#theaxasher

Thea and Asher

“I suppose you’re right, it really doesn’t mean that much, we’ll make it up one way or another. You still disappointment me though, at the very least I feel I should have been told what you were considering doing here. Then perhaps we could have mitigated some of this damage. It’s not like you needed to marry her right off just because she’s having your baby.” 

“What? Fuck no that’s not what happened at all. Seriously I married her because I felt like it, the moment was a bit impulsive but we’ve been seeing each other since my first year at Uni.” 

“So you’ve been dating someone for five years and you didn’t think we’d want to know? Rather selfish of you don’t you think Asher?” 

“It wasn’t serious enough for that yet...” 

“Until you were suddenly married.”

“Fuck I’m sorry okay is that what you want woman? You and dad are just both really fucking controlling sometimes and then you get Uncle Sin in on your bullshit. I just - no I just needed this to be something I did for myself alright? We’ll come visit I promise, now could you just leave? I really just want to spend some time alone with my wife at home before she starts hacking again.” 

“And it all makes fucking sense.” 

“There he is, my little morning star. How’d you fair against the attic my dear?” 

“Well it has no door now thanks to you mother, no doubt Levi will blame that shit on me.” 

“You are the one that actually broke it so that seems reasonable.” 

“You okay Thea? She’s not done anything to you has she?” 

“No of course not Love, we’ve just been talking for a few minutes is all. Though she did happen to mention this whole thing about you having a fiance. Maybe you want to tell me about that?” 

“What the fuck mom, seriously? That business with Alice was never going to fucking happen. The girl is about as interesting as stagnant water.” 

“Now that’s not very nice, she adores you Asher, plus her dad works for your father so it was really kind of perfect.  You know how going outside our circle makes him uncomfortable. It all seemed set in stone too but then you had to go and do this.”

“I-I-I just didn’t know what to do, I didn’t know when I’d see you next since graduation and, and my brother’s would tease me. ‘Thea’s such a daddy’s girl you guys. Gotta follow in his footsteps.” 

“Please stop crying Sweetheart, you’re twenty-four for fucks sake and we’re married, so I’m guessing this situation is a bit different than what he may have experienced. I’m truly sorry, that was not the most tactful response. It was admittedly a mite of jealousy slipping through, I didn’t think I’d have to share you so damn soon.” 

“I don’t even know if you want children. How do I not know this shit?” 

“You think this is nice enough? My older sisters spent months picking their dresses out and this is all I brought with me when I came out to visit. This is like nice brunch clothes.” 

“It’s right for what we want to do sweetheart but if you’d rather spend a few thousand I’m sure our mothers would lov--.” 

“Oh no, I’m good! But seriously do you think the skirt flairs out too much? I kind of look pregnant from the right angle and I don’t want it to look like we did this because we had an accident.” 

“For fucks sake Thea you do not. You’re perfection Sunshine, though I do think you require one more essential.” 

“Oh yeah, what’s that?” 

“The Flower should have her flowers right? I had my brother and sist-” 

“They aren’t coming are they?! You didn’t tell them right?!” 

“Of course not, do you have any idea how perplexed they’d be? Plus my brother would surely go out of his way to ruin what I enjoy most about this idea. That none of my family fucking knows. I just told him I had a falling out with a female acquaintance and needed a quick gift to make it all better. He was a little surprised I would concede to the cliche convention of offering up dead foliage in exchange for forgiveness but quickly made some crude cracking sound and accepted the bribe I had offered him. He bores easily when met with extraneous details, ” 

“Well good, I was worried for a second there we’d have company.” 

“Frankly hadn’t thought about it in a while. I suppose now isn’t the worst time, at least we’ve completed our education and that will hopefully ease to improve our employment prospects.” 

“We’ll work that stuff out. I was more worried about how you felt about being a father more than anything else.”

“I envy your confidence, I’m not even sure where to begin. I guess I married you, that’s a step in the right. What’s next?” 

”I wonder what kind of grandma my mother is going to be. She’s not really the cookie making type. This will be her first so I’m not particularly sure how she’ll adapt.” 

"By some of your stories she seems like a pretty nurturing woman.”

“Not the phrasing I’d use, she has a guarded sort of affection but I never doubted her feelings were there.”

“You think she’ll like me?” 

“Yeah I suspect so, you seem the type of woman she may appreciate. Though honestly as her son I’m not sure I have the most accurate read of the woman and I have not seen her interact with many females so I’m not sure. Hopefully she won’t be upset and try to get me to annul this or anything.”

“If she so much as mentions that crap I’ll vomit on her feet.” 

“That shit again?” 

“I know right? Like I haven’t eaten a thing since I woke up but evidently you can fucking puke nothing and then more nothing.”

“I’m sorry Sunny, this trip has to be fucking miserable for you. You want to just head back to the apartment? Or I don’t know somewhere other than here?” 

“Sure, I’m sorry I want to stay so we’d get our alone time but I’m not sure I can handle another round on my knees in the dirt for that purpose.”