A/N: Since you asked, here's another chapter! Enjoy!

After It All

"First America purges Androids, now they're marrying them, will America ever know what it wants?"

"Calls to question girls mental state, marriage to a machine?"

"Woman marries her dildo: If that girl can marry her robot, I can marry my rabbit."

"Woman to marry android, how long until it-"

"Jessica, can you please stop reading the bad news headlines, I really don't need it now. Is there anything positive?" Claire bristled from her chair. She was sitting in a small room of a church, the church where she was about to go to get married. To Ralph. She fingered her pink hair that was tied back in a loose French braid, there were tiny silver flowers weaved through her locks. She had picked the flowers for Ralph, same as her pale pink dress. She fingered the lace on the on the corset top of the dress, then slid down the smooth layered lace of the skirt. She felt beautiful, but panicked at the same time, she hoped that he liked how she looked.

"I'm just reading it as it is." Came the reply. "You're the one marrying the robot, you're going to have to get used to the comments." Jessica, who was an old friend of Claire's, put her phone down and rubbed her hands against her jeans- she would have to change into her bridesmaid dress soon.

Claire sighed and turned to face her friend. "You still have a problem with this, don't you?" her voice was not sad, it was tired, she was so sick of having this discussion with Jessica, and all of her friends for that matter. She glanced at North who was silently sitting on a desk in the corner of the room, she was somewhat envious, she wished that she could be as relaxed about things as the android could be.

Jessica flicked her red curls out of her face and pinned Claire with her steel eyes. "I won't stop having a problem with this. You should be with a human," she gestured with her hands. "You've changed since you met him, he's all you talk about, you don't think about anything else- it's crazy and ridiculous, he's a robot! He's plastic!" she raised her hands in exasperation.

Claire blanched, but before she could respond, she was cut off by North. "Hey!" she jumped from the desk. She crossed her arms and walked up to the to, her eyes locked with Jessica's and she glared. "This is a happy day for her, if you can't be happy for them, then why are you here?"

The glare was returned. "I'm here to support my friend."

Claire, before she could stop herself, let out a snort. She disguised it with a cough and continued to watch the scene unfold. She was a little surprised though that North of all people was sticking up for her, maybe she wasn't as scary as she thought.

"Some friend you are," North countered, leaning towards the human. "Your 'friend' is getting married, you should care, instead you make her feel like shit, if you can't support her, then you need to leave. Now."

Claire watched with wide eyes as her 'friend', a girl whom she had known for over ten years, sent her a cold look before turning and storming from the room. Her mouth hung open, she could not believe it. That was her friend, she had always been there for her, and she could not do the same for her? How could she, Claire felt her stomach drop and she had to suck in deep breaths to stop herself from crying. She closed her eyes as she noticed North watching her. She did not want to cry.

Jessica looked past North and glared at Claire. "What happens when you want children? What happens when you get old? Are you still going to have sex with it when you're wrinkled and dying? I came today because you asked, but I don't agree with it." She turned sharply and moved to the door. "Please, please stop this sham of a wedding."

Claire sucked in a breath and held back tears, "If that's how you feel… go." She flinched as her friend slammed the door behind her. She collapsed to the chair and clutched at her waist as she sucked in and pushed out air. Her vision began to blur and the world around her started to spin. She did not notice North come to stand beside her.

"She's not worth it." North attempted to calm her. She was uncomfortable, comforting people was not one of her strengths.

"Is she right?" Claire's voice was shaky as she spoke, she looked up to North with her red eyes. "Am I doing the wrong thing?"

"No!" North snapped, causing Claire to jump. "You and he are so sickly sweet together, I get ill just watching you two." Claire watched her with wide eyes as she continued to rant. "Ralph rarely talks about anything else but you, and you-" she pointed at Claire accusingly. "You spend so much of your time worrying about Ralph, that you never think about yourself- the two of you care about each other, that's no sham."

Claire reached out and grasp North's hands, causing the android to jump. "Thank you…" she felt her eyes well up. "You're right, I love Ralph too much to doubt everything." She pulled back and eyed the bridesmaid dress which had been left. "Shame that there's no one to wear it now…" she paused, and tilted her head as though in thought, she then looked up at North, realisation on her face.

North stepped back, her hands held up defensively. "Oh no…"

XXX

"I can't believe that it's finally happening!" Adrian said excitedly from his spot on Hanks couch. He looked into the kitchen where Connor was busy making some dinner- egg rolls. "After two years of petitioning and people demanding it, androids can finally get married." He looked at the television that showed a crowd surrounding a church. "Come on Connor, Hank, you'll miss it!"

Hank pulled two beers out of the fridge and headed to the living room. "You're really excited about this," He passed Adrian a beer and gestured at the detective. "look, you're even dressed all fancy- you're not at the wedding you know." Hank had a point, while he was dressed in track pants and a blue shirt, Adrian was wearing black slacks and a nice button up grey shirt, complete with a black vest.

"I'm dressed nice because I want to." Adrian poked his tongue out at the Lieutenant. "How come you don't give Connor crap?" he pointed to Connor, who was wearing similar clothes to Adrian, only they were black and he had a tie instead of a vest.

Hank shrugged. "Connor always dresses like that. "You however, for a gay man, dress surprisingly like a homeless person."

Adrian popped his beer and rolled his eyes. "Oh, so all gay men dress nice? Way to show your age with the stereotype, old man."

Connor placed the food onto a plate and went about feeding Sumo while he waited for the egg rolls to cool down. Once he had finished, he picked up the plate and walked into the living room with it. He sat down between Adrian and Hank and waited patiently while the two took an egg roll. He waited patiently while they tasted theirs. A smile twitched on his face as Adrian leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

"You are absolutely amazing, Connor, Old man's right, you should be a chef." Adrian complimented in his ear before he went back to lavishing attention on his roll.

"I won't kiss you, but I'll agree with the kid." Hank finished his and reached for another one.

Connor opened his mouth to speak, only to have Adrian wave his arms in a 'shh-ing' manner. "It's about to start!" he said excitedly. He pointed at the television and practically bounced on the chair. "Look, look! There's Ralph! And Hank, Simon's next to him- and Markus!"

X

"Kara!" Alice called, her eyes were wide as she stared at the television. "Kara!" Kara, Luther and Rose came charging into the living room in a panic, thinking that something had happened to her.

"What's wrong?" Kara scanned the room, looking for the crisis, she was thoroughly confused when she saw none. "What is it?"

"It's Ralph!" she pointed at the screen. "Remember Ralph? He's getting married, to a human!"

Kara moved to sit beside Alice, she leaned forward and looked at the television. Alice was… right, it was Ralph- he had had repairs and was wearing a tux, but it was Ralph, and he was… "Marrying a human?" she asked.

Alice nodded. "They're broadcasting it to the world!"

X

Claire smiled as North adjusted herself in the dress, it mostly fit, except, Jessica was shorter than North, meaning that the dress was a little short on her, and North had larger breasts than her old friend, meaning that the dress was a little tight, but it did not look bad and the situation certainly could have been worse.

"You look nice."

North sent her a sceptical look and crossed her arms. "You had better be grateful-" she was cut off by Claire hugging her.

"I am."

X

Ralph was nervous. He hated being around people, a general rule that went with his anxiety. He hated being around people and he especially hated being the centre of attention. His LED flashed yellow as he looked around at the crowd. The only people that he knew was Markus, Josh and Simon, everyone else was just paparazzi that wanted to witness the event. He hated being watched the way that they were watching him, like he was a piece of meat. They were like vultures. His LED flashed red, he had to get out of here, he had to get out of here, he had to- he jumped at the feeling of a hand on his back. He turned to see Markus offering him a calming smile.

"She'll be out soon." The deviant leader sent to his mind.

"I just want Claire." Ralph said back.

Suddenly there was a sound as the doors opened. Ralph watched with wide eyes as the paparazzi focused their attention onto the door, to Claire. He watched as North walked out, he was a little surprised to see her- he had thought that Jessica was being the bridesmaid, but apparently North was doing it now. His hands trembled as North came to stand in her spot and Claire moved to stand across from him. He had been so focused on what was happening around him, that he had not been able to take in Claire, but now, now that she was standing before him, he was able to.

If he were able to breathe, his breath would have been knocked out of his lungs at the sight of her. Her pink hair shined with beautiful beads of silver, her dress reminded him of his garden in spring, the pale pinks warming his heart, and her eyes, so beautiful and green, so bright and full of expression, he felt himself being sucked into their ocean blue depths. He wanted to reach out and touch her, to pull her into his arms and hold her- he noticed a slight tremble in her form, he understood, she wanted it too.

X

"She's so beautiful!" Adrian gushed, he reached over and clutched Connor's hand. "I can't believe how wonderful they look together!"

Connor glanced at Adrian. He had not seen Adrian this excited for a very long time, he seemed to be euphoric on the energy of the wedding. He stroked the hand holding his and replied. "It's a beautiful dress." He agreed.

"You're missing the priest." Hank commented taking a sip of his beer.

"If only…" Adrian said dreamily, ignoring Hanks words. He rested his chin in his hand and his elbow on the arm rest of the sofa. "If only…"

Connor eyed Adrian and tilted his head thoughtfully. 'If only' Adrian had said. If only what? He glanced at the television then back at Adrian. Was that what Adrian meant by, 'If only?', did Adrian want a wedding? The way that he was staring at the television seemed to prove the hypothesis. This caused Connor to pause, did Adrian want to marry him?

"They're going to say 'I do'" Adrian leaned forwards to get a better view. "This is so exciting!"

X

"Ralph," Claire reached up and touched his cheek, he leaned into her gloved hand. "I love you, I marry you today, to show the world how much you mean to me… I do." her eyes glistened as they locked with his.

Ralph reached up and touched the hand on his cheek. "Ralph loves Claire, Ralph has always been grateful for having Claire, you saved Ralph. I love you. I do." And with the prompting of the celebrant, the two reached for each other and pulled themselves to each other for a kiss. It was simple, but powerful, as their lips touched, those who watched could feel the rush of emotion the pair held for each other… it was beautiful.

X

Hank pulled himself from the couch and headed to his bedroom, it was late, he was tired, a little drunk… and just a little emotional. He was an old sap, and being an old sap, he could only take so much before he began to sob, very manly tears. He called out a goodnight to Adrian and Connor, who seemed to not hear him, he didn't mind, there was no way that he was getting between those two tonight.

Adrian rubbed at his face as his eyes watered. "They're so beautiful…" he rubbed at his eyes, Connor reached out to touch him, only to end up with Adrian burying his face in his shoulder, the wet tears soaking through his shirt.

Connor, ran his fingers through Adrian's wavy locks, had his hair gotten longer? He decided that it didn't matter and continued to comfort his partner. "What's wrong?" he kissed the human's head.

Adrian pulled back with a gasp and rubbed at his eyes. "I'm okay," he reassured. "J-just a little emotional. I'm so glad that androids can get married now." He pulled himself up from the sofa and walked over to Hank's record player, he pulled out a jazz record and played it. His hips began to sway as the smooth sounds flowed through the room. He turned to Connor and waved his hand for Connor to come to him.

Connor tilted his head and walked over to his human. How many had Adrian had? A quick scan of his memories indicated that he had only had five, not nearly enough to get Adrian drunk. Perhaps it really was just an emotional moment for him? He rose from the sofa and walked to Adrian. Adrian reached out for Connor and wrapped his arms around his shoulders and linked his hands behind Connor's neck. Connor placed his hands on the human's hips in response.

"I love you Connor." Adrian began to sway in time with the music. "I know that I say it a lot, but I just want you to know how much you mean to me." He looked up through dark lashes at the android.

Connor felt something pulse within him, he reached a hand up and cupped Adrian's face before sliding his hand back to thread it through Adrian's hair. His thumb rubbed the spot behind Adrian's ear. "I love you too, I know that I can be difficult… and that it must be hard on you that I don't say it very often, but I feel it. I love you." He leaned forward and kissed Adrian, he tried to convey every thought, every feeling that he felt for him into the kiss. When he pulled back Adrian was panting and clutching at him.

"I want you to do something." Adrian leaned forwards and nipped at Connor's lips.

"Yes?"

Adrian pushed forwards, their crotches touched and his grin widened as Connor let out a gasp. "Shut up and dance with me."

Connor felt himself returning the grin. He could do that.

A/N: I hope that you enjoyed it! If you want more, I'm happy to fill requests!