For your married muses: What was really transition from partner to spouse like? Did anything fundamentally change about your relationship?
I have a few so hold onto your butts.
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Master Sergeant Rex āSandmanā Price nee Rogers
āThe marriage actually came after the⦠rest of it⦠Had to. Fraternization.ā He lifts the stump of an arm, too lazy today to wear his prosthesis. āWe stopped shootinā at people, for starters and I got my ass out of Humvees for good. I swear if I never see another one of those shitboxes itāll be too soon.ā
He looks around surreptitiously for the presence of either of his daughters, to ensure theyāve not heard him using foul language.
Piccolo Jr.
He thinks back to the wedding, when it had all become real to him. What had started out as a genuine gesture of solidarity and friendship became his life and his world when heād laid eyes on the Saiyan Prince. The ceremony itself had been splendid and the reception would have been quite peaceful, had some out-of-town (off-planet) piece of power level-obsessed trash not spoiled it by making a mess of West City mid cake-cutting. The memory brings a smile to the Namekianās face and he shakes his head.
āNo,ā he says after a moment. āWe just live together now.ā
Nathan Christopher Charles āCableā Summers
āWe arenāt married. Wade, please stop signing those divorce papers⦠ughā¦ā Pinching the bridge of his nose, the telepath makes a grab for the ream of paper Deadpool is tearfully signing, for some reason, with a splotchy fountain pen. Cable has no idea where heās found this artifact and is, as usual, just a little impressedāan undertone of his overarching irritation.
Hanzo āScorpionā Hasashi
āAt first, there was little change,ā Scorpion admits, āaside from the obvious.ā He holds up a hand whereupon a band sits on his ring finger. āThe transitionāthe most important oneāoccurred when we⦠when I⦠retired.ā
Surrounded by grandchildren and glowing with pride, it is clear he does not regret this.
The Boy/0.005
āDolores appeared when I needed her; she was there for me for⦠shit, half a century? I dunno where Iād be without her. Itās like I⦠wasnāt there before her and I wonāt be here after her.ā Is the minuscule assassin drunk and clutching a mannequin? Perhaps.
Daisuke Jigen
He doesnāt know why he agreed to the whole thingāit seems over-the-top, even for Lupin. A fake marriage, ceremony and all, complete with a contract? Well, he can say one thing for his ridiculous friend: the guy never does anything halfway.
āNah,ā he grunts, āitās all for the payout, as usual.ā Oddly enough, he doesnāt sound remotely disappointed with this arrangement. Itās just how they are.
Jessica Rabbit
She thinks about this a moment, pretty, red lips pulling into a pout she cannot help. Finely-plucked brows knit delicately and she makes a musical āhmā sound as she considers this. āWhat was the transition?ā She considers this. āNow I get to wake up next to the man who makes me laugh.ā
Jonathan āJohnny Cageā Carlton
āIāve been married a couple times, and honestly the biggest changeāif youāre not a total jackassāis that lifeās not about you anymore. It canāt be⦠āspecially if thereās a kid in the picture.ā In his wallet are a pile of pictures of Cassie and Jacqui as children. The two had been inseparable and he canāt help thinking of the latter as his, in a way.
Loki Laufeyson
āMarriage is a bargaining chip,ā he informs the faceless individual. He can respect the shapeshifting ability that has disabled his detection of their identity and right now, expending any kind of energy to actually figure out who they are feels like a cost he does not want to pay. āNothing changes but the locale⦠Hmm, and my influenceā
Matthew Horner
āThe erh⦠first time, I didnāt even realize it.ā He is loathe to recount the events of that fateful night of what he thought was a relatively innocent poker game which led to his marriage arrangement with Mira Han. Flushing deeply, he recounts a bit of the story of his second (and current) marriage.
āI think it really set in when Valerianāerr, the Emperorāsaid he would take mylast name. Imagine that, the son of a merchant from Tyrador IX of all placesā¦ā He canāt help chuckling at this innocent picture heās painted of himself, leaving out the hijacking of Hyperion and all the rebel activity that has made up the most exciting and instrumental parts of his life. āI canāt really put my finger on what changed when we finally said āI doā, but it felt like the ground was gone under my feet and the sky was⦠just so much brighter.ā
Valerian Horner nee Mengsk
āWhen I dealt with Mira Han for Matthewās hand, I knew that there were no lengths to which I would not go to have him. She knew it too.ā His chuckle is wry. āAnd she took me for much, but it wasnāt nearly a fraction of what Iād have given up⦠for him. When we were wed, I realized, reallyunderstood that I didnāt have to be my fatherāthat I donāt ever have to pretend to that throne. Heās helped me forge my own and I will always be grateful to him for that.ā
Noctis Lucis Caelum
āIām notāwh⦠Iām not married. I⦠not yet! Iāll marry Luna, soon⦠I thinkā¦ā Noctis seems unsure of this, not unwilling but certainly not the elated bridgroom one might expect. His thoughts turn to the Galahdi hand-fasting ceremony, to the scant witnesses, the very few who know of the young princeās most dangerous indiscretion, though Nyx Ulric is an indiscretion he will make over and over, if given the chance. His heart still beats fast in his chest when their eyes meet, but their liaisons are still secret, their love still hidden from the public eye.
Rayden *arranged Marriage AU because I like this one
āIām a god now, so thatās new.ā He snickers, grinning mischievously in the sorcererās direction. The myriad of lewd comments and stories he could tell are threatening to burst forth, but he holds them back, like a heavy thunderhead, waiting to rain its contents on the anticipatory ground below.
āI didnāt know Tsung before this, but to his credit, he mad a good effort at pretending I had a choice in the whole thing.ā Rayden shrugs indifferently, as if being pitched between realms as a bargaining chip is a normal occurrence. āThe little Kahn done fucked up, as you Earthrealmers say.ā
Sherlock Holmes
āNot a thing,ā he responds succinctly. āWatson and I have always had a companionable relationship. That has not changed one iota, nor, I think, will it. Now, if you will excuse meā¦ā He is neither impolite nor brusque, but clipped, as if his mind is elsewhere and, as usual, it is. Tossing on a coat, the consulting detective disappears out the door of his rooms at 221B, likely on another adventure which his companion will summarily catalogue.
Solid Snake
āOtacon⦠he⦠hhnn⦠in a way I canāt describe, he completes what I was missing. I didnāt know what I could be until I met him.ā He recalls vividly their first meeting, the fear, the friendliness⦠Otacon had been an utterly unique individual in his life, someone unlike any person he had ever met. How was he to know that they were the memetic legacy of their forefathers? At the time, he hadnāt. Now that he does, Philanthropy fights to be everything they were not. āHe asked me if love could bloom on the battlefield and I⦠didnāt have a good answer for himāor⦠maybe I did, then, but now Iād say that is has toāfor people like us, it has to. In a way, then, I think we were married before he asked me⦠and the only thing that changed was a ring and a promise made aloud that was always there, from the moment we left Shadow Moses.ā
Takashi āShiroā Shirogane
āI think we just.. said what weād been feeling for a while. The āI doā made it real, butā¦ā Shiro shrugs broad shoulders. āIt was always there. Keithās my best friendāmy oldest oneāand he knows me, sometimes better than I know myself. Iām⦠I wasnāt the same without him and Iām better with āim.ā
Raiden *restored timeline
āMy shameā¦ā He thinks a moment, deep, gentle blue eyes closing in pensive consideration. Breathing deeply, settled in a large, ornately-carved chair with a toddler asleep in his lap, Raiden speaks quietly, delicately, so as not to wake her. āI⦠learned to allow myself to desire and be desired⦠Tsung tried for years to show me, but his willingness to relinquish the relative freedom of being unattached, well⦠it made me realize what I was worth to him⦠and he to me.ā
Ulfric Stormcloak
āIt isnāt something we can display and⦠Jorleif assures me he understands, that it does not vex him⦠but it vexes me. We have always been friends, always been closeāwe stood before Mara and her priests and told them as much, but we cannot yet stand before our people and say the same, not until this war is over and we need not fight for succession.ā That Ulfric has no heir is a point of contention in Skyrim and a point of leverage for the Empire. Rumors have circulated and, despite the overall indifference of the people of Tamriel, certain conventions must be observed and maintained.
Yasuo
āNope. We went from kicking each otherās asses and fucking to kicking each otherās asses and fucking with rings.ā He holds up a hand, knuckles bloodied, mischievous grin on his pretty, if swollen, lips. A gold band reflects with a lusty sparkle. His casual response belies the deep, abiding devotion Yasuo feels toward the Vastayan bastard. In a life of feeling cast out and poorly-fitted to most situations, he has finally found a place and a home.
Kang Lao *games nee Kung
āMy name,ā he responds simply, āand with it, the burden of that legacy.ā It is not traditional for one spouse to give up their name, necessarily, in favor of the other, because of devotion to family and clan. Kung is a name he has happily shed, however, in favor of the name of a nobody of unknown origin and no family whatsoever, save a matronly thunder deity.
Kung Lao *MK2021
āWe have a cell together,ā he explains, āand we need not pretend we are not what we are.ā He gestures, indicating that nebulous, inexplicable thing which is between himself and Kang. To explain it is to cheapen it, the grand champion feels.
Mileena
āThe transition? Certainly. Tanya showed me what I am⦠and that I am beautiful.ā Mileenaās past is fraught with violence and confusion, bafflement and rejection. All she has ever wanted is to be accepted and loved and with Tanya, the queen Kahnsort, she has that. Of course, Tanya had always been of this opinion, that Mileena is a goddess of grace and beauty, but for some reason, her verbal affirmation of it coming in the form of a marital oath had been the ultimate tipping point.
Mordecai
āDid it on a dare. Lil said we wouldnātāwe were too chicken shit.ā He sneers, spitting. āShowed āer.ā In essence, therefore, nothing has really changed and Lilith had simply grown tired of Tinaās Mordy-Mom and Brick-Poppa pretending thatās not what they were. Her next step would be to dare them to adopt her, insofar as legal adoptions can take place on a lawless planet like Pandora.












