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Gideon was surprised he was coming off as calm as he fucking was with this shit. Inwardly, he was a ball of nerves, which didn't get any better as he fucking stood up front. Everyone was gathered in a halfway decent set-up on the beach, and he knew all eyes were on him. While he didn't usually mind that shit, suddenly it was all in a different context, leaving him feeling awkward as hell. Even having Jim there as his best man wasn't helping all that much.
He knew it was supposed to take as long as it was - fucking tradition or whatever - but he sure as hell was having a hard time being patient. Shifting his weight from foot to foot, Gideon fiddled with the cuffs of his suit as he waited for things to get started. Sooner this shit was done, the sooner they were married and he could relax a little during the reception. At least he hadn't fallen on his face coming down the makeshift aisle they had.
By the time she and Eden had gotten down to the beach, all Penny wanted was to get this over with. It wasn't like she was having second thoughts -- nothing remotely close to that, in fact -- but ever since the night before, the anticipation had been building to the point of practically driving her insane. Sleeping in hadn't helped that nearly as much as she would've liked; in fact, all it seemed to do was make the hours she was getting ready seem longer.
The feeling of wanting to rush, though, was gone as soon as she saw Gideon standing there, and so was the surreal sensation that she'd honestly felt for the past six months or so. This was really, actually happening, and it was fucking terrifying, and, at the same time, absolutely thrilling. She'd never wanted anything more than this in her entire life, despite the sudden panic rising inside her. With nothing left but for her to go down the aisle, she one deep, undeniably shaky breath, smoothed a hand over the waist of the dress Jenny had made for her, and turned to Joe, nodding once before she took his arm and began walking.
It was hard not to just fucking stare at her coming down. She looked fucking amazing - shit, better than he expected, and he had figured she'd be wearing some good shit to begin with. His stomach twisted in knots as she closed in and did her thing with Joe, and for the first time in this whole thing, he realized what he really was fucking doing. This was fucking it. He had no doubts, but damn it was intimidating.
Joe did the whole giving her away thing when asked by John, and then shit got started. Of course, Gideon knew John had to say a bunch of official shit at the beginning, but damn was it hard for Gideon not to tell him to hurry up. Instead, he mostly focused his attention on her, and honestly, it was close to feeling like she was the only one in the whole fucking place. He almost didn't realize he was up to say his vow when he had to. He had mostly prepared one, but suddenly none of that shit felt like it even fit what he felt about her.
"I had this whole fucking thing memorized, but...fuck that shit," he said, letting out an awkward laugh. He actually was kind of feeling weirdly emotional, and while he kept himself together fine, it still made shit a little weird for him. "Look, I love you. There's pretty much nothing I wouldn't fucking do with you. And I figure when you start feeling like that about someone, this is the only fucking step that can happen. I promise I'll always have your back, and take care of you when you need me. I promise...shit, I promise fucking everything. You mean everything to me. Nothing else is ever going to come close. And I can't promise I'll be the easiest fucking person to deal with sometimes - you know that already, I'm sure - but I can promise I'll do my best every fucking day we're together. I said it when we first met you were something special. I can't even begin to say how right I was."
Never really one to be unsure of herself, Penny was certain, as she stood there preparing to speak, that she'd never felt so self-conscious in her life. The whole thing, so far, had mostly seemed like a blur, but even after they'd made up vows with each other months before, and even having mostly prepared something to say, she suddenly couldn't think of a single thing to say that would really describe how she felt about him; a lot of what she could've said, too, wasn't anything she wanted to be mentioning at her wedding, which meant she would have to settle for being vague instead, and knowing he would understand. Really, just the fact that she was standing up there said a lot, but she couldn't have gone just with that if she'd wanted to. He deserved better than that, and, if only for the first time, she intended to deliver.
"I..." she began, but faltering, trailed off, closing her eyes for a moment before beginning again. She doubted it would be possible, but she wanted to get this as close to perfect as she could, even if it wound up being mostly off the top of her head. "Gideon, you're like no one I've ever known," she said instead, lifting her head to look at him. "And I've known a lot of people, and done a lot of things I'm not proud of. But you know that, and you're standing up here anyway, and that alone makes you a better guy than I could ever have hoped for. And... and I wouldn't be here if I wasn't completely in love with you. You've opened my eyes to a whole lot of things about myself that I wouldn't have seen otherwise, no matter how hard it got, and for that, I can't even tell you how grateful I am. I've said before and I'll say again that you're the greatest thing that's ever happened to me, and I can only try to be as good for you. But I will. I would do anything if it meant I would get to spend the rest of my life with you, because I would do anything for you, and I never thought I would be saying that about anyone. You're different. You've always been different. And... fuck, you're all I'll ever want." Finishing, she cut herself off with a slight, breathy laugh, having not quite intended to end it that way. It was the best she could do, though, even if she still didn't think it said enough. Still, in the long run, all that would matter was that he knew how she felt, and she already knew he did.
Really, that was the hard part. The rest kind of just fucking happened one right after the other. Exchanging the rings Serena had given over for them to use, it was the first - and only - time Gideon was keenly aware his throat was fucking tightening up a little as things really sunk in. There was no hesitation at all when he started to repeat the words John was giving them for the whole commitment 'I do' part of it, with Penny doing the same thing.
"With the Council's approval, then, you two are man and wife," John finished, sounding all fucking official there, too. Gideon would probably mess with him later about all this shit. Now, though, he had something better to do. "You can go ahead and kiss the bride now."
There was no hesitation, no worrying about all the fucking people watching. He stepped closer to her, hand going up to cup her chin as he kissed her deeply. It was like all the fucking nervous energy was just released at that very moment.
Almost a little incredulous, Penny let out a laugh when John finished speaking, fully intent on ignoring the fact that her eyes had welled up with tears. She couldn't help herself. Even after six months' buildup, she could hardly wrap her head around the fact that they'd just actually done it. Interrupting any train of thought, though, was Gideon's mouth on hers, and she was more than fine with that. Pressing up to her toes to lessen the distance between them, she wound her arms around his neck, hardly noticing that anyone was watching as she kissed him. Just then, in that moment, regardless of how fucking cliched it sounded, she was certain she'd never been so happy in her entire life.
Everything was pretty much a fucking blur for a while afterwards. Really, if Gideon had it his way, they'd be fucking out of there already, but he knew there was a reception to be had first. One of Serena's friends - he thought her name was Ellie or something - had put together a hell of a lot of food together for people to eat, all set up on a picnic table or something she apparently had, anyway. There was enough alcohol to go around, made by Karen, plus juice and shit like that for anyone who didn't want it. Music was being played by the Direwolves - big surprise there, considering who he'd just married. Overall, everything really had turned out pretty fucking nice.
It was exactly how it was supposed to be.
[The list of people invited is here, and as stated in the post, everyone gets a plus one (or plus two, for Neil XD). Annnd that should be about it. \o/ ST/LT more than welcome; this'll be going for a while, I'm sure.]
He knew it was supposed to take as long as it was - fucking tradition or whatever - but he sure as hell was having a hard time being patient. Shifting his weight from foot to foot, Gideon fiddled with the cuffs of his suit as he waited for things to get started. Sooner this shit was done, the sooner they were married and he could relax a little during the reception. At least he hadn't fallen on his face coming down the makeshift aisle they had.
By the time she and Eden had gotten down to the beach, all Penny wanted was to get this over with. It wasn't like she was having second thoughts -- nothing remotely close to that, in fact -- but ever since the night before, the anticipation had been building to the point of practically driving her insane. Sleeping in hadn't helped that nearly as much as she would've liked; in fact, all it seemed to do was make the hours she was getting ready seem longer.
The feeling of wanting to rush, though, was gone as soon as she saw Gideon standing there, and so was the surreal sensation that she'd honestly felt for the past six months or so. This was really, actually happening, and it was fucking terrifying, and, at the same time, absolutely thrilling. She'd never wanted anything more than this in her entire life, despite the sudden panic rising inside her. With nothing left but for her to go down the aisle, she one deep, undeniably shaky breath, smoothed a hand over the waist of the dress Jenny had made for her, and turned to Joe, nodding once before she took his arm and began walking.
It was hard not to just fucking stare at her coming down. She looked fucking amazing - shit, better than he expected, and he had figured she'd be wearing some good shit to begin with. His stomach twisted in knots as she closed in and did her thing with Joe, and for the first time in this whole thing, he realized what he really was fucking doing. This was fucking it. He had no doubts, but damn it was intimidating.
Joe did the whole giving her away thing when asked by John, and then shit got started. Of course, Gideon knew John had to say a bunch of official shit at the beginning, but damn was it hard for Gideon not to tell him to hurry up. Instead, he mostly focused his attention on her, and honestly, it was close to feeling like she was the only one in the whole fucking place. He almost didn't realize he was up to say his vow when he had to. He had mostly prepared one, but suddenly none of that shit felt like it even fit what he felt about her.
"I had this whole fucking thing memorized, but...fuck that shit," he said, letting out an awkward laugh. He actually was kind of feeling weirdly emotional, and while he kept himself together fine, it still made shit a little weird for him. "Look, I love you. There's pretty much nothing I wouldn't fucking do with you. And I figure when you start feeling like that about someone, this is the only fucking step that can happen. I promise I'll always have your back, and take care of you when you need me. I promise...shit, I promise fucking everything. You mean everything to me. Nothing else is ever going to come close. And I can't promise I'll be the easiest fucking person to deal with sometimes - you know that already, I'm sure - but I can promise I'll do my best every fucking day we're together. I said it when we first met you were something special. I can't even begin to say how right I was."
Never really one to be unsure of herself, Penny was certain, as she stood there preparing to speak, that she'd never felt so self-conscious in her life. The whole thing, so far, had mostly seemed like a blur, but even after they'd made up vows with each other months before, and even having mostly prepared something to say, she suddenly couldn't think of a single thing to say that would really describe how she felt about him; a lot of what she could've said, too, wasn't anything she wanted to be mentioning at her wedding, which meant she would have to settle for being vague instead, and knowing he would understand. Really, just the fact that she was standing up there said a lot, but she couldn't have gone just with that if she'd wanted to. He deserved better than that, and, if only for the first time, she intended to deliver.
"I..." she began, but faltering, trailed off, closing her eyes for a moment before beginning again. She doubted it would be possible, but she wanted to get this as close to perfect as she could, even if it wound up being mostly off the top of her head. "Gideon, you're like no one I've ever known," she said instead, lifting her head to look at him. "And I've known a lot of people, and done a lot of things I'm not proud of. But you know that, and you're standing up here anyway, and that alone makes you a better guy than I could ever have hoped for. And... and I wouldn't be here if I wasn't completely in love with you. You've opened my eyes to a whole lot of things about myself that I wouldn't have seen otherwise, no matter how hard it got, and for that, I can't even tell you how grateful I am. I've said before and I'll say again that you're the greatest thing that's ever happened to me, and I can only try to be as good for you. But I will. I would do anything if it meant I would get to spend the rest of my life with you, because I would do anything for you, and I never thought I would be saying that about anyone. You're different. You've always been different. And... fuck, you're all I'll ever want." Finishing, she cut herself off with a slight, breathy laugh, having not quite intended to end it that way. It was the best she could do, though, even if she still didn't think it said enough. Still, in the long run, all that would matter was that he knew how she felt, and she already knew he did.
Really, that was the hard part. The rest kind of just fucking happened one right after the other. Exchanging the rings Serena had given over for them to use, it was the first - and only - time Gideon was keenly aware his throat was fucking tightening up a little as things really sunk in. There was no hesitation at all when he started to repeat the words John was giving them for the whole commitment 'I do' part of it, with Penny doing the same thing.
"With the Council's approval, then, you two are man and wife," John finished, sounding all fucking official there, too. Gideon would probably mess with him later about all this shit. Now, though, he had something better to do. "You can go ahead and kiss the bride now."
There was no hesitation, no worrying about all the fucking people watching. He stepped closer to her, hand going up to cup her chin as he kissed her deeply. It was like all the fucking nervous energy was just released at that very moment.
Almost a little incredulous, Penny let out a laugh when John finished speaking, fully intent on ignoring the fact that her eyes had welled up with tears. She couldn't help herself. Even after six months' buildup, she could hardly wrap her head around the fact that they'd just actually done it. Interrupting any train of thought, though, was Gideon's mouth on hers, and she was more than fine with that. Pressing up to her toes to lessen the distance between them, she wound her arms around his neck, hardly noticing that anyone was watching as she kissed him. Just then, in that moment, regardless of how fucking cliched it sounded, she was certain she'd never been so happy in her entire life.
Everything was pretty much a fucking blur for a while afterwards. Really, if Gideon had it his way, they'd be fucking out of there already, but he knew there was a reception to be had first. One of Serena's friends - he thought her name was Ellie or something - had put together a hell of a lot of food together for people to eat, all set up on a picnic table or something she apparently had, anyway. There was enough alcohol to go around, made by Karen, plus juice and shit like that for anyone who didn't want it. Music was being played by the Direwolves - big surprise there, considering who he'd just married. Overall, everything really had turned out pretty fucking nice.
It was exactly how it was supposed to be.
[The list of people invited is here, and as stated in the post, everyone gets a plus one (or plus two, for Neil XD). Annnd that should be about it. \o/ ST/LT more than welcome; this'll be going for a while, I'm sure.]