I like your writing style so much (esp your silentlily) though I am curious in your perspective... Of a scenario I've come up with
How would sos/ssc in you perspective react to like wlc/moonflower try to sneak away in the middle of the night again — would he carry her back or... hehe
(silentlily drought on ao3 is unreal 💔)
Because of ✨reasons✨ I'm gonna partner Salt of Solidarity with Moonflower and Silent Salt with White Lily
Salt of Solidarity was woken in the middle of the night by one of his knights at his door. "What is it? Are we needed??" He tried to sound more awake than he was.
"No, Lord Commander, nothing like that. It's..." the knight looked uncomfortable, "It's Lady Commander, sir."
Salt of Solidarity looked back at his bed. How had he not notice his wife was missing??
He shook his head and sighed. This wasn't the first time this had happened, "Right...where is she?"
He got dressed and followed the knight's directions. He rode Nox Black Salt all the way to the Barren's northern border against the sea.
Sure enough, Moonflower, his fae wife, was knelt in the sand, looking between her subject and her sketchbook.
"Easy, Nox." Salt of Solidarity dismounted and gave his steed a few firm pats. He walked over to his wife, who was observing the bioluminescent coral crabs that skittered across the sand.
"Moon?" He called gently.
"The coral crabs only come to the beach once every five years to find more camouflaged shells." Was her answer.
He smiled softly, "And...how long do you think you'll be out here?" he asked.
Moonflower looked up at him, as if she just realized he was actually there. "Salt..." she smiled gently. That same smile he'd fallen in love with.
He allowed her to explain her observations of the crabs, their relationship with their environment, her hypothesis on why their old shells became transparent over time and the need to come ashore for new shells. He sat with her on the beach until her chin dipped down to her chest.
"Come, my Moonflower," he gently scooped her up and she laid her head against his shoulder. "Let me take you home." She didn't argue or protest. She even (sleepily) thanks him and Nox for letting her stay out to watch the crabs.
Salt of Solidarity kept Nox at a slow trot, so as not to wake his wife. Though, once she completely slumped in his arms, he knew she was so deeply asleep that nothing could wake her.
Salt of Solidarity smiled, though he worried that one day his precious wife would wonder too far and he would not find her before something horrible happened.
Silent Salt glared hard at Charcoal Cookie for interrupting his research on baking magic.
"She's ahh," He grimaced, "Gone out, heh." He laughed nervously.
"Gone out where?" He tried to keep his voice level and calm.
"To the northern beaches." Charcoal pointed. "I tried to stop her, but —,"
"No." Silent Salt squeezed by the tomb keeper, "I will get her." He marched to the stables, furious.
Here they were, meant to be researching ways to stop Dark Enchantress Cookie and the Beasts from gaining any more power, and White Lily decides to just run off!! Unbelievable!
He mounted Nox Black Salt and clicked his tongue to start him off at a full gallop.
The sooner he dragged her home — BACK...the sooner her dragged her back to the castle, the sooner they could end this crescendoing war.
The trip to the beaches was shorter than he remembered, and he pulled Nox to a stop as the waves of the sea came into view.
White Lily was sitting on some driftwood by the edge of the sand, reading something and occasionally looking at the horizon.
"What are you doing?" He demanded.
White Lily jumped a held a hand to her heart, "Crumbs, you frightened me." She exhaled.
Silent Salt recognized the book in her hands, "What. Is that?" He growled.
"I," White Lily puffed out her cheeks defiantly, "Found it in the library." She used a finger to mark her spot and closed the book, "Whoever Moon Salt was, she kept fascinatingly detailed records of all sorts of flora and fauna across the Barrens. There's one in here about the local coral crabs and I wanted to come see for myself."
There were no coral crabs.
They'd gone extinct ages ago.
"Do not." Silent Salt swiped the precious book from her hands — "H-Hey!" — "Take books from the library again."
"I know they're probably fragile, but wouldn't a researcher like Moon Salt want her research to be seen? Followed through? Updated??"
Silent Salt grew angrier with every syllable until he couldn't take it anymore and he threw White Lily up over his shoulder.
"S-SILENT SALT?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! PUT ME DOWN!!" She pounded on his back.
Silent Salt looked down to make sure Moonflower's sketchbook was still secure in his hands, then he marched back over to Nox and threw White Lily onto the back of his saddle. He didn't give her the grace to sit up, just mounted himself and clicked his tongue to set Nox off at a gallop.
White Lily shrieked about how he was insane, and he could feel her squirming and scrambling to try and stay on, but he didn't slow down.
As soon as they got back to the stables, White Lily slipped and fell onto her butt while Silent Salt smoothly dismounted his steed.
"We have work to do." Silent Salt glowered down at White Lily.
She glared right back up at him.
He turned to walk back into the castle.
He stopped. His fingers flexed around his dead wife's sketch book. Did he tell her? He hadn't spoken about his wife ever since...
It wasn't important to their mission.
He straightened his shoulders and walked back inside without answering her.
When White Lily returned to the library, the spot where she'd found Moon Salt's book was still empty, and Silent Salt was missing, too.
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