she can't believe what her mun and another just plotted.

[charring]

Why do your truly hideous ideas always seem to follow your fantastic ones? Can't you just...leave me happy for a while? I know the City is in fact full of craziness and badness on it's own. Why can't you just leave it at that?

[A pause. Charlie's nose wrinkles.]

I hate you.

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[destinedtobeunpopular]

[ Yeah. He gets you. ]




It could be worse...?

[charring]

True. You could just vanish and not come back.

Which I don't want to think about.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

Yeah. Me neither.

[charring]

But...hey, guess what? We're getting married, Merlin. We can just focus on that for a bit, right?

[infernoandhearth]

Come, on, a wedding, at least. Weddings are brilliant.

[charring]

I know! And I'm excited. I can't do this at home and I love Merlin.

Just...I'm not looking forward to after.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

Right. Yeah.

It feels... a little strange.

[charring]

How so?

[infernoandhearth]

Alright, go on. What exactly is going to happen in this trip home?

[charring]

He's going to go home the day our honeymoon ends. He's going to be home for a year, his time, and then come back Different.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

Not bad strange!

[ Probably good to clarify. Ahem. ]

I've just... Well, I've thought about it once or twice in my life, but it sort of sneaked up on me this time.

[infernoandhearth]

That was a capital 'D', there. This is a very important Difference, is it?

[charring]

I think that's just the City for you. [And now she's teasing slightly.] Of course, there's always the one-in-a-million chance that the City was telling us it was a fan.

[charring]

A personality shift. And he won't really remember me for a bit.

[infernoandhearth]

How big of a personality shift? Big enough for it not to be worthwhile, staying with him?

[charring]

Enough to be noticeable. But not that huge.

[infernoandhearth]

Then it will be ok. Wedding's my blood brother, not my husband, but he changed loads from when I first met him, and we're still mostly alright.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

Think so?

[ Riiiight. ]

[charring]

Probably not but it's amusing to think about.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

I think I'd almost call it creepy, actually.

[charring]

Probably just a bit.

[destinedtobeunpopular]

Yeah. Just a bit.