Hope

After a long day of work, Hope closed the door to his apartment and sighed. That had to have been one of the most arduous days of his career.

Not even taking off his jacket, he collapsed on the couch. His hands fumbled for the remote to the television. He flicked on the news, and lazily stared at the news anchor.

Twenty minutes later, Hope finally had the energy (And motivation) to get up and take care of things. He threw a microwavable dinner in, and collected the mail from the mailbox outside of his apartment.

Setting his processed feast down, Hope flicked through the mail with the news droning on in the background.

"Bills," sighed Hope. He tossed the few letters aside that asked for his money. He'd worry about those tomorrow.

His eyes fell onto the letter from Alyssa. Hope broke out into a grin. Letters from his energetic girlfriend were the best kind of mail to receive.

He'd save the best letter for last.

Then the young man's eyes fell onto an odd envelope. Plain, white and unadorned, it teased Hope's curiosity. The letter had his name on it, written in familiar handwriting.

"I've seen that writing before," Hope said aloud. He stretched his mind in an attempt to recall said information, but failed.

"Only one way to find out," he decided, and set to opening the curious letter. With little difficulty, he ripped the envelope open.

Already, he could feel the photograph paper before he saw it. An invitation, Hope realized, surprised. At the top, he saw 'Save the date!' written in fancy cursive.

Hope pulled the card out, and the first thing he saw was Lightning's smiling face.

That alone would have been surprising enough. But when Hope's eyes trailed to the right, he saw Fang.

Lightning and Fang? Together? Getting married?

Hope didn't even know they were dating!

The smaller pictures that were collaged around the big, central one were ignored by the young man. Instead, he dropped the card and dove toward the phone.

Literally.

Rapidly dialing, Hope began to first step to unraveling the mystery: calling Lightning to figure out what the hell was going on.


Author Notes: All chapters will be about this length. Just little pieces about how each character would react.