Unconventional, yet perfect, marriage vows.
"....Aelvern Stonemist, do you commit yourself to this man, to take him as your husband for now and forever?"
"I met you when I was rock-bottom, El'. Hell, I'd grabbed a shovel and was digging myself in deeper, and then I came through that archway there and saw you standing here, looking over the water, lost. Confused. You had no idea what to do with yourself. I took you into my arms and promised you that, against all odds, nevermind the fact that I was in shit, too, I'd drag you out of it, and I like to think I have, even if just a little bit. We're not perfect. We're not ever going to be monogamous or go a week without fighting. I'm going to encourage your bad habits and laugh at them because I think they're cute. I'm going to fall back in my hole and drag you right down again with me, and everyone's just going to -hate- us for it." He cupped El's cheek. "But a marriage is a commitment to stand by each other. I promised you I'd teach you the Light, and that I'd teach you everything I knew. I promised you I'd give you everything you ever wanted---and I carved the words right into your chest." He lay his hand over it and smiled. "So yeah. I do take you, Elarren Mistrunner...to be my lawful -bride-." He grinned devilishly at him. "To have, to hold, to make sick as a dog and nurse back to health, to carve up like a turkey and lick your wounds clean, and to make you wish you'd never met me."
Elarren snickers quietly "-bride-, screw you." his face flushes with Ael's speech, straight through his ears. His dimples show deeply. Aelvern grinned and kissed each of those dimples.
Helthir looks over at Elarren then, pressing his lips together for a moment before continuing. "And...do you, Elarren Mistrunner, promise to take this man as your husband?" Okay, Aelvern. You want to play it that way you can narrate your own wedding. I'll officiate. Or ... something.
Elarren looks out over the ruins for a long moment "I don't remember what brought me here, to this spot. It was fate that we met. You saved me that day. I was thinking unthinkable thoughts. You've since brought me back and changed me, made me yours with a promise" his hands press Ael's hands harder against his chest "and we're here a third time to change our lives. I give myself to you. I've accepted every horrible thing that makes us who we are because it's worth it. You're worth all that and more. I'm yours now. I'll be your -husband-. I'm not going anywhere. I've promised to stay. And after tonight, I'll no longer be a -Runner.
"Then...by the power granted to me by the Light, I ... pronounce you husband and husband" --change it to bride in your memory later, Ael--"....I doubt I need to encourage you to kiss."
((I cleaned this log up quite a bit. There were deathly adorable awkward moments from Helthir in here, and some other RP actions that I left out. This post is more about what was said than reliving the entire moment in front of an audience. ))