9th of Frostfall, 4E 203
Kyra rests her hands on her waist, pacing the wooden platform back and forth she stops when Glover rests his hand on her shoulder.
"Nervous?" Kyra glares at him.
"No. Why? Do I look nervous?" He leans behind the pillar he was propped against, taking a bottle of brandy from the floor and shakes it at her. Kyra snatches it and turns it up, taking a long gulp.
"Yes. Relax, I doubt after three months of planning she would just take off, although I guess everyone gets cold feet..." Kyra whirls on her heel looking at him, wide eyed.
"Why would you even suggest that?!" Glover chuckles as Elder Othreloth approaches them clearing his throat.
"Is someone a bit nervous?"
"No..." Kyra manages a small smile as she looks at the elder Dunmer.
The music begins to play and Glover and Kyra both turn as Selena walks into view at the base of the temple stairs, lifting her dress up a little as she climbs them. She smiles and waves at some of their friends as she walks down the aisle between the pews.
"I'm going to be sick." Kyra says as she leans over and blows the air from her lungs, Glover forces her back upright and leans in.
"You're going to be fine, that's an order." Kyra nods then looks puzzled.
"You don't outrank me...in anything. You can't even win at cards."
"No, but I'm your boss."
"What are you going to do? Fire me from a job I work for free?"
"I-"
"Shut up." Kyra cuts him off as she shoves him back to his place straightening her dress, hurriedly running her fingers through her bangs as she watches Selena walk to the altar.
Selena smiles as she takes Kyra's hands, her green eyes sparkling biting her lip in that way Kyra loved so much.
"You look beautiful." Kyra says squeezing Selena's hands.
"So do you."
"I have joined many happy couples in matrimony, and I've always said the words "the blushing bride..." but never have I meant it literally, you are both red as ash yams."
Selena and Kyra both laugh, not breaking their gaze into one another's eyes.
"Selena, Kyra, I have known you both for some time now. You have changed this town, you've changed its people, and now you embark on a journey that will change you both, let us begin." Selena bounces in place a little as she smiles biting her lip again, tears welling up in her eyes as she looks at Kyra. Selena couldn't believe she was standing here.
"We gather here today, under Mara's loving gaze, to bear witness to the union of these two souls in eternal companionship. May they journey forth together in this life and the next, in prosperity and poverty, and in joy and hardship. Do you Kyra agree to be bound to Selena, together, in love, now and forever?" Elder Othreloth looks at Kyra as she nods looking back into Selena's eyes.
"I do, now and forever."
"And do you Selena, agree to be bound to Kyra in love, now and forever?"
"I do, now and forever." Tears begin to fall from Selena's eyes as she tries to contain herself.
"Then by the grace of Mara, I bind your two hearts, your two souls, your two lives into one. You may kiss the bride."
Their lips meet in earnest, in unabashed eagerness. Stepping closer to one another as their tongues meet, their fingers interlacing. Their friends, almost the entire town, stand clapping as they turn still holding hands.
Sofie runs up to them and Kyra kneels lifting the little girl up into her arms and taking Selena's hand as the couple make their way out of the Temple and into the city square for their reception.
"Think she'll be ok?" Selena looks up from the bag as she stuffs another set of clothes into it.
"Baby, she'll be fine it's just for the week."
"Yeah, a week with Glover Mallory. What is she going to do get in on the weekly card game at the Netch, maybe join the Guild if she finds the time?"
"No...Glover's not in the Thieves Guild anymore." Selena narrows her eyes at Kyra as Kyra smiles, circling around the bed to her.
"She's going to drive him crazy, go to her lessons at the Temple, come back to drive him crazy until the next morning." Kyra slides her arms around Selena's waist from behind and kisses her neck where it meets her shoulders.
"Mm, I guess that's what he gets for letting us make him her guardian." Kyra lips drift up her neck to her earlobe as Selena's eyes close and she smiles, her hands sliding over Kyra's resting on her stomach.
"Babe.." Selena giggles as Kyra playfully bites her earlobe.
"Mm, baby come on there'll plenty of time for that we'll miss our boat."
They both pick up their bags and lock up behind them as they walk down the path from the manor towards Glover's forge and the docks.
"Mommie!" Sofie runs up to Selena who kneels and sweeps the little girl up in her arms and hugs her tight.
"You good here Glover?" Kyra asks, as he takes her bag and slings it onto his shoulder.
"Yeah, me and the little ash hopper will be fine, won't we?" He ruffles the girl's hair as they all walk past his forge to the ship bound for Solitude. Kyra helps Selena onto the boat and takes her bag from Glover.
"Say goodbye to Kyra, Sof." Kyra takes her from Selena's arms and bounces her on her hip.
"Oh, you are getting heavy. You be good for Glover ok?" She sets her down on the dock and kisses the top of her head, thanking Glover once more. Selena waves to her daughter as she continues talking with the Captain of the ship.
"Don't hurry back huh?" Glover says clapping his hand down on Kyra's shoulder.
"A week alone in Solitude? We may never come back." Glover chuckles as he waves to Selena and joins Sofie on the dock.
The boat weighs anchor and the sails flap open as the boat slowly moves out of the harbor and into the open sea.