Pike had to help Jim into his.]

[aviophobia]

Jim.

[McCoy is already there, in his own dress uniform (Chapel, with a lot of grinning, had helped him with it), and he steps forward to assist the captain.]

[captaincocksure]

[For once, he doesn't let his pride get the better of him; he lets McCoy help him, lets himself lean against him.]

Thank you.

Over there? Where the view is best?

[aviophobia]

If that's what you want.

[He helps Jim over to the spot indicated, where the window overlooks what is, to McCoy, one of the most terrific (in the original sense of the word, meaning fit to excite fear and awe) views anywhere ... ever. The huge void of space spreads out before them, dotted with brilliant points of light. It makes McCoy want to hide in a corner, but Jim loves it, so he's willing to deal with it for now.

For their wedding.]

[captaincocksure]

[This means more to Jim than he can possibly say. It's not just this spot: the one place he comes when he needs solace in solitude, the one place on this ship that never fails to remind him of the sense of awe and wonder that got him up here among the stars in the first place. More than that--it's that McCoy is here, willingly, even though Jim knows he must be ready to crawl out of his skin at the experience.

He leans in once they're in place, pressing his mouth to McCoy's.

Hey, hey, break it up, that goes at the end, Pike scolds, good-naturedly, and Jim grins, sheepish.]

Sorry.

[aviophobia]

[There's a reason McCoy positioned himself away from the actual observational part of the observation deck. His mama raised him right, and though she never said, Len, it's not right to vomit during your wedding, he thinks it was one of those unspoken rules.]

I think that means he's ready, sir.

[captaincocksure]

[I suppose it does.

I assume, due to how quickly this was arranged, you don't have any special readings or vows? I'll just perform the standard ceremony?]

I... yes, sir. I think so.

[He glances at McCoy, eyebrows raised.]