to have and to hold

Venom was quick to accept and seemed to understand the gravity of his offer. He wouldn't have been overly offended if she'd refused but it still, somehow, felt important to him, as though this gesture well and truly added her to the family. Melded the past with the present to make a better future. And there was so much they had in store, not only for their personal lives but for the Empire too. But more importantly it was settled then, Anko dipped her head in yet another bow before she backed off and left the leading pair alone. Hattori watched her go and turned to Venom once again once the hound passed the threshold, giving him the privacy he'd always preferred.  

"Is there anything else I can do for you?" Whatever she wanted or needed, she would have it. He was asking not as her Shogun but her promised, the father of her children and the man she'd spend the rest of her days with. Then again he imagined she'd been on bed rest for a while, perhaps stretching her legs would do her some good. As long as she didn't overdo it. "If not would you like to come for a walk?" He'd passed some flowers in the jungle earlier, he'd wondered if she'd like them.