"Here you are, Your Majesty. Your Highness."
Brightmoon's jeweler/tailor (they were understaffed) presented Glimmer and Adora with what she had been working on.
She held up a set of perfectly round, perfectly pink earrings.
"For Your Majesty, the late queen's favorite ear ring set. I spent all day polishing them."
Glimmer took the ear rings, smiling softly with misty eyes.
She rubbed the tears away. "I wish she could have been here for this. She always loved Bow."
Adora held her tightly in a reassuring embrace "I know" she said softly. She laughed. "I wonder what her reaction would have been if she found out I was dating a Horde soldier."
Glimmer gave a short sad laugh. "She would have a fit. We were always giving her fits"
The jeweler/tailor handed Adora a cape with a wing design clasp. "the color will bring out Lady Catra's unique eyes"
"Well should we go find our dumb fiancees?" Glimmer smirked.
"We did say we would do this together. We're the Best Friend Squad after all"
They found Bow on the grounds tinkering with an old bot from the war. Catra was sitting next to him, watching.
The bot surged to life and gave Bow a small electric shock. Catra fell over laughing.
"Didn't I tell you to stop messing with that thing?" Glimmer told Bow as he sucked on his wounded fingers.
"I'm not messing. I'm experimenting"
"Right' Adora said sceptically.
"He's messing" Catra confirmed.
"Catra!" Bow protested.
"Bow!" Catra mocked, grinning.
Glimmer rolled her eyes good naturally. "Ok, dorks. Adora and I decided it's time for the clothing swap"
"But the wedding isn't until next month" Bow pointed out.
"Do you want Aunt Casta breathing down our necks about the clothing swap right before the wedding?"
"Point"
Glimmer took out her mother's ear rings.
Bow's eyes went wide "Glimmer" he said softly "are you sure?"
"More than sure. If she were here, I know she'd want us to use them"
Bow had gotten his ear pierced one night when he was out drinking with Seahawk. Long story. He took out his stud and replaced it with Angella's.
Adora gently draped the cape over Catra's shoulders and kissed her sweetly as she fastened it.
"I hope whenever you wear this, you think of me and feel safe"
Glimmer and Bow walked arm in arm back to the castle gently squabbling about the bot, periodically giving each other noogies and kisses
Adora pounced on Catra and sent her crashing down and they fell into a giggling heap like they did a million time before growing up. But this was better. There was no Horde, no Shadow Weaver, no war. Just them, Glimmer and Bow, and a new future they couldn't have imagined back then.
"I always dreamed about this" Catra murmured into Adora's neck, surprising her.
"Really?"
"Well, not marriage exactly. I didn't know what that was"
Adora laughed. "We didn't even know what a party was"
"I just knew I wanted to be with you. Always. I couldn't even put it into words for a long time, that I loved you. I didn't think about the future much but when I did you were always there"
"Me too" Adora confessed. "Growing up, during the war…I pretended I didn't love you. I told myself over and over again I didn't love you. That it was best just to let you go"
She smiled sadly. "But I could never really convince myself. You know those few years we were separated I dreamed about you almost every night? I never wanted to leave you, Catra. But it was bigger than us"
Catra cuddled close to her. "I know. I know that now"
Adora hugged her tight. They stayed like that until Glimmer called them for dinner in the dying light, feeling safe.