Trifles
Saerys x MC (Who I named Claire, but doesn't really apply here.)
This is my response to Solaire asking MC about marriage. I don't remember the circumstances completely and I'm changing the dialogue anyway so sorry if I get a few of the details wrong.
I find myself walking double time towards the kitchens. I really shouldn't be this starving -didn't we just eat a few hours ago?- but hey, it is me we're talking about. I find Solaire cleaning dishes when I walk in and she smiles at me. I reach into the pantry for a snack and make myself comfortable on a table, ignoring Solaire's pointed look at the perfectly good chair next to it. I'm not quite sure what the deal with this pepper jelly kick is that I've been on lately but the heat slathered on bread hits my stomach in the nicest way and I sigh. Solaire starts up polite conversation about how pleased she is that we were able to meet her grandmother and I nod away half listening over the sound of French bread entering my mouth. Seriously, I should not be this hungry. I polish off the rest of bread and am licking my fingers when I catch on to the shift in topic. "…You share a soul with Saerys, but you have not yet formalized your bond with a wedding?" says Solaire. "We…what…?" I find myself reeling from the information she is throwing at me, and I am having trouble responding. Where the hell did this come from? Talk about left field! "To share a soul is the most intimate bond in existence. To marry is a trifle by comparison, is it not?" she continues. For a moment, I am quietly furious. Why does everyone think they have some right to know my personal business all the damn time?! 'Breathe.' I tell myself. I take a deep breath. Six seconds in, seven seconds out. Calm crashes over me like a river and I let it overtake me. Solaire opens her mouth to continue, but I am quicker this time in articulating my thoughts as I rise from the table to stand in front of her. "We ARE married." I say. She stares at me open-mouthed and I let the silence and momentum pull me forward. "Demons do not do anything half-assed. And there are certainly enough races in this realm for you, of all people, to understand that traditions differ from culture to culture! He performed the soul rites with me. He gave me half of his soul to keep with me always. He is my soulmate and I am his. There is no force in this realm that can tear us apart; and there is no formal ceremony-" I spit the words out like a cancer "- that can bind us any further together than we already are! You said it yourself; 'to marry is a trifle by comparison'!" I finish passionately. Solaire continues to stare at me openly. "She is not wrong, Solaire." A deep voice says from somewhere behind me. I jump just a bit and turn to see Saerys leaning casually against the kitchen doorway, his eyes burning like a fire in the night. I can feel his pride, passion, and desire acutely through our bond and a slow heat builds between my legs. "Goodnight Solaire." I say a little more breathless than I mean to and follow Saerys out the door.