Hello, Everyone! Thanks for being here and reading my FIRST fanfiction ever! I hope you like this and, if you do, drop a favorite and write a review! All criticisms and advice are appreciated and, if you have a favorite pairing, PM me or write it in a review! Thanks and enjoy the Prologue!

"No! No! A thousand times no!" Robin exclaimed exasperatedly.

"But, Robin!" Sumia whined and flashed her wedding ring. "You helped Chrom and me!"

"That's because Chrom ordered me to do it, and he's the king!" Robin explained. "What you're asking me to do is morally wrong on so many levels!"

Sumia's stance widened and she brought up a list of people that she had paired together. "These Shepherds belong together! They must be shipped!"

Robin sighed and took a step back. Once Sumia had met her own child from the future and learned that the other Shepherds would also get married and have children, she became obsessed with trying to predict who would marry who. Now, she was trying to get Robin to play matchmaker and use his tactical mind to bring people together.

"Look, Sumia. What you're asking me to do is an invasion of these people's privacy and a huge breach of trust. I can't just manipulate people's social lives by sending them into battle together!" Robin shouted and waved his arms in the air for emphasis. "Besides, I'm not a matchmaker—I'm a tactician!"

Sumia sensed that her argument was losing and assumed what she believed was an air of authority as a queen. In reality, however, she really just looked silly. "Oh yeah? Well… I can fire you!" She retorted breathlessly.

Robin raised his eyebrows at the futile gesture. "Really? You would fire me in the middle of a war with the greatest military threat this country has ever known even though we're simultaneously preparing for battle with an evil dragon intent on destroying the world?"

Sumia felt her case crumble and played her trump card. "So you would condemn everyone to a life as lonely as yours?" His back stiffened as the insult hit home and he drew breath in shakily. Being a naturally caring person, Sumia instantly felt remorseful and changed to a calming and reassuring tone. "I know why you cry at night. I know why you're so grumpy, sarcastic, snarky, grouchy, grumpy, grouchy, and mean. It's because you don't have anyone—anyone to share the day with, anyone to talk to, anyone to be intimate with, anyone to have—"

"I get it!" Robin interjected. "Fine. I'll help you ship these people." Sumia's face lit up again. "On one condition! I control how these people interact. This isn't going to be like one of those stupid romance stories that you're always reading. These are people's lives and we will respect them as such."

Sumia beamed at him and he felt his cheeks lift ever so slightly. "Thanks, Robin! You don't know how much this means to me!" As she exited the room, she turned back to him again and added, "We could also help you find someone too! I hope someone will see just how kind and generous you are!"

She walked out of the study, skipped happily down the hallway, and tripped down the stairs. Robin looked out the window and spotted the girl he loved in the barracks down below. "You and me both, Sumia. You and me both."