Arranged Marriage.

[atyourservices]

Marriage for love is a such a modern concept. In the past, marriage was
recognised as a social contract. Unions were entered into for many
reasons: to obtain property, to unite families, to carry on a bloodline,
et cetera. Whatever the reason, congratulations, you're getting married!

HOW IT WORKS:
❧ Post a comment with your character's name, canon, and any preferences.
❧ If there's a specific set of circumstances you like best, set the scene.
❧ Or leave your comment blank and let others use RNG to choose the scenario. Feel free to mix and match.
❧ Please note the prompts below are merely suggestions and you're more than welcome to come up with your own situation.
❧ Have fun!


POSSIBLE REASONS FOR MARRIAGE:
① Station → You come from a royal, noble, or otherwise distinguished family who has chosen a suitable spouse for you.
② Feud → You are being married to put an end to the bitter enmity between your two families.
③ Economics → Your economic state and/or your station will improve through the union, though one of you may be marrying down.
④ Empire → You and your spouse are merging your businesses and/or property to create something more influential or profitable.
⑤ Tribute → You have been offered as a gift or appeasement, alternately you're the spoils of war.
⑥ Bloodline → Carrying on your distinguished family name has fallen to you and the equally well-bred spouse of your family's selection.
⑦ Disapproval → Your marriage has been arranged to keep you away from the person with whom you truly wish to be.

POSSIBLE SCENARIOS:
① First meeting → This is the very first time you're meeting your future spouse.
② Courtship → To get to know each other and encourage affection, your family has approved of you going on dates.
③ Engagement party → Be it a huge, formal affair or a small, intimate get together, you're celebrating (or pretending).
④ Wedding day → The big day!
⑤ Reception → The big party!
⑥ Wedding night → Every meme needs a smut prompt, right?
⑦ Honeymoon → Where will you go with your new spouse and what will you do there?

Comments

[afterlaborday]

Reno says a lot of things. You should be careful what you believe.

[There was good reason to distrust Rufus, as even if he wasn't always heavy-handed, he had a tendency to threaten to get his way, at least if it proved necessary. Everyone knew that, and Atsumu should certainly know if he had kept such a sharp watch on Rufus as he said. Plus he would have seen it in person more than once. All this, this arranged marriage, was for his own reasons. And that meant he had little time, even less desire, to play a doting fiancé. Though he at least bothers to respond.]

I wouldn't sleep here in the office. It's not comfortable. But there's a few locked rooms in this floor meant for sleeping.

[serviceface]

[One, two moments of blessed silence passed while Atsumu stood up and walked around that terrible desk. Then he tossed his tablet through the desk to Rufus. Trigonometry was something like the creepy profs worked on in their labs, Rufus must have known how to solve that puzzle.]

Reno says the furnishing is your idea. Next time when you go to a banquet and leave me behind Elena and I will throw out everything and redesign the whole floor. You'll get a big aquarium with clownfishes and a comfy chair.

[Yes, threatening, evil little grins and sudden raging sessions with random guest appearances of a shotgun and other weapons were part of their daily lives, and, knowing that probably boredom, anger and annoyance were the only emotions Rufus would have for him, he accepted what he got. It was oddly exciting, watching and listening to a frenzied Rufus. It was almost as exciting than just sitting behind his chair and letting him do whatever he did when he pretended to work.

Atsumu waltzed out to the coffee maker with his mug and when he returned he still stared at the mug lost as deep in his thoughts as he was able to do. He looked up only to see if his tablet was still intact. If Rufus broke it he wouldn't come up with his next great idea.

He didn't hope that Rufus helped him to finish his homework. He gave it to him only because he thought maybe Rufus would be less bored and had some fun with that trigonometry thing.]