( closed ) what good is love that no one shares?

[dothelokimotion]

Who: Loki Odinson (dothelokimotion), Kyle (torchbearer) + You
What: Engagements! Dates! Making sure Sunset Falls doesn't collapse! And other things.
When: August Catchall
Where: Sunset Falls, Central, etc
Content Warnings: N/A, will change if necessary

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[unkindled_madness]

[It's a nice view, private without feeling closed off. And flowers may not be among Sephiroth's favorite things, but he certainly recognizes these as they unfurl. He blinks around them in surprise.]

These are... You remembered.

[dothelokimotion]

Of course I did.

How could I not?

[unkindled_madness]

I suppose they were significant.

[The first and only time he's given someone flowers.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki chuckles. ]

Of course they were.

[ he faces sephiroth, clasping their hands together. ]

Big or small, what you do is significant.

[unkindled_madness]

[His expression eases some.]

...I'm glad when it's memorable.

[dothelokimotion]

It was memorable.

But more than that, it made me realize something. I keep chasing after things that don't want me. I had to be the one to choose.

[unkindled_madness]

...but I do want you.

[dothelokimotion]

You do. That's why I realized chasing after a future that is long gone or anything else.

[ like thor. like asgard. like the other lokis, in a fashion. ]

Which is why I am committing. To you.

[unkindled_madness]

...when we first left the islands... I thought that you would have chosen all of that over me, if you had had the opportunity.

It always troubled me that you would go back to something that kept disappointing you. I didn't... want that for you.

[dothelokimotion]

[ oh. sephiroth really gave him so much consideration. ]

I am choosing you. Now and forever.

[unkindled_madness]

[He holds Loki's gaze, steadily.]

I'm glad. Because I'll do the same.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki smiles before his fingers flick and a ring appears on his palm. a simple one with a silver band and a star emerald at its center. ]

This is my token. I know rings don't mean much to you, but it does to me. I'd like you to wear this.

[unkindled_madness]

[Oh.

Ohhhh.]

This one will mean something.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki smiles, bemused. gently, he takes sephiroth's hand. ]

May I?

[unkindled_madness]

Of course.

[Sephiroth watches him.]

Is this a part of it?

[dothelokimotion]

[ he nods. ]

Yes, but more than that. I want to be the one to put it on for you.

[ with that, he slips the ring onto sephiroth's ring finger. ]

[unkindled_madness]

That's what I mean.

I didn't know about this ritual.

[dothelokimotion]

I know.

[ a brief hesitation. ]

I actually have something for you if it's . . . suitable.

[ briefly, loki lets go of sephiroth's hands to conjure a ribbon. a silver ribbon. ]

I'd like you to make me a braid. Your token for me.

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth considers it for a moment, carefully taking the ribbon in his hands.]

Would it be all right... if this were a temporary one?

I would like it to come from me. With my thoughts behind it.

[dothelokimotion]

[ his expression softens, the corners of his eyes crinkling. ]

Of course. You get to decide.

[unkindled_madness]

[He nods.]

I don't want to begin this unequally.

[dothelokimotion]

[ that makes sense. and it's gratifying. loki had picked the ribbon because he thought it'd be easier. sephiroth cherised his hair, so perhaps a ribbon in loki's own would hold meaning.

but perhaps he'll make it into his own thing. loki couldn't ask for more. once again he grasps sephiroth's fingers, laying a kiss on his knuckles. ]

I, Loki. Odinson. King of Jotunheim. Prince of Asgard pledge myself to you. My love, my star. My undying fidelity.

Together, we will be new.

[unkindled_madness]

[Loki!! He did not come prepared with a pledge. From what little research he's done so far, he thought that happened at the wedding.]

...we will be.

[Okay, he can do better than that. His grip firms on Loki's hands.]

I will always choose you, over all else. We go together.

[dothelokimotion]

[ sephiroth's not wrong. for loki, this is just a summation. he laces their fingers together. ]

Together. My betrothed. My soon to be husband.

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth smiles.]

Husband... That is what we'll be, isn't it?