Husband of a Victor

by CaliforniaTexasNorthCarolina

Welcome to yet another channel! Be sure to visit my five other ones, especially the one that started it all: WizMonCruWil! Many of you were upset with the adultery in my Seam Girl's Saga epic. Bad news: there's more of that, but I think you'll approve of it! This was inspired by a scene in my Last of the Victors story, thanks to review. Allusions to slave weddings included. Enjoy!

10. Chapter 10: Johanna Mason Hawthorne

Chapter 10: Johanna Mason Hawthorne

The rooster let forth its song as the sun rose high over District 7. Humming in contentment, Johanna Hawthorne roused herself from sleep. Rolling over, she found her husband of three years, Gale, staring down at her lovingly. He kissed her lips tenderly before she could object.

"Good morning."

"Hmmmm. Good morning, morning breath!"

"Hey!" Gale laughed. "It's not that bad."

Johanna shrugged in half-hearted agreement. "I guess not." She rose languidly from the bed they shared. "I'll go wake Balsam."

Balsam, her and Gale's infant son, was only a few months old. But the District 7 Victor loved him dearly. As with marriage, she had never imagined herself to be a mother. Now, she didn't know what she would do without him, as she picked him up from his crib, rocked him and nursed him on her breast. After drinking his fill, Balsam fell back asleep. If Johanna was lucky, he would not wake until she could come home on her lunch break.

Running late, she and Gale showered together. Predictably, her husband tried to have sex with her, but Johanna just laughed, permitting a few kisses before pushing him away. She'd make it up to him tonight in their bed...

The sun was climbing fast in the sky as the spouses left their house in the Victors' Village. Beneath the iron archway, husband and wife turned to go in opposite directions: he for the Peacekeeper barracks, she for the lumberjack site.

Johanna suddenly felt Gale spin her around, pull her close and crush his lips to hers. Cupping his face, she kissed him back, letting his tongue invade her mouth. The couple drew apart reluctantly, as they did every morning.

"I love you, my sexy Victor."

Johanna smiled warmly. "I love you too, Gale."

And with that, man and wife parted for the day. As she watched her husband head into town, Johanna Mason Hawthorne counted herself lucky that she had a partner who understood her, a husband who loved her, a man who had given her children.

And a new life. Gale had given her a brand new life. In that sense, she was truly a lucky woman, indeed.