Whatever you do, DO NOT imagine Epona galloping at the speed of light, you hear me, it will kill the mood. Imagine Epona, trotting slightly into the sunset, you're welcome :D

Link had been thinking about it since morning. Zelda had been as normal as any other day, as if what they had said yesterday hadn't happened.

"Hey, so, quick question," Zelda raised her head from Link's sketchbook, "what do you think people will call me when I marry you?"

Zelda's face turned beet red, and Link was already satisfied with the outcome, but he was petty, "You know, as King."

Link had expected a blush, maybe an admonishion. But Zelda's laughing fit was way better than that.

The village was so used to Link's travels that nobody made a fuss, only the closest had attended lunch at Ulli's and were standing near the couple to bid goodbye. Illia hugged Link tight, "Don't forget to invite me to the wedding, all right?" she whispered in his ear. Link blushed and patted her arm slightly, Illia smiled and winked at him, "Take care."

"Same."

Zelda and Illia whispered to each other while giggling. Link shuddered at the amount of blackmail they interchanged

When Epona took off to the Fields, Link's family's hands waved back. More than the other times, this actually felt like a goodbye, Link looked back once and saw smile after smile. When they got to the Fields, after meaningless chatter, when Zelda's head rested on his chest, Link sighed.

Link finally felt fine with leaving.

Epona needed little to no help traversing the Fields of Hyrule. Link grabbed the reins out of habit, and his mouth remained shut out of nervousness.

"So," he started, Zelda perked her head and looked at him, "jokes aside, should I go and see the council to ask permission to court you or something?"

Zelda snickered and rested her head on his shoulder, "If you're still up to staying with me, then yes."

Link scoffed, "As if I'd change my mind so quickly."

Zelda giggled and Link remembered her face with the moon at her back, the way her hair danced in front of him, and before he knew it he had his cheek pressed on her head.

Zelda could feel her face heating and before she could stop herself - maybe she was just getting better at acting out on her desires - she held Link's hands and crossed them on her lap.

His hands were rugged and filled with bumpy scars, and Zelda shivered. Alone with the man she loved, riding out on a horse, it made her snort that this scene was the same she had read so many times on those romantic novels, the same she had come to scoff at and envy.

And now she had it.

"Link," she had almost whispered it, and if Link didn't hear it due to the wind she wouldn't mind.

"Hmm?" He hadn't moved, and his hands had found her body and he was hugging her close.

"Thank you," this time she breathed the word, and she wasn't sure Link heard it, she wasn't even sure she had said it.

But her hands were playing with the bumps on Link's hands and Link had nested his face on her neck. And Zelda was sure he had understood.

Zelda looked around, she was used to the lights in the Castle, to the lights of the town, but here in the Fields everything was dark and who could assure her ten meters from where they were there wasn't an enemy.

"Still not used to it?" Link threw a piece of wood to the fire and looked at the rocks surrounding it with zeal.

Zelda remembered the first night out they shared. She had been too scared, too shocked, too proud to do anything but keep her face serious and think everything was her fault. Even though she had another night to fight the first with, she could only remember the fear of the first one, her shame.

"Not really, and you?"

Link put his hands on his hips and sighed to the sky, "Nah, still hate it, too. It's just," Link pointed to his gear, his sword and shield, "now I know I can face whatever comes."

Zelda looked at her hands and hummed.

Link sat on his cot and patted the one next to him, "You are just gonna get spooked if you stare like that. Come sit by the fire."

Zelda stared one more time to the Fields. She couldn't see anything.

When Zelda turned around to sit next to Link, his ears were perked, his back straight and his head was turned to the road they had left an hour ago.

"Link?"

Link made a shushing gesture with his hand, turned his whole body as he moved to his sword and shield, "It's coming from the road."

The road they had left an hour ago, the road from where their fire was visible, the road-

Link cursed and ran to the source of the sound.

-were screams filled the air.

Link guided himself by the sound of the gurgling of bokoblins, there were hylians, too. The screams intermingled and Link feared without a source of light he would be too wary of hitting the hylians.

A bokoblin held a torch over his head and a couple faced the monsters while trying - without succes - to hit the bokoblins with stones.

Link felled a bokoblin near him and the couple stared at him. Soon the monsters caught his presence and the one holding the torch threw it to the ground with haste. Link was immersed in darkness again.

"Link!" Zelda called.

It was easy dodging the bokoblins, they made too many noises and every attack was too wide. But his sword was hitting nothing and Link was getting frustrated.

"Link!"

Link twirled around and touched his pockets, he felt the form of a deku nut and tried to make room for him.

Zelda saw the torch die in the ground and squinted her eyes to see. Link was not responding but the bokoblins were snarling at something and Zelda approached.

Link needed light.

Zelda raised her hand to the sky and held her arm with the other. Din's fire was easy to call for but hard to control.

Zelda scrunched her eyebrows and breathed in. A light ball of fire, something that would go up and die before touching ground, something fragile but powerful. Controllable.

When Zelda opened her eyes, Link was staring at her, his eyes shining brightly.

Link shook his head and did quick work of the bokoblins who also had been staring at the sky and a seconds-lived sun.

When Link approached her with torch in hand and while Zelda lit it again with the flames she could so easily call for, Link made sure to wait till her eyes locked with him.

"That was amazing."