Sunlight dipped into the room
like a gentle beam of light
like the smooth awakening
and as Shirayuki opened her eyes,
her first thought wasn't that she was a princess or a duchess now,
but was that beside her was her best friend,
the one she married,
the one she hoped for a long life with
& a beautiful future together
so, she rolls over,
and takes his hand in her ringed hand
and looks at her husband
at the beginning of their first full married day together.