Evie
I see what lies heavy on your heart
He hasn't spoken much of his parents, but she can infer enough from past conversations and his current allusions to laugh a little under her breath. "It was the opposite for me - my parents were married, but they only ever pretended to be in love in public. Rings and ceremonies did little to keep them faithful." Which was how Amalia had come to be, cruel twist of irony that it was. Sometimes, Evie selfishly wishes they'd never found out - it made the woman's various betrayals sting more to have known they shared blood, even if it was from the worst side of her parentage.
"But that's why I'm ambivalent about it. I would marry you today if you asked me - or twenty years from now, or never." She reaches the small distance between them to take his hand loosely, swinging slightly as they walk. "If you find meaning in it, I'm happy to do it. Even a smaller one," she amends with a grin. Because as much as she loves parties - "It's not as if we know very many people anyway. Luckily, Halovian traditions are much more private. In the Grounds, they would have thrown a fit to miss their King and Queen marrying." Gossips and partiers, the lot of them. Such big news always had to be social events regardless of the desires of the intended.
"But that's why I'm ambivalent about it. I would marry you today if you asked me - or twenty years from now, or never." She reaches the small distance between them to take his hand loosely, swinging slightly as they walk. "If you find meaning in it, I'm happy to do it. Even a smaller one," she amends with a grin. Because as much as she loves parties - "It's not as if we know very many people anyway. Luckily, Halovian traditions are much more private. In the Grounds, they would have thrown a fit to miss their King and Queen marrying." Gossips and partiers, the lot of them. Such big news always had to be social events regardless of the desires of the intended.
and the strength you still keep inside
