[ the thing about courting someone is that there a whole lot of formalities to it, but... less for rondo than he really thinks there are. for starters, he is no longer Lord Ravus - despite being the flameguard, the trappings of courtship aren't necessarily a requirement, but nevertheless, he wants to make sure he does things correctly. he asks the pontiff about it, who clearly thinks its sweet and gives his blessing - he's a kindly old man who dotes on marina anyway.
sister ophilia and sister lianna have given him all the tips on how to properly woo someone - and of course, he behaves properly. his kisses are chaste and warm - if sometimes, wanting, lingering, though his self control is excellent, and he wants to do things right. the most important step of all, of course, is cordelia's approval, which means the entire world to rondo and then some, came with absolute flying colors. nothing makes him happier than to see his darling sister and marina excitedly talking with each other - though rondo is unaware of what is almost certainly gossip, because he does not know his sister's got a little bit of a naughty streak?
despite this, of all people, it is the recovering sazantos who asks rondo after a return back from bolderfall if he plans on getting married. the request startles him so bad he thinks he might be dreaming it - sazantos informs him he's been mooning so obviously it is making him consider destroying the world again, and it takes rondo an entire thirty seconds to realize he was joking. but, it gets him thinking.
and the obvious answer is yes? and so, with the rites of courtship (mostly) performed, along with many, many hours spent together, many travels, many battles fought with monsters, many studies at the atlasdam academy, and plenty of time in each other's company in a time of relative peace, rondo does propose the idea. less romantically, at first - asking, marina, if that's something she'd be interested in.
and after a private and very romantic proposal with a very nice, stylish ring that he definitely agonized over for like, weeks, flamesgrace is abuzz with the flameguard and the scholar's future nuptials. gossipy neighbors and nosy nuns alike are all offering them anything and everything - blessings, luck, gifts, meals, anything, for their adopted daughter and adopted son, two darlings of the place they've most often found themselves in. the buzz of planning a ceremony melds in with the business of work, and for rondo, it comes with a thrill of joy each time he remembers, or whenever he holds marina's hand and feels the weight of a band on her finger. a promise made after lots of suffering - a future, of a shop marina owned, of a life together. a future neither of them were necessarily promised, that they now get to build.
in the week or so after the initial engagement, rondo's finally home for a little while. his work as the flameguard keeps him very busy, but today, it's just been a mountain of paperwork and relative peace, so he works from his desk in their little house, though certainly beyond a normal working hour... ]
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sister ophilia and sister lianna have given him all the tips on how to properly woo someone - and of course, he behaves properly. his kisses are chaste and warm - if sometimes, wanting, lingering, though his self control is excellent, and he wants to do things right. the most important step of all, of course, is cordelia's approval, which means the entire world to rondo and then some, came with absolute flying colors. nothing makes him happier than to see his darling sister and marina excitedly talking with each other - though rondo is unaware of what is almost certainly gossip, because he does not know his sister's got a little bit of a naughty streak?
despite this, of all people, it is the recovering sazantos who asks rondo after a return back from bolderfall if he plans on getting married. the request startles him so bad he thinks he might be dreaming it - sazantos informs him he's been mooning so obviously it is making him consider destroying the world again, and it takes rondo an entire thirty seconds to realize he was joking. but, it gets him thinking.
and the obvious answer is yes? and so, with the rites of courtship (mostly) performed, along with many, many hours spent together, many travels, many battles fought with monsters, many studies at the atlasdam academy, and plenty of time in each other's company in a time of relative peace, rondo does propose the idea. less romantically, at first - asking, marina, if that's something she'd be interested in.
and after a private and very romantic proposal with a very nice, stylish ring that he definitely agonized over for like, weeks, flamesgrace is abuzz with the flameguard and the scholar's future nuptials. gossipy neighbors and nosy nuns alike are all offering them anything and everything - blessings, luck, gifts, meals, anything, for their adopted daughter and adopted son, two darlings of the place they've most often found themselves in. the buzz of planning a ceremony melds in with the business of work, and for rondo, it comes with a thrill of joy each time he remembers, or whenever he holds marina's hand and feels the weight of a band on her finger. a promise made after lots of suffering - a future, of a shop marina owned, of a life together. a future neither of them were necessarily promised, that they now get to build.
in the week or so after the initial engagement, rondo's finally home for a little while. his work as the flameguard keeps him very busy, but today, it's just been a mountain of paperwork and relative peace, so he works from his desk in their little house, though certainly beyond a normal working hour... ]