[Wedding] - timed to 26 November

[lastof_five]

Even Helen Magnus, for all she'd seen and done, had wedding fantasies as a little girl. They'd been simpler then, pretty blue dresses and spring bouquets and she'd even had a face to put on them once: John Druitt. But that wedding had never come to pass and had gone so horribly awry that after a certain point, she didn't dream of weddings anymore

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[inabmovie]

Even though Will had finally almost gotten his head around the idea of Magnus said yes, it wasn't until the end of the short ceremony that it really sunk in. Helen Magnus was his wife.

So if he looked a little stupid, grinning from ear to ear, maybe he'd get a pass this one time. Because really, it was even better than the Jays winning the World Series. Leagues and leagues better.

[lastof_five]

"You seem particularly pleased by something," Helen teased, unable to really keep the smirk off her own face. She'd been threatening giggles the entire time even though a wedding ceremony was supposed to have some measure of solemnity. It was too hard to be stoic when she was just so happy and Will's smiles had been infectious.

"Can't imagine what that might be."

[inabmovie]

"I don't know," he said, and reached up to tweak the white flower she'd tucked into her hair. He didn't know what it was, but it smelled nice. "Don't have the faintest idea, Mrs. Dr. Zimmerman."

Okay, so he didn't know whether she was going to go by his name or whether she was doing the hyphen thing (Magnus-Zimmerman was just a mouthful) or whether she'd keep her own name. Regardless, she'd probably always be Magnus to him. Just because. But she could be Mrs. Dr. Zimmerman for this one day.

[lastof_five]

"Rather like how that sounds, actually, Mrs. Dr. Zimmerman. I suppose I ought to keep Magnus in there, though, so you lot have something to call me by. I can't imagine changing my preferred epithet to Zimmerman's going to catch on," Helen said, grinning cheekily at him.

She leaned in and lowered her voice. "But for you, I can be Mrs. Zimmerman. Just you. The rest will all have to call me Dr. Magnus-Zimmerman."

[inabmovie]

He leaned and whispered a teasing "Maggie" before straightening again and ducking just out of swatting range. "I get to call you my wife," he said happily. "That's all I need."

[lastof_five]

"We are not calling me Maggie Zimmerman," Helen hissed, but it had no sting. "And yes, wife is a much better nickname, I think. I'm exceedingly fond of it."

[inabmovie]

He grinned wider and pretended he was about to say Maggie Zimmerman! out loud for everyone to hear, but stopped himself at the last second. It was their little in-joke. "Then I want a kiss from my wife," he murmured instead. He didn't want to be obnoxious about it in the middle of their little company of good friends--they'd have time alone together later--but they were newlyweds and therefore entitled.

[lastof_five]

"Your wife is happy to oblige," Helen said, leaning in and kissing him softly. "And your wife also wants to be Mrs. Zimmerman officially. I know it sounds...silly. I know it does. But I'm very traditional deep down and I just really feel like I ought to be taking your name instead of keeping mine. I like having the outward sign of our marriage, especially in absence of rings."

[inabmovie]

"Then you should do whatever makes you happy," Will said. "Because that's what I want, is for you to be happy. So if you want to be Helen Zimmerman--" He couldn't help but give her another stupid, sappy grin at that, "--then you go right ahead. It's totally up to you."

[lastof_five]

"Helen Zimmerman it is," Helen said, wrapping an arm around his waist and just relaxing for a moment. It was nice to be so outwardly affectionate with Will and while it wasn't their usual, no, Helen was all right with it on their wedding day.

"How many days off do you want to take? Two, maybe?"

[duerespectguv]

It's taken some doing but Declan's managed to catch Will on his own for a moment while Magnus is off with the officiant and he can't help but clap him lightly on the shoulder. It's not Biggie's cuff around the ears, no, but it's close enough.

"Well done on you, catching the uncatchable."

[inabmovie]

Will just grinned. "Well, I don't know about the catching part," he said, "because I don't think anyone can ever really catch her, but you know. Glad you could make it, man."

[duerespectguv]

"Wouldn't be anywhere else," Declan promises.

"Besides, someone has to take you out to get pissed and celebrate and it falls on me in the absence of everyone else. You'll let me plan you something after you're out of the honeymoon, yeah?"

[inabmovie]

"Yeah, sounds good," Will said. "Definitely need to celebrate. And catch up." He didn't glance over at Kate, because he didn't want to be obvious (and it wasn't the time or place, anyway) but he was pretty sure Declan would know what he meant.

[duerespectguv]

"Catching up, yeah. Lots of new developments," Declan says, leaving it at that for the moment. No sense in embarrassing Kate right out in public but he does want to talk about it to someone and Zimmerman's the only good choice.

"Seriously, you're the luckiest bloke on the planet. Good on you."