softlyfalling | a family dinner for family announcements of a celebratory kind

a family dinner for family announcements of a celebratory kind

Who: Shrike Nero Jason Glory Raven Vergil
Where: Olive Garden
When: a convenient time

[ when you're here, you're family!!!

also shrike made some... well, the shape leaves something to be desired but the red velvet macarons taste right and there's a dish of chocolate-dipped cherries and strawberries also. ]

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Mm—yeah.

So... I'm really happy for both of you. Especially because—well, I can tell it makes both of you really happy?

...It really does.

It's kind of weird, how much? It's not like anything has actually changed...

But it changes the... framing, maybe, of the whole world.

...Yeah, something like that. Even if things are the same, it's... a different way of looking at them. It makes the future seem... more real? It makes problems that seemed insurmountable feel barely worth worrying about.

...mm. It's—really, really nice. To know you'll always have someone by your side in that kind of way, I suppose. To make that kind of promise to yourself and someone else.

Mm. We'd made a lot of promises to each other already, and it's not like he's the only one who will be there to support me, but... This feels special.

I'm... really glad. Honestly.

It gives my heart a little bit of peace, in a way.

It does...?

Mm, I mean...

...well, I know both of you have had worries about a future, and I suppose... something like your lives meaning something. But also, in addition to that...