Any moment in the Droplets-verse. Consideration of an heir/heiress.
A pair ofrested kings, content with the world, happy in their marriage, was a sign ofgood fortune for a kingdom as grand as theirs.
Two years hadpassed, since their wedding, a gorgeous ceremony that brought their love to anew starting line; sometimes, King Georgi can be found reminiscing with starsin his eyes, over how his vampire husband took his breath away, with hisgorgeous face, and robes. To this day, he still finds himself falling in lovewith him each morning that he wakes.
It is theearly evening now, while the sky glows to a slowly darkening blue, as he wrapshis arm around the man beside him, having grown accustomed to these laterhours, that he may take walks in the garden, and sit in the gazebo. Thefireflies were starting to come out, to lighten the air, as though they weretiny suns to the night sky.
Sighingsoftly, King Georgi looks beside him, his smaller husband’s head leaningagainst his shoulder while they gaze to the evening. “I think my favorite sightof you has always been when you are happiest, Seung Gil….”
“Oh?” Thevampire inquires. “The same as your favorite sight of me was our wedding night?And the night we danced until dawn?”
“All are verygood memories.” Georgi smiles, content with the way the king beside him comesslightly closer to nuzzle against his chest. “I suppose, it’s safe to say, thatyou are my favorite thing in general…” He chuckles lightly, looking back up tothe sky, as it darkens further. “…. Seung Gil…” His voice stiffens ever soslightly.
There hasbeen some time now, that Georgi had thoughts in his head, some that he cannothold down any longer. It first came when the council member Amstar had to bringhis grandson in, as the young boy’s parents grew ill, and needed the young oneto be in safer care. The council member was given far too much slack for havinga toddler on his lap; it was the first meeting in years that Georgi adored.
Then came thechildren of the kingdom who toured the castle from their schooling, as a smallfield trip; he especially fell in love with the fact that they barely knew thekings from regular people, and just wanted them to join them for lunch.
The youngVampire beside him, hearing a gentle pitch in his voice, that changes over thecourse of a moment, looks up, finding himself pulling from their embrace with acuriosity in his eyes. “…. You sound nervous.” He says, an expert in the tonesof the dramatic man beside him by now, he’s been married long enough to tellthat there is something on his mind. “If it’s about that awful party, I don’twant to go back to it, especially during the day.”
“No, no, no.I wouldn’t ask you to do that. We don’t need to return…. I wanted to talk toyou about something.” Turning his upper body, he crosses his legs, scooping upthe both of his hands. “I…. wanted to ask about something that I’m not quitesure we’ve talked about before, I don’t even know where you stand on it…..”
Seung Gil,normally quite stone faced, finds his eyes darken, out of concern for hishusband now; there was something odd about the way he acts.
“I…….I waswanting to know where….. where you stand on….. expanding our little family.” Expanding?Surely, this doesn’t mean any further than the few dogs who have become theirdarling decoration for laying before the fireplaces, who sometimes join them intheir chambers to warm the blankets in darling snuggling sessions. Seung Gilseems to have gone quiet. “I…… Sorry. I uh…”
“No, no, no,no….” He waves his hands, “Don’t, you just caught me by surprise……. Are you……”
“Children.”Georgi answers, letting his head hang. “I’ve been…. Thinking about childrenlately.”
It seems asthough the air around them had begun to grow quieter as the moments pass by,while Seung Gil processes this; it’s not like it hasn’t been on his mind, tobring someone into the family, to adopt, or get a surrogate… or continue lifewithout a child. He hasn’t thought of it enough to bring it up, but it appearsoften in enough in his mind, that it doesn’t throw him off entirely. “Have you…?”He asks quietly. “I’m…. not sure I’ve had any urge, but…. I promise, it’s notthe first time I’ve thought about it.”
Georgi takesa deep breath, as he nods gently. “It’s….. something I’ve wanted to do for awhile…. I find myself saddened by orphanages that are still getting steadyflows of little ones. I want to look for someone to take over when I’m gonesomeday, and someone I can adore and cherish with you…. Someone I can findmyself wanting to teach the joys of life.”
“The same asyou’ve taught me, and more.” It was a large question to ask, one that didn’trequire a sudden answer, though he knew he couldn’t leave him with nothing. “Maybe….We should discuss this with more detail to what we want to do, do some researchon it, before we decide how or when, or if we even do it.”
That… soundedpromising, something Georgi had not expected in the slightest.
His husbanddoesn’t seem repulsed, not that he expected him to, but he seems more on board.
“…..I…. Iagree…. What do you think? Should we…. Adopt? Or… ask someone to carry for us….?”
“I think ifwe were to do anything, we need to go over pros, cons, and see if we would eventrust anybody with that…. That’s a large ordeal for someone to go through forus, and they could change their mind….. Not only this, I don’t know how wecould talk to someone about it, and what kind of child would we want? Obviously,I think we should have an el-“
“A vampireelf.” He says quietly, stunning Seung Gil once more. “I….. think if we caneither find a vampire to do it with my essence, or an elf to do so with yours,I’d… like our child to have a bit of each of us.”
Oh, Georgi.Seung Gil stares to him a moment, sighing as he lets his shoulders slack,reaching over to pat his leg softly. “This is pretty big, we have to thinkabout this extensively….. Perhaps…. We should look into many options.”
“I will, love…..I think you’re very right….”
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