Genderswitch AU

[ay_my_lord]

*by this point, Horatio, Reina, and Anticleia have a house--a nice, one-and-a-half-story place with a bit of a yard and a trellis with roses just beginning to climb it. things have begun to settle; there are still awkward moments at times, still little jealousies and conflicts over space, but even those are only small and quickly resolved.

it's nearly evening. Horatio is sitting on the couch in their front room, fingering the hem of his sweater, waiting for Reina to come home*

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[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

Oh ... I don't want to seem too eager. Perhaps we'll get the wedding settled first, and wait ... well, how long should we wait?

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

We can ask her, probably. *then gets a funny image in his head, and a laugh escapes before he can stop it* Oh--I wonder if she'd be my man of honor--

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

*delighted laugh* You should ask her --

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

No. *smile* I want Rosie to stand for me.

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

That would be nice. Rosie's nice.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

She is. And so is Golda ... maybe I should ask both of them if they'd like to stand for me.

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

*smiles* You can't have two people stand for you, can you?

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

I don't know ... my mom had two bridesmaids. It's sort of the same thing, right?

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

*laughs* That's true. I'll have to throw the bouquet in their direction. ^_^

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

*smile* That would be nice. And you'll invite your brothers, right?

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

Mmhm. And my mom will have to give me away, since my dad ... *stops herself, sheepish* ... I suppose we won't have a very traditional wedding.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

It's okay. *closes his hand over hers* We'll still be happy.

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

Of course -- of course. I'll be with you.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

In our beautiful house. *smile* It will be nice.

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

With our beautiful family?

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Someday.

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

Mm. And you really think I could do it? That I could be a good mother?

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

I think so. You are very gentle, and you love others a lot. That's the most important part, right?

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

And I'd love our children -- I'd love them with everything I have. But they might resent it when they're older, and I couldn't stand it if they hated me, so I'd have a terrible time saying no to anything and ... oh. *laughs at herself* I must sound ridiculous.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

*sheepish* A little. But only because you're probably worrying too much. People like to be loved, right?

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

With the sort of love that worries too much?

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

*kiss* But you don't worry about Anticleia when she goes out with strangers, right? Even though anything could happen?

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

Sometimes. *sheepishsmile* But then I remember that Anticleia can beat people up.

[ay-my-lord.livejournal.com]

*laughs* So she'll have to teach our kids to take care of themselves if anything happens.

[carpoftruth.livejournal.com]

It's either that, or force Anticleia to always look after them.