[ Hades and Persephone isn't the most obscure reference out there by a long shot. But Matt brightens in delight when Embry catches it and relays it back. He's drunk enough by now that his normal propensity to disbelieve in coincidence has reached a gleaming, magical pitch, and the consonance strikes him as minorly miraculous. ]
My mother isn't the type you introduce people to, [ Matt says in amusement, ] so in that sense, you match.
[ His head tips ever so slightly towards Embry's touch, transparently pleased by the contact. But then, with the kind of snap decision-making that only comes after a few cocktails, Matt decides he wants to be down and drops lightly to the grass. He tugs at Embry's arm to encourage him to join, at least. ]
I do like both those options, [ he admits with a grin. The journey downward has knocked the veil askew, but not off. ] A heist or a cherry stem. The vows write themselves ...
[ He spends a moment pondering the dazzling stars overheard, before following up: ] "With this cherry stem I thee wed, as a symbol of how I hope to always tie you in knots with my tongue."
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My mother isn't the type you introduce people to, [ Matt says in amusement, ] so in that sense, you match.
[ His head tips ever so slightly towards Embry's touch, transparently pleased by the contact. But then, with the kind of snap decision-making that only comes after a few cocktails, Matt decides he wants to be down and drops lightly to the grass. He tugs at Embry's arm to encourage him to join, at least. ]
I do like both those options, [ he admits with a grin. The journey downward has knocked the veil askew, but not off. ] A heist or a cherry stem. The vows write themselves ...
[ He spends a moment pondering the dazzling stars overheard, before following up: ] "With this cherry stem I thee wed, as a symbol of how I hope to always tie you in knots with my tongue."