A/N: Written for the Monthly Het-Tastic Drabble-athlon, Adromeda/Ted, #007 – problems, the If You Dare Challenge, #227 – beating around the bush, and the Het-Pairings Boot Camp, #003 – accept.
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69. Problems
They weren't Romeo and Juliet
or any sort of elegant fairytale couple
like that
But there was still that friction between them:
that war between families, between names
that threatened to tear them apart
And so they'd tried to keep their secret
as long as they could –
but they couldn't
forever
and so they'd had to speak.
His had been more understanding than hers
but still less than they'd expected: they'd underestimated
the hurt that came from people wars
But his family did accept her in the end,
unlike hers.