You are my world

Everything about their wedding had been perfect. He had spent so much time preparing and planning and at least in his opinion it had gone off without a hitch. The flowers and decorations were lovely, his sister did a fantastic job with the ceremony itself, and he was proud of the formal attire he had crafted for himself and Void. But most importantly, they were married. He had his husband. A husband. As they made their way from the pale forest of the shrine to the hot springs where they had made their home, all he could think about was the first night that he had really begun to notice how he felt for Void, the love that this gentle man put into his heart. He thought about how his attraction to Void had put him into such despair, how his upbringing had made him think that he was a failure for letting himself fall for this man.

But now, as he looked at his husband that he had made officially his in front of all of the attendees at the festival, all he could feel was love and pride. Void was his and would be for the rest of their lives. He grinned as he looked over at the man he loved, leaning over to kiss his husband's cheek as they walked side by side, nothing but love and joy shining in his emerald eyes. Void softened all his edges and pulled the gentle soul out from under this hardened, warrior exterior that he had so carefully built. Around anyone else besides Void or perhaps Venom he still carried himself as that seasoned fighter, the Daimyo of Ashen, but with his lover he was tender and sweet. Void inspired him to be everything that he never thought he could be.

"Welcome home, my sweet husband," he rumbled with a soft chuckle against Void's ear as they neared the den entrance, nuzzling against his cheek before he led the way inside. It was fairly late now, having spent some time after the ceremony to mingle and celebrate with their families. After a full day of festival activities and the excitement of their wedding even Plague could admit that he was feeling the exhaustion of the day, but there was nothing else he'd rather do right now than indulge in his new husband and celebrate finally having a permanent place in each other's lives. He led Void into their bedroom, catching his lips in a slow, tender kiss for a moment before he took a second to unclasp the leather, fabric draped cape from around Void's neck.

"Get comfortable, my love, I'll be right over to join you," he told him with another kiss, smiling as Void went over to their bed while he turned to hang Void's outfit on a hook he had put into the wall opposite their bed for this very purpose. After slipping off his own outfit and hanging it in-between Void's and his armor, he turned and walked over to where Void was laying, climbing into the plush bed with a content sigh. The wall above their bed was glittering softly as the moonlight coming from a set of windows on the opposite wall glinted off of the pieces of glass embedded in the birch branches, creating their own starry sky within their den.

He wrapped his forelegs around Void's neck, pulling his head into his chest and tucking his head over Void's, nuzzling lovingly between his ears. "We did it," he whispered, unable to keep the huge, joyful grin off of his features. "We got married. You're my husband... Void Abraxas-Destruction." Even just speaking their new family name made his heart skip a beat and he squeezed Void a little tighter, kissing across his ears and forehead as he continued to revel in the fact that they were finally here after all this time.

"Speech"