"Do you take Claire Farron to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold in sickness and in health, until death do you part," the middle-aged minister intoned deeply, as he stood before the two young women he had the honour of marrying this day.
"'Till death do us part...and beyond," Fang answered softly as she gazed down deeply into Lightning's shining, cerulean eyes. Lightning's breath caught in her throat, tears glistening brightly in her eyes as she held on tightly to Fang's warm hands.
"Then I have the great honour and pleasure to announce you as wife...and wife," the minister said with a twinkle in his eye. "You may now kiss your bride," he finished softly, and Fang looked down at her wife and gave her a tender smile that started on her lips, and made its way all the way up to her sparkling, emerald-green eyes. She then leaned down and captured Lightning's lips in a kiss that had everyone else in the small newly-built chapel cheering, hooting, and hollering.
Lightning slowly pulled back from the kiss, feeling breathless and more happy and alive than she could ever remember feeling...except for perhaps the very moment Fang had proposed to her.
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It had been just three short months after the doctor had given them the wonderful news that she was now pregnant with twins. Fang had led her out to the site of the majestic, crystallized Cocoon sphere where her lover had a blanket spread out waiting for them under the stars. A bottle of champagne was cooling in a chill, silver container of ice and there were two small globes filled with small dashing lights. Lightning quickly realized that they were Pulsian fireflies, with their glow bright enough to bathe the small area they were in with a soft, delicate light.
Lightning didn't think the scene could get any more romantic, until Fang slowly got down on one knee before her. Lightning's quick mind had already figured out what Fang was in the act of doing, but her heart had short-circuited the signal from her brain, and so Lightning could only watch in quiet wonder as Fang reached deep into her sari, and pulled out a gorgeous velvet box.
Lightning's breathing caught and slowed as Fang slowly lifted the lid of the box, to reveal emerald and sapphire-blue gems nestled together inside a small ring of diamonds. Her breath began coming out in short puffs as Fang with great care, gently removed the ring from the box and then placed the box down on the ground beside her. She'd then looked straight up at her girlfriend with her heart shining in her eyes, and the glow from Cocoon's crystalline sphere bathing her face in a shimmering glow of beauty and light.
Fang then slowly reached forward, tenderly claimed Lightning's hand with her own, and gently slipped the ring onto her finger. Then in a voice grown husky with emotion, Fang softly spoke.
"Claire Farron...will you please accept this ring...and the heart of the woman who offers it to you...and do me the greatest honour in the world...of becoming my wife."
Lightning's breathing slowed until no breath at all passed through her lips, and her whole world narrowed down to the single stunning vision of the beautiful woman kneeling before her, willingly offering her whole heart and soul to her and asking for her hand...and heart...in marriage.
Fang only had a moment to wonder if Lightning would accept her heartfelt request, before she felt Lightning's body drop down and press against hers, and then Lightning's hot mouth was claiming hers as the words "yes, yes I will marry you" passed through her lips.
Fang eagerly and hungrily accepted all that Lightning offered her, as she gently laid her new fiancée down on the blanket, being careful not to disturb the cooling wine and the fireflies..and made love to her for the rest of the night under the stars.
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Lightning slowly blinked her eyes open as Fang slowly pulled back from their kiss, and Lightning couldn't help the dazzling smile that lit up her face and caused an answering smile to spread across her new wife's face.
Wife...Lightning tasted the word with her heart and her mind, and loved the way it sent light shivers up and down her body. She then looked down at her now six-month-pregnant stomach, and gently ran her hand across it. She immediately felt Fang's warm hand cover hers, and she looked back up into sparkling, happy jade-coloured eyes.
Fang then leaned down and gave her wife a soft, nibbling kiss before she leaned back up to her full height, and let out a loud whooping shout. She then turned herself and Lightning towards the small crowd of cheering family and friends, and soaked up the amazing feeling of the moment she was living in.
Sometimes one didn't need to tear down the sky to achieve their goals and dreams...sometimes all you needed to do was hold out your hand to the Angel holding her hand back out to you...and let her raise you up into the sky with her.
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