Wedding ask game for your newly (and not so newly) wed OTP
(made mainly with couples in mind, feel free to adapt to as many people as you want)
Who first brought up the option of marriage? Was it an easy topic?
Which one proposed? Was it grand and public? Discreet and private? Was it expected?
Show us their engagement and/or wedding rings!
Did they plan the wedding by themselves, with help, or with a professional planner?
Was the planning and time up til the wedding stressful?
Who were the first people to find out about the engagement? How did they react?
Who are the maids of honor and/or best men? Why and how were they chosen?
Was there any drama whatsoever regarding the guest list?
Show us a mood/stimboard of their wedding's general aesthetic.
Do they get married through court? Church? Third secret option?
When do they get married? Night or day? Any specific reason for either?
Do either of them play music while walking down the aisle (if they do at all)? If yes, show us their song.
Show us their outfits!
Do they follow any familiar, cultural, and/or religious traditions at any point of the wedding?
Who was the ringbearer?
Who married them?
Show us their vows. Did either of them tear up at them?
Did anyone oppose the marriage? Did they speak then, or did they just forever hold their peace?
What was the ceremony like? Any highlights?
Did anyone pass out from a food/alcohol coma?
Do they have a honeymoon? Where to? How soon after?
Do they renew their vows? Remarry, even?
If the couple could describe their wedding in a sentence, how would they?
If you could describe their wedding in a sentence, how would you?
i'm really bored rn, so i'm gonna answer those questions based on what i think abt how was their wedding. (don't mind my english, not my 1st language 😭)
Alex was the one that first brought it up while they were watching Wedding Factory, suddenly asking Casey, 'If we ever get married, would you choose a classical wedding cake or something like, I don't know, a HotWheels Speedway themed cake?' and Casey, being Casey, just stared at Alex with the biggest puppy eyes she'd ever seen, simply saying 'You'd like to marry me somewhere in the future?'.
And what it was just a silly doubt in between a show, became a heartwarming conversation about their expectations for their future.
After three years, when Casey cleared a space of her closet for Alex to move in, she decided it was time. They had been living together for a couple of months when she decided to celebrate Valentine's day differently. She planned a whole trip for them, so Alex, being the smartass she is, wouldn't guess what Casey was doing.
First, they shared breakfast in bed, eating fruits and pancakes before they started packing to spend the night out. Their first parade was in a flower shop, where Casey had bought her a pink dahlia and lily bouquet, Alex's favorites with a mug trinket for her bracelet, simbolizing their first date in a coffee shop.
They had two other parades after that. One so they could have lunch at a random restaurant so that Alex wouldn't suspect and the other at a grocery store, so Casey could buy marshmellows. Alex tried to take any information off of Casey so she could know where they were heading to, but she always avoided the question with another one, and honestly, Alex was getting anxious just like a little kid asking their parents if they arrived at their destiny.
Finally, when the sun was starting to set, they got to a camping area, where, without explaining much, Casey asked Alex for help to tidy up the tent and light the fire and a very confused, but excited Alex tried her best to fill up the air mattress while Casey finished the tent.
Casey gave Alex a match box for her to light the fire while she gathered their stuff to put inside the tent, taking advantage of Alex's distraction it as an excuse to get the ring box, stuffing it into her jacket pocket. When she went outside, She saw the fire lit and Alex had her back turned for her while and smiled, trying to focus about the repellent she was talking about.
'Yeah, of course I brought it. I couldn't have us going back to work tomorrow like we were rolling in a pool of stingers.', the redhead said jokingly, looking at the sun, that it was almost setting. Taking a deep breath, she knelt, taking the ring box out of the pocket, 'Good, because I really don't want us to be itching the whole wee-' Alex finally turned to face Casey, looking down to see her there, with a black velvet ring box opened there looking like she had just ate a whole bag of black pepper 'What are you doing?', the blonde asked silently, her face blank with shock.
'Lex, we have been together for almost five years and... God I'm terrible at this, but, do you remember when we had finally admitted that we actually liked each other and you said something like, "we're gays, Casey, if there's something that we can't do is pretend that being public about it isn't dangerous. But I'm willing to try if you also want to laugh in the face of danger with me", and I can't see a better way of doing it than marrying with you, so... Alexandra Cabot, would you like to marry me?', she finally proposed, seeing the blonde chuckle, crying a bit as she stared at Casey's gleamy eyes 'Have I ever said how much I love the Disney freak you are? Of course I do!'
And they hugged after Casey puts the engagement ring on her finger. It was a private and simple moment, but it was just perfect for them.
Their rings were just perfect for them. Nothing too flashy, but nothing too simple, either. 👇 ( pinterest pic ofc )
The wedding was planned by them. They wanted it to be perfect and to have a little touch of both. Like, the classic tradition of something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a sixpence in your shoe was Alex's idea, but having a picture wall was totally Casey's ( they literally decided those things the morning after the proposal ).
They didn't tell a soul about it until they were back in town. They came at the precint with smiles bigger than the room, Olivia was surely the first to tease about it, 'It seems like someone had a good weekend', she said, looking at both of them and they giggled as they looked at each other just like high school sweethearts.
'Well, yeah, I guess it was good, what do you think, Lexie?', she stared at her now fiancée, that just smiled back, looking at Liv 'I think so, but now my hand kinda hurts, do yours too?'.
Fin and Munch had came near them, looking at them weirdly, 'What are these two up to?', the older man asked and Liv just shook her head. 'Mine does too, it must be the weight of being engaged, don't you think, love?', 'It surely is, what do you think, guys?"
And both showed their hands at them, their smiles were huge and the detectives just stared at them surprised, their smiles growing. 'Oh, my God, finally!, Liv was the first to say, hugging both of them individually, 'I'm so happy that you two weren't talking about your sex life' Munch said, listening to their laugh as he also hugged them, 'You two owe me 50 bucks, I told you it wouldn't pass this year.', Fin was the one who said it as John growled as he handed his partner the money, just like Olivia.
'Wait, you made a bet about it?', Alex was the one who asked, laughing. 'Of course, four years of taking you two being gays 24/7 and nothing about wedding?!', Liv said, 'Besides, who proposed?'
'I did. In a camping trip'. Casey smiled at the blonde, who just smiled back, looking at her soon-to-be-wife. 'Damn it, Alex! I bet on you!' Liv complained, giving twenty to Munch and Fin. 'What can I say? Casey was faster than me!'.
The planning endured for two very stressful years where they gathered money enough for the ceremony, reception and their honeymoon. It was hard, but they finally had, not only the money, but everything planned and set for their wedding to happen. And with the planning, they chose their bestmen and maids of honor.
Alex chose Huang and Olivia, her best friends since forever. Huang was the first gay man that was actually open about his sexuality and that made her have the courage to actually accept herself, meanwhile Olivia was the one that encouraged her to talk to Casey about her feelings and actually admit them to her. Without them, Alex probably would never give herself an opportunity to this relationship.
Meanwhile Casey chose Munch to be her bestman and Mary to be her maid of honor. They were the ones that made her realize that she was in love with Alex and that, even though Casey's religion said otherwise, she could love other woman romantically and that that wasn't a bad thing.
Munch trusted her and treated her nicely since day one and not only that, but they actually trusted her work and her intuition and that was something that she really valued on their friendship.
And Mary, the woman who guided her when she first started working as a prosecutor... she was the one that made all of that happen, even if they didn't knew that at the time they met. She was the one that didn't let her give up on being a prosecutor and that was what led Casey to be where she was today.
They didn't really know what to do, but they preferred to make a simple invitation in their own handwriting in a box with a bottle of wine to each one of them and invite them to a small dinner at their house. In the middle of the conversation, the couple gave the box with each one of their names to them, smiling when they accepted with a very pleasant smile on their faces.
It was simple, but seeing their reactions, it definetly couldn't have been better.
Both of them knew that it wouldn't be easy to make the guest list. Not because they were unsure of who they should invite, but because they knew exactly who they couldn't have there. Alex was her parent's only kid, so when they died, she didn't had anyone of her family to invite besides her uncle Bill, his wife and their kid. She surely wanted her parents to be there and the worst part is that this was something that she couldn't even change.
It was hard, of course, but she knew, or at least tried to believe, that they would be there somewhere, cheering for her.
Casey also was okay with every friend they invited to, the problem was that she also didn't had anyone of her family to be there for her. Her entire family is catholic, the kind of catholic that would scream at you if they saw a rainbow drawing on your notebook.
Both of them knew it would be difficult do handle their absense, but they were glad to have their chosen family by their side.
manip out of my manip acc on insta!! @/caseycabvt_
When the day finally arrived, they were surely a pile of nerves and happiness. It was like half of them were about to faint while the other was running around the house screaming "I'M GETTING MARRIED! I'M GETTING MARRIED", while their maids of honor tried to calm them down.
Alex's uncle decided to give his backyard so they could get married. It was a large place, and, as there weren't many guests, there was still plenty of space for them to dance and enjoy the ceremony and the after party.
The ceremony happened as the sun started to set. Fin was the one who held the ceremony, having obtained his license online the day before, pretending the whole time he didn't want to cry for being the chosen one to marry his best friends.
Huang was the one that got in charge to take care of their rings while Mary would hold their bouquets when they exchanged their vowels.
Liv and Munch were the ones who carried them to the aisle, where both of them met with huge smiles in their faces, wattery eyes and shaky hands. They couldn't stop looking at each other, both clearly too stunned to say something more than "I love you" before they walked together through the aisle.
'We're reunited this evening to not just celebrate love and the union of the brides, but also courage. We know how hard it is to actually have the strenght to admit and show everyone that you love someone who has the same gender as you. It was hard, all of us know how much you two tried to hide your feelings, not that they were successful, you were terrible, actually', he said, hearing both giggle, 'but the day finally came and we couldn't even say it wasn't true love. You two had a long history and we're here today to witness you guys take this very important step for your relationship. So, without further ado; Do you, Alexandra Cabot, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife, to live together in matrimony, to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, to have and to hold, from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?', he read what he wrote from the site script, looking at her, who couldn't stop smiling at her soon-to-be-wife, 'Yes, I do', she said with a tender voice, 'Do you, Casey Novak, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife, to live together in matrimony, to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, to have and to hold, from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?'.
'Yes, I do.', the redhead replied, her lower lip shaking as she held her tears back. Fin stared at them with a smile in the face, trying not to cry as much as them. 'Before you exchange the rings, did you guys have anything you might want to read?', both of them nodded and Alex was the first one to take out her paper.
'God, this is unlike me, but I might sob in between the words so I hope you can understand me', she joked nervously, seeing Casey chuckle 'Well, it has been a very long decade. I got shot, went to WitSec and when I came back because my shooter was about to be prosecuted, it wasn't me the one who was about to put him behind the bars and that's what pissed me off more about it. I mean, who was that nosy redhead who had took my job so easily? And not only that, but was also very good at it. I could say I wasn't very pleased with a younger A.D.A being so good at her job that she put the man that hurted me in jail having only a ballistics results as evidence. I was intrigued by her. So when I came back permanently from WitSec, we saw each other a few times in the DA's office when she needed something from the Homicides Department. And we started chatting, the chat became an implicit flirt here and there, but we always said it was nothing when some of our friends asked. But there was something in there. At the time I wanted to pretend it wasn't what everyone was talking about. There was no love, nor attraction or tension. It was just friendship. So what that I would always smile when she laughed? Or that I would always reach out to her hand when I was distracted or that i would be the first one to smudge the sause off of her mouth corner when she was eating... and getting really close to her face while doing it? I mean, that's what friends are for. Besides that, how could I fall in love with someone that rolls a baseball bat for fun? But I mean, when she does it... thank god I'm able to watch it. Well, it took me a lot of "or what?"s for me to realize that I had fall in love with her and this got me so freaked out that I had to take a moment to calm myself down and figure it out what to do with that information. And then, one day we went out to grab a few drinks with the squad, we drank a lot of cheap beer and when we realized, we were kissing in the back of my car after telling our friends we were heading home, even though in opposite ways from each other. No wonder nobody believed us. Well, the morning after we talked so much about our feelings that I think we learned more about each other in a day than we had in like, two years. That day was the day we swore to laugh in the face of danger together and I guess this day finally came. I love you, Casey. And I can't wait to spend the rest of our lives calling you my wife."
The redhead laughed and cried during the whole speech, trying her best to not smudge her makeup. 'God, can't I kiss this woman already?', she asked as she chuckled, 'Not until I say so. I'm your highness until the party begins', Fin said while puffing out his chest, as a sign of false superiority, 'I'm regretting the traditionalism now' she mumbled, trying to shake her anxiousness off.
'I suck when it comes to sharing my feelings, but I swear I really tried my best. Alexandra Cabot was like a myth when I first started at the DA's office, they talked about her appearance, her mannerisms and her talent to win a case with little to no evidence but at the same tome they admired her, it also came with the "beware of the Ice Queen" warning and, to be honest, the 25 year old me got scared like a puppy to even bump into her at the courthouse or even the DA's office and it never happened. But it happened a few years later and, to be fair, I never knew if it was the WitSec that changed it or the people who talked about her that exaggerated, but I could never see Alex as an Ice Queen. She was the most kind, loving and caring person I could ever met and, even when she had all her deffenses up, she had the most warming gleam in her eyes, like the ones we see in literature but I could never understand quite exactly what the authors meant until I looked into those blue eyes. And, being honest, you know when you promise yourself that you would never fall for that especific person and you're already there? Well, that's what happened. I swore to my life that I would never let myself fool for those perfect blue eyes, neither for that beautiful smile, but guys, I wasn't fooled by them, I drowned in those eyes and found safety in that smile but I still couldn't let myself admit it. I mean, come on, how could I ever admit that when I wasn't even sure about myself? I did tried my best to hide it and to shove it deep down my guts and it kinda helped, for like, five minutes and I was already drooling over how I loved to watch her talk about anything she was interested in, because, if you see Alex talking about Star Wars, you'll surely see how her eyes gleam and how her voice goes up and she starts to make those crazy teen fan faces that makes you giggle and just see how much of a child she can be behind those walls. And, I guess that wasn't only her looks and how smart and confident she is that made me fall in love with her, but also watching her eating her food after days of poorly feeding herself because of a case, or how caring she is with the victims she helps... and how she smiles with her eyes when she snuggles up with a kitten and also starts to sneeze and gets her nose all red because of the kitten's fur, the way she crying laughs at dad jokes and how she decides to paint her toe nails right before she fells asleep and wakes up with her nails smudgy and with the sheets marked all over the polish', Alex laughs, mumbling something confirming what Casey says 'I knew that way before we get involved because I actually saw her doing it, and she just brushed it off by saying it that nobody would actually look at her toes, so it was fine. Besides everything I struggled with while trying to accept I was in love with this amazing woman, I also fought with my faith. I cried everyday since I was a kid asking for God to take these feeling away from me, to make me happy with a man, not a woman. To make me feel the things for guys and not girls and for years I pretended it worked and I was fine just stealing looks and pretending it was just an admiration, until I had Alex sleeping in my shoulder, her breath hot against my cheek and I had to fight the urge to not just kiss her goodnight. It was the hardest moment for me and I kinda went on meltdown. And how was the odds of having a jewish old man helping me out in that moment,' she looked straight towards Munch, who had her eyes wattering, 'making me realize that God still loved me the same no matter who I'd chose to spend my life with... I know everything is kinda messy with this whole speech, but I think there's no way better to finish it then saying: "Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.", and I love you with all my heart, Alex. And I'm just glad I let it be rainbow with you.'
They shared a emotive smile across their faces as they held their hands, still looking at each other's eyes. Fin cleared his throat and stared at them, 'I've never seen them being this gay in my whole life.' he tried to pretend he was about to cry too, smiling clearly happy, 'Well, if anybody has anything to say against this communion, I hope you stay shut and complain at home, by yourselves. Someone? No one? Good.' they chuckled as he proceeded to read through his speech, 'Well, so you guys can know exchange your rings.
Huang came near with the small red velvet pillow in hands, which had both of their wedding rings, and as Alexandra got Casey's ring, she smiled at her soon-to-be wife, sliding it across her left ring finger, kissing on top of it, whispering 'I love you' to the redhead, who already had tear marks over her makeup. Now, Casey grabbed Alex's ring and did the exact same thing. They both stared at each other as Huang stepped aside, both of them smiling so much it almost hurted their cheeks.
'And now I pronounce you bride and bride, and you may... well, kiss!', he smiled, all of their guests standing up to applaud them as Alex held Casey's waist while the redhead cupped her wife's face and kissed her, hugging her tightly right after.
The party went great after that. They laughed, danced and, after a really long time, they remembered to threw Alex's bouquet — which landed on Munch's head and he asked proposed to a really drunk Fin, that fake cried and accepted, saying that Munch's third time getting married would be the lucky one.
They took their time after and finally flew together to their honeymoon, which they passed in Romania, learning their culture, language, and even risked to learn to dance like a professional belly dancer – no need to say they mostly had fun then actually learned anything.
Alex also recall once in a while to have someone reading what was called the gypsy oracle deck that was paint in hand by the reader's family, which talked about a very happy and long marriage and succesful carreers.
Fifteen years had passed, but Alex still hasn't forgotten about that, because that's what exactly happened. They're exactly where they wanted to be. Alex found herself helping victims of abuse and domestic violence to get through everything and even hide from their aggressors, everything backed up by law and Casey became a law teacher in HLS.
In their Fifteenth anniversary, they renewed their vows, having only the few people that lasted in their lives all those years at the ceremony and during the after party at their house.
When Alex was asked to describe their marriage in a sentence she'd say "everyday with her is a rainy day under a warm and comfortable blanket. i couldn't ask for anything better".
And when Casey was asked about it, she'd reply "being married with her it's like jogging the whole morning, just to get back at home and feel that delicious fresh coffee smell. a total rush of dopamine and endorphin".
I'd say that they make the whole marriage stuff seem easy. They have a connection that goes beyond the physical and, even with struggles, it's like they understand and can solve any problem by just sitting down and taking a deep breath. It's like a connection made by forces that goes beyond nature itself.
