moonstruck.

𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜?

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Hearing Luna say that she was scared killed Axel inside a little. “I’m so sorry I wasn’t there, baby. I’m so so sorry.” A wave of guilt washed over him as he was brought up to date on what was going on. He should’ve had his phone on him like he’d promised, Luna shouldn’t have been going through this without him there with her, it should’ve been him that had driven her to the hospital, hell, he shouldn’t have even gone to work this morning. Axel felt so bad that he didn’t even realise he was holding his breath until Luna let go of his hand as a contraction hit. Taking a deep breath, he watched helplessly as his wife reacted to the pain and then seemingly passed out.

Axel hadn’t realised it, but H had slipped into the room behind him. “You need a seat, mate? You look a little pale.” He said, concerned for his friend. Shaking his head, Axel got to his feet. “No, I’m good. You can head back to the studio. Make some calls, you’ll have to finish up without me.” Axel’s voice shook as he spoke, his eyes going between Luna’s face and her belly. He couldn’t believe this was happening, it was too early. H nodded his head, placing a comforting hand on Axel’s shoulder before leaving the room. Looking over to Mason, Axel did his best not to look like a terrified child. “What happens now? The baby can’t come yet, it’s so early. This isn’t how this is supposed to go.” Swallowing hard, he knew he was asking things that his father-in-law wouldn’t have answers to, but he didn’t know what else to do.

Mason sat back down in his seat by her bedside and stroked his unconscious daughter’s forehead as he looked down at her with a hint of concern. He liked being the big, strong dad he was, but seeing his baby in pain broke every piece of his heart. He looked up at Axel when he spoke. Mason took a deep breath, looking away from him for a moment, trying to articulate an answer for Axel, but he didn’t have an answer for him. “I wish I had an answer, bud,” he replied sheepishly. He looked back at his daughter for a moment before looking back to Axel. “Sawyer was early too. Earlier than your little one by at least a month. It’s scary. Probably the scariest thing you’ll ever go through…” Mason’s words trailed off, realizing his gaze was now towards the window. Luna’s movement pulled him back. “I have faith, though. Everything will be okay,” he half-smiled to Axel.

Luna uncomfortably shifted in her bed before waking up fully. When her eyes opened, they were as wide as can be and she inhaled sharply through her nose when she registered where she was and what had happened. “Why do I keep doing that?!” the brunette groaned softly, her hands covering her face as she sat up slightly. Her questions was mainly rhetorical as she knew neither of them probably had an answer. She was so confused as to what was happening, but had no clue how to articulate all of the questions she had. There was a massive weight of guilt on Luna and she couldn’t help, but break under the tension of it. She began to sob into her hands. This was her fault. She didn’t know why or how, but it was her fault this was happening. “Why is my body failing our baby?” Luna choked through a tight chest and a broken heart. Her eyes, although barely open, were on Axel as she continued to sob. It wasn’t a question for Axel, but God, possibly. She didn’t know who she was asking, but she wanted an answer. “Why am I failing our baby?” she rephrased through a heavy sob.

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With his heart now pounding so hard in his chest that he was certain that everyone in the front row could hear it, Axel rocked back on his heels slightly. Knowing he’d essentially just poured his heart and soul out in front of everyone important to them made him feel a little weird, but he knew that if he’d said it any differently he’d have regret later. Luna was his greatest, most epic love, and he wanted everyone, especially Luna, to know that.

Everything else seemed to pass in a complete blur, as if someone had hit fast forward. Everything around him seemed to move so quickly, except for Luna, who was still moving in real time with him. The voice of the minister faded into a mumble in the background as he looked at the woman who was just moments away from being his wife. Axel was pretty sure he would never be able to get out just how flawlessly beautiful she looked. He looked over her face so slowly, just taking in every single inch of it. Just standing there, looking at her, he was falling more and more in love with her (even though he wasn’t sure how that was even possible).

The mention of rings snapped him back to the moment and he turned quickly to get the ring from his best man. It seemed like a lifetime ago that they’d gone shopping for rings, and seeing them both again made everything seem so much more real. Feeling Luna’s hand holding his as she slid his ring into place felt so surreal, but as it came to sit where it would be for the rest of his life, it felt so natural. Her words melted his heart, and he looked from their hands up to her face and mouthed a quick ‘I love you’ as he smiled and tried to keep himself from tearing up again.

When it was his turn, Axel gently took Luna’s left hand. “With this ring, I give you my everything.” He smiled, before sliding the ring onto her finger. “Seriously, you name it. You need a kidney? Done. You got it.” He chuckled, trying his best to match her joke from before.

When the new ring slid perfectly onto Luna’s finger, she couldn’t contain her giddy demeanor. With seemingly permanent tears rimming her lids, a big smile was plastered across her face and her bare feet excitedly, but subtly, bounced her body for a second. She was just so excited. At Axel’s joke, a giggle bubbled past her lips. “I’ll just take your last name, for now.” she softly replied, a giggle still left in her tone.

The minister redirected the ceremony back on track and the only thing left was their ‘I do’s. Luna remained facing Axel, her hands clutching his. This was their last moment as an unmarried couple and, even though she was so incredibly excited for the rest of their lives, Luna absorbed every feature of Axel. She took in the suit he was wearing, the way his hair was styled, the tone of his skin, his freshly shaven face, the way his dimples had been subtly apparent nearly the whole ceremony, how his green eyes twinkled in the golden sunlight — everything.

“Luna Imogen Hayes, do you take Axel Beckett Teller to be your wedded husband…” the minister’s voice rang through the air, only polluted by the sound of distant waves. Luna’s eyes stayed locked on Axel’s and the minister’s voice blended with the distant waves and became background noise for this moment. “…be faithful only to him so long as you both shall live?” the minister’s voice faded back in. With tears streaming down her cheeks, the softest grin, and love-filled eyes, Luna confidently replied. “I do.”

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Axel had been at work for what felt like hours. He’d gone in early, knowing there were deadlines that needed to be met, and they were all already falling behind. It didn’t help that while trying to work, he often found his mind drifting off to Luna, wondering how she was getting on when he wasn’t there. He couldn’t help it, he was nervous all the time. The last time, he’d never got as far as this, so even though it was really exciting that things were going well, he was still scared to death of all of the things that could go wrong at any moment.

He was in between recordings when he looked at his phone and saw the picture she had sent him. A smile spread over his face as he wished he was at home with her. They were in the middle of packing to move into the new house and he felt guilty that the job had been left to Luna and Mason. But, he was under contract and a lot of pressure from the record company to get this album done and ready to go by the end of the following month. Tapping back a quick reply, “Missing you both too, can’t wait to get home.” he put his phone back in his pocket and carried on with work.

It was a few hours later, and Axel had finally found his groove and was really making some progress after having a good solid hour of just being stuck and going around in circles. He’d had his phone in the other room and hadn’t noticed it was missing. It wasn’t until he got up to go to the bathroom that he realised that it wasn’t in his pocket and went looking for it. Popping his head into the meeting room, and saw H and a couple of members of his band sitting in there. “Have you guys seen my phone?” He asked, scanning the room. “Oh, yeah. It’s over on the table, it’s been going off like crazy.” A told him, which made his blood run cold for a second. Quickly he walked over and picked it up, seeing a bunch of messages from Luna and missed calls from Mason.

If his heart beat any faster, Axel would’ve sworn it would stop. H and A just stared at him, quickly picking up on the fact that something was wrong. “What is it, mate?” They asked, and Axel finally found the ability to move from the spot where he was standing. “Uh, fuck, um, the baby, it’s coming now. Luna’s on her way to the hospital. But, it’s too early, There’s still ten weeks to go.” He wasn’t really talking to them, he was just trying to make sense of everything in his head. Everything had been fine, why would this be happening now. H noticed the lack of moment and walked over to Axel. “Mate, do you need to go? Do you want me to drive you? I think I should.” Axel looked up at him, confusion all over his face. H just put a hand on his shoulder and guided him out of the room, instructing everyone that they had to go and they didn’t know when or if they would be back. H lead Axel out to the parking lot and to his car.

The drive to the hospital was a bit of a blur, he didn’t remember much of it, but as soon as H stopped the car, Axel was running into the hospital. Going straight up to the reception desk, he asked where he needed to go to find his wife. H appeared just in time to follow him to the right floor. How Axel managed to navigate the hospital in the state he was in he didn’t know, but he knew he had to get to Luna and quickly.

It was hard not to panic, but he did his best as he finally found Luna and dropped to his knees on the floor beside her bed. “I’m here, I’m so sorry.” He panted, out of breath from running and trying not to panic. “I’m so sorry it took me so long, I didn’t have my phone even though I promised you I always would. I’m so sorry, are you okay? What’s happening?” He asked, reaching for Luna’s hand as he tried to catch his breath.

In the time since seeing her doctor, Luna had been in and out of consciousness, really only waking up when the nurses came in or her dad fed her ice chips. Though it was mainly the rough mix of anxiety and the pain of the contractions. Each time she woke and Axel wasn’t there, she’d have the same tired fit of panic and frantic asking where he was, but her father didn’t have an answer for her each time. That didn’t matter though as she’d just drift back into a sleep.

The time between Luna arriving at the hospital and Axel getting there wasn’t very long, but to Luna it felt like forever between the unconsciousness and contractions. When she heard Axel enter the room, Luna shot up in bed and instantly began to cry. Sure, it was probably her raging hormones, but it was mainly the fear. “Axel,” she gasped, clutching onto his hand that grasped hers. “I’m in labor and they can’t stop it because my water broke,” the brown eyed girl got out through a knotted throat. That, however, didn’t stop her from planting a gentle kiss on Axel’s lips. “I’m so glad you’re here. I’m so scared,” Luna got out through a couple of sobs. Mason approached the bed and rested a hand on Luna’s back, rubbing it softly. “She’s been having a rough time with pain, but she isn’t dilated enough for the epidural yet. She’s been passing out every now and then,” Luna’s father spoke to Axel, informing him of what he missed. Luna started to get another contraction causing her to let go of Axel’s hand and grab onto the sides of the bed. She threw her head back against the pillows, arched her back a little, and sucked in a deep breath. When it finally passed, the brunette closed her eyes and passed out again, but that was becoming something normal for her.

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As the minister started the ceremony, Axel did all he could to try and pay attention, but he struggled, his full attention stuck on Luna. He couldn’t get over how completely beautiful she was, and how completely lucky he was that everything had worked out between them. The minister’s voice seemed to fade away as Axel kept his eyes on Luna’s face, taking in every inch of her. He was in complete awe, not only by how she looked, but by the fact that she’d chosen him to spend forever with.

Hearing the word “vows” was what brought Axel back into the moment. His heart started pounding in his chest, not only because he knew that he was just moments away from reading out his vows, but also because he was about to hear what Luna had written. They’d kept everything about their vows very secret from each other, and Axel had probably spent more time in the past few weeks working on his instead of actually doing any actual work. Luckily, H didn’t seem to mind. When Luna said she wanted to read hers first, Axel nodded his head gently, a soft smile on his face. He took a breath and let everyone else but Luna melt away while she spoke.

Luna’s vows were perfect. So perfectly her and so perfectly them. By the time she finished speaking, he had to reach up to wipe away a stray tear. Even though not a day went by where they didn’t say how much they loved each other, they never really got as deep as this. But, that was the whole point of today. Letting out a small chuckle, Axel shook his head. “I’m not sure how I’m gonna follow that up, but I’ll try my best.”

Clearing his throat, Axel pulled a piece of folded paper out of his jacket pocket, not to read off of, but just to keep him on track if he got lost. He’d practised so many times that he was sure he had it memorised, but he didn’t want to take any risks.

“Well, shit.” he began, and he could feel his mother rolling her eyes without even looking at her, “Who would’ve thought that a pub crawl between a couple of strangers would lead to this? What a wild ride we’ve had. From waking up to you hitting me with a pillow, to waking up beside you every morning.”

Keeping his eyes on Luna, he continued. “There is no other person on this earth that I could ever see forever with. Right from the beginning, you’ve taken me as I am, you’ve never tried to change me and not once have you ever judged me. All you’ve ever done is love me, and that’s more than I could’ve ever asked for. You’re stubborn, pretty rude sometimes, and possibly the most annoying person I’ve ever met,” he said with a chuckle, “but I truly believe that we were two halves of one soul, just waiting to find each other.”

With the folded piece of paper still in his hand, he started speaking as if it were just him and Luna there, as if it was just a private conversation between the two of them. “I knew within the first week of knowing you that you were it for me, that you were the one I was going to spend the rest of my life with. If we had all fucking day, I would stand here and list all of the moments that made me realize how much I love you, but I don’t think anyone wants to sit through that. So, instead, I’ll just talk about the moment that changed everything for me.”

His tone changed slightly, to something slightly more solemn, as he recalled the next part. “It was right back in the first couple of weeks of us dating. After a fight with my mom and Maddox, I showed up on your doorstep and told you how I ended up where I was. I was honest with someone for the first time in months, it was scary and it was hard. You sat there and you listened, you didn’t kick me out, and you understood. Every day after that night, you, without even knowing it, helped me not only forgive myself, but you made me realize that it was okay to start making moves to heal my heart. I thought I had completely lost myself, but you, just by being you, helped me put my pieces back together. You embraced the broken parts of me and made me feel whole again.”

“It was only a couple of months later that things nearly came to a crashing halt. We both realized our feelings and things took a turn. I was honestly worried that we were done and that was the worst feeling in the world. After a few days apart, once again, I showed up on your doorstep and lay my heart down at your feet. That was probably the scariest night of my life. You could’ve kicked my sorry ass out, but you didn’t. You asked me to be careful with your heart, and I promised I would. And here, today, I am making that promise to you again.” Putting the piece of paper back into his pocket, knowing he didn’t need it, Axel looked Luna straight in the eyes and smiled softly before making her a promise. ”Luna, I promise to always be careful with your heart. I promise to carry it close always.”

For the first time since he started speaking, something from outside of the two of them caught his attention. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see his parents, smiling widely, holding each other, his mother with tears streaming down her face. He did his best to keep going. “You are my best friend, my world, my everything and, most of all, my home. All I want is to annoy you every day for the rest of our lives. I’ve never loved anyone so much in my life. Thank you for just being you. Every day with you is an adventure and I can’t wait to see where life takes us next. I love you so much and I always will. Even if we get crazy drunk after this and I have to hold your hair back while you throw up, just like I promised back on that very first pub crawl. But, I’ll let you off holding mine back because I don’t think that’s going to be an issue anymore, at least for a while.”

A chuckle escaped him before he got ready to drive this home. “But, anyway. I’ve never been more ready or more sure about anything in my entire life. Plus, we still have a bunch more Disney movies to bang to. I can’t fucking wait for our lives to continue together.”

“Aloha mau wau iā ʻoe.”

Luna breathed a sigh of relief as she was finally done with her vows. She was never one who had a way with words. She expressed her feelings in a number of other ways, but words was never her best outlet. She sloppily folded her paper back up and put it back in her bra. She shook out her arms slightly and lifted her shoulders, letting out a deep breath as she relaxed. “Okay,” she whispered, prepared, but not fully, for Axel’s vows.

As soon as Axel started his vows, tears welled back up in Luna’s eyes, but her gaze remained on Axel only. With each word he spoke, tears welled and overflowed which made Luna constantly wipe her face of tears and she became a sniffling mess. Somehow, someway, Axel was able to make everyone around them disappear and transport her back into the memories he spoke about, but her light brown eyes remained on him.

Towards the end of his vows, Luna was a smiling, yet tearful, mess, but his chuckle prompted a giggle to escape her. When he mentioned banging to Disney movies, Luna tilted her head where her chin touched her shoulder and she smirked, following with a dramatically seductive wink. Although her expression flicked back to one of admiration and love once he spoke to her in Hawaiian. A cheesy grin plastered across her lips before mouthing the phrase back to him, flashing the sign for “I love you” in ASL. She licked her lips and shook her head, almost in disbelief. “Fuck, i really want to kiss you right now,” she whispered to Axel. “We should move along then, shouldn’t we,” the minister uncomfortably interjected. A soft chuckle passed Luna’s lips as she grasped Axel’s free hand, then looking to the minister as they took back control of the ceremony. 

The minister went on with the traditional aspect of the ceremony, but Luna honestly didn’t hear a word of it. It wasn’t until He called for the rings that Luna was brought back down from cloud nine. “Do we have the rings ready?” the minister inquired, looking toward the two of them. “Yes, yes, of course,” Luna said with a splash of panic in her tone as she looked to her sister beside her. She half signed for “ring” and Sawyer’s eyes widened and pulled out the white gold ring, with a rose gold lining to match the metal of her own ring. A chessy grin fell on Luna’s face again as she was handed the ring Axel would then wear for the rest of his life. As prompted, Luna took hold of Axel’s left hand. “With this ring, I give you my heart,” Luna spoke softly, but just loudly enough for everyone to hear. Even though it seemed like the tears never stopped, Luna began to get a bit more teary again. “This is like the adult version of friendship necklaces,” the brunette chuckled to her partner.

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Sluggish was the only word to express how Luna had been feeling the last few days. She had been experiencing minimal abdominal cramping and had chalked it up to early-on Braxton Hicks contractions, which was normal at her point in her pregnancy. Luna was in her 30th week, her third week in her third trimester. Time had gone by so fast for them. She and Axel had only about a month to themselves as a married couple before discovering their pregnancy. Since then it had been a mix of firsts as husband and wife as well as firsts as parents-to-be.

After a solid night’s sleep, Luna had been awoken by a sharp cramp — one similar to her bad period cramps. Her eyebrows furrowed as her hand rubbed her bump, “Woah, you’re really preparing me for your birth, aren’t you?” she spoke aloud with a chuckle before opening her eyes. It was 10:45 in the morning, which was her new bright-and-early. Before pregnancy, her favorite thing to do was drink coffee and watch the sunrise, but fatigue was definitely a prominent symptom for Luna. Axel was gone at work and she was to herself to finish packing. With the new addition on the way, they had decided buying a house would be a bit better than a small apartment in the hustle and bustle of Manhattan. Their lease wasn’t set to end for another couple of months, but they thought slowly moving their things to their new home would be better on Luna (and the baby) than a big, quick, and stressful move. She rolled out of the nest of pregnancy pillows she had made and did her morning routine. The brunette was in a cute set of lingerie and decided to take a mirror pic to send to Axel. “Woke up missing you,” she messaged along with the photo.

Eventually Luna got dressed and made her way out to get to work on packing. Not much had gotten done due to the increasingly bad cramps, but thankfully her father was in town to help with the move. “How’re you doin’ in there, love?” her dad projected from the kitchen, the noises of dishes clanking as he packed echoed behind. The brunette was on her side, balled up as the cramp passed. “I’m… okay,” she replied with a strained voice. “You feeling those cramps again?” he asked. Luna sighed in relief as she relaxed from the intense cramp, “Yeah, they haven’t stopped.” She entered the information into her contraction app. It was now 1:20 in the afternoon and the cramps were 3 minutes in between, on average. That sent Luna’s anxiety through the roof. She debated on texting Axel and heading to the hospital, but she was afraid of showing up and just being sent home. She was afraid she was overreacting.

It was then 1:40 and Luna bolted towards the bathroom with the sudden urge to pee, but she didn’t make it in time. Her shorts were completely soaked and her legs were dripping. An insane amount of fluid left her body, except it wasn’t urine. Her water had broken.

She was frozen, her bare feet wading in amniotic fluid as she absorbed what had just happened. Once it clicked, her heart sank and her stomach was up in her throat. “Dad!” Luna screamed as she began to shake. With his mouth full, Mason Hayes ran to Luna, looking into her eyes and only seeing horror. “What? What’s wrong? What’s going on?” he quickly asked muffled through a mouth filled with food, looking her up and down. He finally noticed the fluid and it had clicked for him too. “Please tell me that’s pee,” Luna begged with scrunched brows, but both she and her dad knew what was going on. “Nope, no. C’mon, let’s go,” Mason sighed, his heart racing as he tried to help Luna out of the mess. “No! No, this isn’t happening! I’m 10 weeks early, this isn’t happening,” she spoke as if trying to convince herself that it was impossible. She attempted to wiggle herself out of her father’s grasp, but she failed. “Luna, I’m not doing this with you. This is happening. You need to get changed now or else you’re going with soaked shorts and an ambulance escort. Get ready, now,” he enforced. It’s what she needed in that moment and she was grateful for him being there. She knew if she were by herself, she’d still be too nervous to go. Although it took her a minute, the brunette followed her father’s instructions and rushed to her room to get a fresh pair of clothes while Mason grabbed a towel to clean up.

Just a few moments later, the two of them were out the door. “My water broke a few minutes ago. Please meet me at the hospital.” Luna texted Axel as they walked down the corridor to the elevator. “I knew I wasn’t crazy for packing the go bag yesterday lol,” she texted again, knowing her attempt at comedic relief would fall flat. The ride down was long and felt like forever, but her contraction probably contributed to that feeling. Her eyes were shut tight as she winced, her hands clutching the railing as she fell to a squat. “I’m so fucking scared,” she whispered to her father in the, thankfully, empty elevator. “I know,” he sighed, rubbing her mid-back. “It’ll be okay, Lulu,” her father assured softly. He was scared too. With his four children, they were all delivered within a week of their due dates, so this was all new territory for him.

When they got to the ground level, she was fresh out of a contraction and ready to get into the car and go. The two of them practically bolted to her car, her dad opting to drive as Luna tried, but failed, to relax in the passenger seat. Although the hospital was only a couple of miles away, that meant at least 20 minutes in the car, and they somehow got there in that amount of time. Her dad pulled up to the valet in front of the labor & delivery wing and Luna was instantly transferred from the car to a wheelchair. As she was wheeled in, a massive contraction came along that made her feel like she was going to pass out. As they approached the check in, she let out with a loud wince followed by an equally as loud groan and threw her head back. “I need to see Dr. Chastine now. I’m 30 weeks and my water broke like 30 minutes ago,” she spoke through gritted teeth as she rubbed her stomach. After a bit of exchanging information, Luna found herself in a hospital gown in a delivery room.

Luna was in and out of consciousness, but the sound of gloves being taken off jolted her to full consciousness. “Alright, you’re about 5 centimeters dilated and 90% effaced. Since your water has already broken, you’ll be having your baby today. I’ll be back in a few hours when you’re ready to push. Until then, these nurses will take excellent care of you, Mrs. Teller,” the doctor announced before she left the room. A look of panic rushed back to Luna’s face as she searched the room. “Where’s Axel?” Luna anxiously inquired aloud with wide eyes.

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Watching as Luna walked down towards him, Axel couldn’t help but let out a small chuckle as she got ahead of the music. He’d lost count of how many times pace had been mentioned in the days leading up to this, and there she was, all out of time and Axel had never been more in love with her. It was things like this that had Axel one hundred percent sure that Luna was the person he was supposed to be with for the rest of his life.

He kept his eyes locked on her face all the way until she was standing in front of him, only looking away for a moment when he soon-to-be father-in-law pulled him into a hug. He heard Mason say something, but didn’t really hear exactly what it was as his eyes landed on Luna again. All he wanted was to get his hands on her, but his mother had given him more than one lecture on why that wouldn’t be appropriate in front of the guests and how he would just have to wait until the day was over. Axel had had a bit of a sulk about it, but he’d agreed, and out of the corner of his eye, he could see Heidi watching him like a hawk, as if she could read his mind.

As Luna’s hands found their way up to his hair, everyone else around them seemed to fade away and it was just the two of them standing there together. “Yeah, I cut it. Figured it should be a little tidier for photos, seeing as wedding photos are pretty important and shit.” He chuckled with a shrug of his shoulders. “I’m glad you like it, because it’s gonna take a while to grow back.” Any nerves he had about Luna not liking his hair disappeared, and he was glad he’d done it. “Dude, I spent ages getting it to sit right and you’ve just fucked it up, rude.” He shook his head and reached up to try and fix it, but gave up pretty quickly, letting his hands fall to meet hers. That was when everything felt normal again. They were back with each other, even thought it had only been a few hours, it felt like so much longer and he was so glad he would never have to miss her like that again. “I’m so excited to marry you too, let’s do this.” There was a huge grin on his face as he turned to face the minister. “Let’s get this show on the road, huh?” Axel said with a nod, followed by a quiet groan from his mother.

“You’re right, I’m sorry,” Luna laughed as she watched him fix his hair. The amount of love her gaze to him held was immense and anyone could see that. “Yes, please do.” she agreed with Axel. She let go of one of his hands and turned to face the minister. “Alrighty then,” the minister started with a small smile before beginning the ceremony. Though, admittedly, Luna wasn’t paying attention. Just like she was this morning, her mind rummaged through her memories with Axel and every once in a while, she snuck a glance of the man just moments away from becoming her husband.

Some time passed, if you asked Luna it was a lifetime and a half, and it was time for vows. “From what I understand, the bride and groom have prepared their own vows,” the minister announced to the audience. “I’ll let you two decide who goes first,” he said in more of a whisper. A smile appeared on Luna’s lips as she turned to face Axel. “I hope you’re okay with it, but I’d like to go first,” she decided as she pulled out a folded piece of paper from her bra. She could feel Heidi’s eyeroll and heard her father’s distinct chuckle. She let go of Axel’s hand and unfolded the paper, giving another loving look into Axel’s green eyes as her own filled with tears of joy. “Damn, and i haven’t even started yet,” she whispered as she wiped her eyes. “We both know I’m not the best with words, so keep your expectations low,” Luna winked before clearing her throat.

“There’s this word I discovered recently, ‘rubatosis’,” Luna spoke with ease, looking out into the small crowd before looking back to Axel. “Its definition is to have the sudden awareness of your own heartbeat and I’ve only ever experienced the feeling when I’m around you.” At this point Luna’s eyes were full of tears. “What a plot twist you were. You came into my life when I felt I would never experience or have a great love like we see in every movie and book that exists. I wasn’t expecting you, but now I can’t imagine life without you — and I don’t want to. When I look into your eyes it feels like I’m coming home and I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be. You are my soulmate and the greatest love of my life.” Luna stopped as the knot in her throat became a little too tight and tears soaked her cheeks. Her eyes lifted from the paper to Axel and she drew in a sharp breath before beginning again. “So, I, Luna, choose you, Axel Beckett Teller, to be no other than yourself. I will respect you as a person, a partner, and an equal. I will never miss a FaceTime call. I will never attempt a pinterest recipe again,” Luna chuckled slightly. “I will remain by your side through every trial and tribulation thrown our way.” Her lip began to quiver slightly, but she bit down on her bottom lip as an attempt to stop it. “Until this soul of mine leaves my body and every last star in the universe dies, I will love you unconditionally.”

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It was as if Axel had taken a trip back in time when he heard his mother’s voice ring through his childhood bedroom. Heidi’s perpetually chirpy tone seemed to somehow echo through the room, despite the four grown ass men that were sprawled across any flat surface big enough to hold them for the night. It had been a late one for almost all of them, celebrating Axel’s last night as an unmarried man. Many drinks were had, pranks were played and at least one of them had a sharpie moustache to scrub off before the wedding started. As soon as Heidi spoke, Axel groaned, forgetting for a moment that he wasn’t seventeen and being woken up to go to school. The scowl on his face that accompanied the groan quickly grew into a big smile as it dawned on him what today was despite the hangover that had his head spinning as he sat up just a little too quickly. Today, February 1st, was the day he was set to marry the love of his life. And he couldn’t have been more ready. It had all been leading up to this.

It took a good 45 minutes for all four of them to drag their still slightly drunk asses out of bed, shower and get downstairs to the kitchen to go over the game plan for the day. The more they talked about it, the more excited Axel felt. Heidi had every minute of the day planned in such a way that both Axel and Luna could come and go without running into each other. She was big on tradition, and Axel wasn’t about to argue with her. She had been waiting a long time for one of her boys to get married, it was all she had ever wanted for them. Just to find someone they love so much that they want to spend forever together. And grandchildren, lots of grandchildren. Axel could tell that Heidi was happy, not only by the smile on her face, but by the secret happy tears that he saw roll down her cheek every now and then. Without saying a word, Axel stood up from where he sat at the dining table next to his older brother and walked over to his mother and wrapped his arms around her. That set her off. “I’m so proud of you!” She sobbed, but it was clear that she was still happy. Axel just smiled. “I know, Mom.”

After they’d eaten, it was time to go and start suiting up. Back up in Axel’s room, Heidi had laid out all of their suits, a charcoal one for Axel and traditional black for Maddox, H, and Jase. Axel stood there, looking at his suit when an idea came to him. “Mom! MOM!” He called out to his mother, a sense of urgency in his voice that had her come running. “What?! What is it?? What’s wrong?” She asked, panicked and panting slightly from running from downstairs. Axel turned to look at her, an eyebrow raised. “I want to cut my hair. Now. Today. Before the wedding.” He said, reaching up to touch the curls that sat on his shoulders. Heidi’s jaw dropped. “Really? You want to do that right now?” It wasn’t something she’d worked into her schedule for the day. “Yeah, right now. Luna’s never seen me with short hair, why not knock her socks off? Today’s as good a day as any.” Axel added with a shrug of his shoulders. With a sigh and a quick nod of her head, Heidi turned and left the room to go and make some phone calls. “Are you sure that a haircut is a good idea for today?” H asked, a hint of worry in his tone. “Dude, shut up, Luna will lose it, she’ll love it.” Axel chuckled, shaking his head. However, H’s words did put a small bit of doubt in Axel’s head. But, he was gonna do it anyway. Within half an hour, Heidi had worked her magic and a hairdresser arrived. All of the guys made their way back down to the kitchen where Axel got his curls, the curls he’d been growing for as long as he could remember, cut off. It was a weird feeling, it was like he was starting fresh, new haircut, new wife, new life, leaving any and all negativity behind him. It was strange, but it felt good. For a good ten minutes after his haircut, Axel couldn’t stop moving his head around, unable to get used to how light it felt now. But, he had no regrets. He just hoped Luna didn’t hate it.

It finally came time to get dressed, Axel put on his suit and looked at the tie his mother had picked out for him. It was one his dad had worn when they’d gotten married. As much as he wanted to wear it, he knew it just wasn’t him and hoped his parents would understand. Taking a minute before going out to join the others, Axel looked at himself in the mirror. From the top of his head all the way down to his feet, it was hard to believe how far he’d come. He was just minutes away from marrying his best friend, the love of his life, his soulmate. It still blew his mind that he could be this lucky. A smile pulled at the corners of his mouth as he messed with his hair for the thousandth time. Once he decided he was happy with it, he walked out to join the other guys and his parents. Heidi almost instantly burst into tears again, overwhelmed by how handsome and grown up her youngest son looked. Caleb held it together a little better, but only slightly. It was very clear that he was just as proud of his son as his wife was. He walked up to Axel and pulled him into a hug. “You might feel like you don’t deserve her, and you’re probably right. It takes one hell of a woman to put up with Teller men. Now that you’ve found her, do everything you can to keep her, you understand?” His voice was stern, but with a hint of kindness. Heidi choked back a sob at her husband’s words before rushing forward, pulling Maddox along with her, to pull all of her boys into a big hug. The hug lasted for what felt like forever, and once Heidi let them all pull away, she clapped her hands together. “It’s nearly time, go get into position before she gets here!” She instructed, ushering them all outside into the garden before disappearing back into the house.

The walk to the end of the garden felt like it took a lifetime. Even though he’d walked that distance a million times before, it suddenly felt different. There were seats set up on either side of the aisle and people we arriving and filling them up pretty quickly. Axel stood in position at the end, Maddox, H, and Jase standing with him. Suddenly his stomach started doing flips, his eyes were fixated on the house where he knew Luna was inside getting ready to come outside to meet him. The countdown was over and the music started playing. He looked to his brother and friends, suddenly really nervous but definitely in a good way. Axel closed his eyes and took a deep breath, opening them again just in time to see Luna at the end of the aisle with her dad. Even at a distance he could hear her reaction to what he could only assume was his haircut. He grinned, and his eyes welled up a little at how effortlessly stunning Luna looked. “Holy shit, wow!” He whispered, his breath taken away by just how beautiful she looked. From beside him, his brother reached out and placed a hand on his shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze. His heart raced and he only wished she would get to him faster because even though it had only been a few hours, he hadn’t seen her in far too long and he just wanted to be near her again.

There were tears in Luna’s eyes, but she couldn’t tell if it was from her laughing so hard or if it was because she was so happy to see him. It took her a moment to compose herself, but she joined hands with her father again. At their rehearsal they spoke about the pace luna would walk in, but that all went out the window as she was just eager to get to Axel. She was ahead of the song in her pace, practically dragging her father behind her. She was meant to be looking at the wedding goers as she walked down, smiling and waving, but she was fixated on Axel.

Luna and her father finally made it to the end of the aisle where Mason handed her off to Axel. He pulled Axel into a firm hug, “Welcome to the family, son,” he spoke into Axel’s ear, “don’t forget, I’ll fuck you up if need be.” Mason was joking and he indicated that with a laugh as he released Axel, but there was a hint of truth in it. If anything were to happen to Luna, he was the type to take matters into his own hands. Mason was smiling wide as he transitioned to Luna, giving her one last forehead kiss before she was no longer his.

The music was still playing in the background as Luna was supposed to be walking down the aisle still, but she was already at her destination. When her dad left to his seat, Luna tossed her bouquet to her sister for her to hold and her hands found themselves in Axel’s hair as a gasp passed her lips. “I can’t believe you cut it, Teller. You look so sexy,” she complimented with a hint of a giggle in her voice, her hands ruffling his hair before grasping his hands. “I’m so excited to marry you,” she said before bringing his hands up to plant a soft kiss on his knuckles.

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The moment Luna’s eyes fluttered open it was the beginning of a weird morning. Her expression said it all as her eyebrows furrowed as the realization that it was her cousin beside her in bed — not Axel — mixed with the sudden throb of a headache. It was pretty much a given that the majority of the group would be some degree of hungover. She was the first one awake, still completely thrown off and in a fog. It wasn’t until she made herself coffee that it all hit her and a soft smile spread across her lips. Today was the day. Although Luna and Axel already acted like they were married and really didn’t need a contract to solidify their relationship, it was something they both wanted. They wanted to promise each other forever. They were each other’s endgame.

Not long after her, the rest of her bridal party woke up one-by-one. Shortly after that, the “glam squad” arrived as well as the photographer and videographer. And after them was the company helping set up the reception area in the backyard. Everything was seamless and going exactly as planned and that calmed Luna quite a bit, but not enough to go unnoticed. “You know everything’s going to be alright, right?” her aunt, Kayla, calmly voiced from the makeup chair. Luna’s gaze tore from the window that looked into the yard and landed on Kayla. Although Heidi was now her full time mother, Kayla was the one she confided in when Luna needed “motherly” advice. “Like, everything’s going as planned,” her aunt spoke over the movie streaming the background, “Even if it wasn’t, that wouldn’t take anything away from your’s and Axel’s day.” Lu let out with a guilty sigh. “Go ahead, sue me for wanting to have a nice party. We both know you’re right anyway.” All Kayla did was roll her eyes playfully and let out with a chuckle which Luna echoed.

Lu was the last one to be done up. Probably for the sake of trying to keep everything intact, but pushing the envelope like that didn’t help her underlying anxiety. Luna sat cross-legged in the chair, only clad in her lingerie and silk robe with “bride” in calligraphic letters embroidered on the back. As the artists had their way with her hair and makeup, she zoned out, despite the efforts of the others trying to keep the energy high. However, when she zoned out it was like her mind turned into an iMovie slideshow of every memory she had with Axel starting all the way back to their first conversation. Umbrella hats and sunglasses. Raybans to be specific. Because that’s what Axel exclusively wore — Raybans. She briefly recalled the pub crawl, but she reminisced all of the highs in their relationships, barely acknowledging the lows. Surprisingly enough, what stuck in her mind was when Axel first told her he loved her. It was so easy, nonchalant, but still powerful. It was so easy for him to just say it and that was something she would forever be jealous of.

In what felt like less than an hour altogether, it was time for Luna to slip into her dress. and so she did with the help of her cousin and Catalina. As soon as she slipped into it she rushed over to the full length mirror. The photographer found their shot, but Luna paid them no mind. The dress was the last thing in the way of being at the other end of that aisle with Axel. A wide grin was on her face as she looked at her reflection. She turned to the small crowd behind her seeing a couple of them with tears in their eyes, but they clearly tried to hold them back for the sake of their makeup. “Well, I don’t know about you guys, but I’m ready to go get married.” she stated simply before heading down the stairs to the party bus that awaited them. They all loaded on and headed towards Axel’s childhood home where the ceremony was meant to be held. Yes, Luna was the type to be over-the-top, but she and Axel wanted a small wedding. No more than thirty-five people, including the bridal party, were set to be in attendance. When they arrived, she was the first one off the bus and her father, big ol’ Mason Hayes, was there to greet her. He greeted her with a look that expressed pure happiness. His first baby and the one he worried for the most was about to get married. “God, you look absolutely stunning, Lulu,” Mason complimented through a knotted throat before kissing her forehead and pulling her into the tightest hug he had ever given her. Luna held onto him for as long as she could, laying her head on her father’s chest. He kissed the top of her head once more as he whispered, “Let’s go. He’s waiting for you.”

The moments following felt like a blur. It was mainly Heidi finessing the two of them around the house without seeing each other, trying to maintain the classic wedding tradition. It wasn’t that Luna cared about that tradition, but Heidi seemed to and she was okay with following along. Soon enough, they were setting up the bridal party to walk down the aisle before Luna. Mason found her again, this time sticking with her. He drew in a sharp breath before looking to Luna, “Are you ready, angel?” he inquired, reaching out his hand to help her up out of the seat she was in. She sighed a happy sigh, looking to her father with a grin. “I’m as ready as I’ll ever be,” she said confidently as she took her father’s hand. They walked to their spots in the queue to walk down the aisle, slowly following to their next mark as each bridesmaid made their way down the aisle in the Teller’s backyard. As it got for them to be next, Mason looked to Luna and chuckled, shaking his head gently. “You’re going to be surprised. You’re gonna love it.” he said just as the cue for them to walk ahead. Luna’s initial look was confusion at her father, but as the beautiful instrumental played in the background her eyes peeled from her father and landed on a freshly trimmed Axel. She stopped in her tracks and looked at Axel from a distance. “Oh my God?!” she exclaimed through a bit of laughter, her hands instinctually resting on her cheeks as she was slightly slouched from laughing.

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♡ TO: THE LOVE OF MY LIFE ♡

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Good morning, almost husband! Tonight’s been so fucking fun, but it’s ending so weird. I’m so used to falling asleep next to you, listening to your heartbeat and the way you breathe, but you’re off with your friends, probably having a bunch of fun. I’m drunk, first of all. I’m making your mother wait here while I write this so she can put it wherever you are.

I don’t know why I’m writing this, I probably could’ve just facetimed you or something. I just wanted to tell you how much I fucking love you. Although I’ve had a lot of fun tonight, I just know it would’ve been better with you here. To be honest, I kind of wanted to tell you where we were and everything so we’d have a Mamma Mia moment. Maybe we would’ve broken out in song and everything, but they were onto me. They took my phone away. I think what gave it away was we were watching it while pregaming and I said “aw, that’s cute! (because it was) I wonder if the guys are gonna do that tonight.” So that was completely my bad.

ANYWAYS. I love you with my whole being, Axel Teller. I’m so excited to be your wife. I’m so excited to build a life with you. We’re both going to do amazing things and grow with each other and become amazing people. Maybe one day we’ll be amazing parents. Whatever our fate is, I know the only constant is you. I’m ready to face life and whatever it has in store for us with you. My hand in yours. My fatass rock GLISTENING in the sunlight, absolutely BLINDING those who can’t handle us.

I’m going to go now because I’m crying. Faithfully by Journey has been playing this whole time and I’m really In My Feelings™

I cannot wait to see you in all of your sexiness at the end of that aisle.

I also cannot wait to have mindblowing sex for the first time as husband and wife later.

See you soon ♡

— Luna Imogen Hayes (soon-to-be Teller)

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Hearing Luna say that she was surprised and happy made Axel’s heart swell. That was all he wanted. Every few minutes, he’d glance at Luna out of the corner of his eye, and the seemingly permanent smile that rested on her face had him pretty confident with his decision to fly home out of the blue. There were times when he was home and he’d be sitting with Luna where he couldn’t help but to look around and see where they were at and wonder how different things could’ve been if they’d never met. It wasn’t a thought he dwelled on for long, though. It was very clear to Axel that even though he’d had a rough time leading up to when he met Luna, he wouldn’t change it for the world. In fact, he’d do it all over again. “I hope you don’t expect this kinda thing all the time, because I have no idea how I’m gonna top this.” He half joked.

Even though Axel did give his mother a hard time, he really did love her a lot and he knew that both of his parents would get along great with Luna’s family. He wasn’t sure how she did it, but Heidi had a way of making everyone really like her. He laughed gently when Luna hit his arm, shaking his head. “Just you wait until she finds out about this, she’ll turn into your most annoying nightmare.” Axel teased. After Sawyer’s comment, it was clear that there was a slight shift in the vibe of the conversation, and without trying to make it something bigger, Axel hoped that his answer was the right one. He’d meant it in the most sincere way, hoping that he’d get to spend more time with her and get to know her better.

It didn’t seem to matter how many times it was said, hearing the words ‘we’re engaged’ never seemed to get old. It was the only way to know that it was actually happening and wasn’t just a dream. Axel was so tired, but he was so happy, and hearing the way it sounded coming out of Luna’s mouth only made it more worth it. She sounded happy to say it, which was a huge turn-around from way back when Axel had accidentally said he loved her. The reaction was way different, and he was so happy with how far they’d come. As Luna said goodbye to Mason and Sawyer, Axel nodded at the mention of having dinner with them soon and said a quick goodbye before the call was ended.

“Honestly, me too. This is pretty far off what I’d ever expected, but, here we are.” He said, turning his full attention to her. “I really fucking missed you while I was gone, y’know. Ask H, he heard all about it.” He chuckled, a soft smile on his face. “We do, but we have one more call to make first, because if we stop now, I’ll fall asleep and Heidi will kill me for not telling her straight away. Plus, once she knows there’s a chance she’ll have the whole thing planned in an hour.” While Axel wasn’t entirely sure how his parents would react, he knew they’d be happy. He also knew that there was a good chance they’d be on the next flight out and Axel needed a whole load of sleep before dealing with his parents in person. “We can call my mom really quick and then get in bed and watch a movie. You can pick because I’ll probably fall asleep”

"Here we are,” she repeated. “God, how did we get here? Like, I genuinely never thought I’d ever be getting married, let alone find someone I want to spend the rest of my life with. This is so fucking crazy.” Luna felt like the wind was knocked out of her. She’d never experienced so much happiness all at once. The biggest day of her life previous to this was probably the day she sold her first painting for some big bucks and even that didn’t even come close to what she felt currently. Quite literally, absolutely nothing compared to this. “Oh, trust me, same here. Probably about ten hours in I facetimed Catalina just bawling because i knew it’d be a long time until you were home. A lot of sleepovers were had when you were gone,” she admitted without shame. Although they were their own people and incredibly independent, Luna loved having her best friend by her side as often as possible.

“Very true. I can’t wait to see her reaction. She’s going to be so happy, I think.” Luna smiled a hopeful smile. She knew Heidi would be beyond excited for them, but she didn’t want to get ahead of herself. “Listen, i think we’ll need all the help we can get because I have no fucking clue where to even start. Like, does the venue come first? I don’t fucking know,” she spoke with a chuckle in her voice. “Okay, you know what, if this is a jab at my movie choices, you can fuck off because I pick rad movies, alright? It’ll be a rom-com, you asshole. You can never go wrong with a rom-com,” she pointed an accusatory finger while trying to stifle laughter, although she failed miserably. “You’re lucky I love you.” She rolled her eyes and shook her head. “Anyways, I’m just gonna wash my face real quick. I have mascara stains and I don’t wanna scare your mother,” Luna said before she skipped off to the downstairs bathroom.

She took her time with her brief skincare routine, using a coffee-based exfoliant. Any chance she got, she looked at the ring that glimmered in the mirror that sit so delicately on her left hand -- the piece of jewelry that’ll be apart of her for the rest of her life. Luna felt so lucky, like she’d hit the jackpot. Her first love was her last one and she was so grateful for that. Luna rushed through washing her face before walking back to where Axel was with a pep in her step. “Let’s get this bread, baby,” she said, throwing up a couple of peace signs.

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Hearing Luna’s dad say that he could call him pretty much anything but sir made Axel feel a little more at ease. It was like a sort of validation, that he was really okay with Luna marrying Axel. It had been so hard to tell when he had been over to ask for Mason’s blessing, but now he was sure. It felt good, and Axel gave his future father-in-law a genuine smile followed by a nod. “Got it.” It would take some getting used to, Heidi and Caleb had always taught their boys to be respectful, and calling his girlfriend’s parents by their first names wasn’t something he’d ever done before.

Axel watched as Luna showed him how to say sorry, nodding his head as he subtly copied her, trying it out to make sure he would remember it. He appreciated the help, he wanted to be able to chat with Sawyer, she was a sweet girl and he really liked her. Unfortunately, the only other language used in his house growing up was Hawaiian. So, if it wasn’t that or English, he was pretty much clueless.

Seeing everything he said translated into sign language was fascinating. Luna didn’t miss a beat as he took his words and turned them into a motion. Watching her, he wasn’t sure he’d ever be able to pick it up, but he would try anyway. “Yeah, well, I wanted it to be a surprise. It wouldn’t have been any fun if you knew it was coming. That’s why I’ve been ghosting you for the past few days. I knew that if I talked to you, you’d figure out that I was up to something and put it all together. But, I’ve known for a long time that we’d get to this point, it was only a matter of time.” He said with a shrug of his shoulders.

“Thank you, sir– I mean, dude. Thanks, dude. For letting me marry your daughter and for welcoming me into your family. I’ll apologize now for my mother, who will want to meet you as soon as possible once she finds out abut this. She’s a lot to handle.” Axel laughed, shaking his head. When he was told that Sawyer had said she’d always wanted a brother, his eyes moved from Mason’s face on the screen to Luna’s face next to him, but when Luna explained, it made sense. “Oh, right. Well, uh, I’m more than happy to be a fill-in brother closer to home. I’m not too clued in on being an older brother, but I’m sure I can figure it out.”

Her full attention was on Axel, this time not signing for him. It seemed like the conversation was between them anyways, but she knew her dad would tell her sister if she really wanted to know. “Axel Teller, you really do know how to surprise me.” It was all she could say. The amount of endorphins pumping through her veins was immeasurable and something she’d never be able to verbalize to it’s full capacity. “And you really do know how to make a girl happy.” She was beaming with a seemingly permanent grin plastered across her face. She was surprised with herself. Luna had accepted the fact that she’d never find love years ago and was fine with living life without a life-long partner, but stumbling upon Axel and his sunglasses dilemma changed everything.

“Oh, hush. Don’t listen to him, Heidi is the best,” she said, lightly hitting Axel’s arm. A chuckle passed Mason’s lips with a quick raise of his brows, “I’m sure we’ll all handle each other just fine.” After the weight of Sawyer’s comment hit the mood, a small smirk played across her lips. That was the type of person she was, mischievous and  always wanting to sprinkle any bit of drama in everything. Granted, their brother wasn’t much of a brother (something they only blamed on the distance) to the both of him, but Sawyer knew it’d cause a couple of eye rolls (even if there was a bit of truth to it). In response to Axel, Sawyer gave a wide smile and a nod.

After a brief moment of silence, Luna made the executive decision to end the call. “Well, this was all. We’re engaged now. We probably could’ve done this in person or something, but it just happened like literally twenty minutes ago,” she chuckled, motioning in the direction of the door. “We can all go out to dinner or something soon?” Luna looked at everyone who seemingly had looks of agreements. “Okay, okay. Well, we love you guys and we’ll see you soon! Bye!” she both signed and spoke before closing her laptop, her attention now being fully on Axel.

“Y’know if you would have told me eighteen months ago that I was going to get engaged in less than two years, I would have said you were insane,” Luna told him with a chuckle. She leaned toward him, resting her forehead on him shoulder. “We’ve got a wedding to plan, dimples.”

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Sometimes they already acted like a married couple. The way Luna was nicely reminded him to do something and the way he rolled his eyes at her. The only thing that was really missing was the piece of paper saying it was official. One of the biggest things they had in common was how close they were to their sibling. Axel and Maddox had always been super close when they were young, and still were to this day. That wasn’t ever going to change and Axel could see it was the same with Luna and Sawyer and he loved that.

There were small moments in time when Axel looked at Luna and forgot the world around him. Her smile calmed him, her voice soothed him, and he just felt so at peace. It was a magical feeling, and one he knew he would never tire of. This love was something else. And the fact that this was only the beginning excited him.

Axel could feel his cheeks warming just a little, as if he were a little kid getting caught doing something bad. It suddenly dawned on him just how long he’d been travelling and how long it had been since he’d had some proper sleep. “Thank you, sir.” He nodded, an embarrassed smile on his face. Seeing Sawyer’s reaction, he felt bad. “Sorry, Sawyer.” Axel made a point to really enunciate so that she could understand what he was saying to her.

When Sawyer signed something aimed at him, he wished he could understand without Luna having to tell him. It was something he definitely planned on working on and soon. “Oh, um, I’ve been thinking about it for a while, actually. The idea to propose has been floating around in my head since about the one year mark, just because I knew by then that I wasn’t gonna find anyone better for me.” He began, still being careful to enunciate for Sawyer’s benefit since it was her question. “I asked your dad about a week before I went away with H. My original plan was to until until closer to Christmas, but that all kinda went down the drain after we facetimed a couple of days ago. I’d been ring shopping with H a few days before and I was feeling really homesick, and I could tell Luna wasn’t having a good time either, so I booked a flight back here. So, really, this plan really only came about a couple of days ago. I didn’t even know if she’d be home when I got here, so it could’ve been a bit of a disaster.” Axel ended with a slight laugh, shaking his head, hoping he hadn’t made it too hard for Sawyer to take in what he’d said or for Luna to sign along to.

Although they weren’t engaged for more than fifteen minutes, it felt like new territory. Their dynamic wouldn’t change, obviously, but she finally felt like they were both going through something new together. Axel says that this love is nowhere near the love he had for his ex, she still had never had that. She had never been in love and loved back, but he had. Despite it being different and at a different degree, he had felt love for someone else before Luna, but it wasn’t the same the other way around. Axel was her first love and soon to be legally her last. They were both moving onto a new adventure for the both of them and she couldn’t be more excited.

As an expression of embarrassment washed over Axel’s features, it took some fight in Luna to verbally ‘aw’. It was cute the way his cheeks flushed. Mason’s eyebrows furrowed before letting out a chuckle. “Sir? Nah, you can call me Mason. Or Hayes -- even dude. I’ll take that over ‘sir’ any day.” Although he was quite serious when it came to work (because he had to be), at home and pretty much anywhere else, he liked to keep things casual. That was the kind of guy he was. 

When Luna heard Axel apologizing to Sawyer, she took that as an opportunity to teach him a thing or two. “Oh hey, how you say sorry is forming the letter ‘S’,” she demonstrated, balling her hand in a fist and crossing her thumb over the rest of her fingers. “And then you rub it in a circle on your chest. I can teach you the sign for Sawyer’s name later.” The whole time Luna whispered in case Axel found it embarrassing, but she couldn’t pass up the moment.

If she were honest, translating wasn’t the easiest. Trying to keep up with the person talking and having the pressure of seamlessly translating to her sister put her on edge a bit in fear of messing up, but she never did. It was like Luna turned into a machine. Her eyes looked in different directions as she would sign, but remembering to use facials as that was a part of signing. However she was slightly distracted from the nerves by actually registering what Axel was saying. After finishing signing for Axel, she cracked her fingers before glancing to him with a wide smile. “I can’t believe you’ve been thinking about this for that long. Since June?” She was genuinely surprised. They hadn’t really talked about it at all except the nights where they stayed up, wine drunk, talking nonsense.

Sawyer seemed so happy for them, and so did her dad. "Well, welcome to the family, dude,” Mason said (and signed) with a grin. Sawyer signed something else with a similar grin to their father’s (something she inherited from him). Luna’s eyes shifted awkwardly, a slightly nervous chuckle coming from her as Mason sighed softly. “She, uh... she said she’s always wanted an older brother,” she looked over to Axel with a flat smile. “We have a brother over in Pacific Grove,” Luna whispered in a sigh.

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In the past, Axel had never really cared about his girlfriend’s parents liking him. As far as he was concerned, it was just about him and the girl, no one else mattered. But, with Luna it was different. She was so close with her dad and her sister, and that was something he could really relate to. And everything with her was so different that he wanted to make an effort with her family. Plus, now they were all going to be family, something he’d never even considered with anyone else.

As the call connected, Axel swallowed hard, there was no going back now. Rolling his eyes at Luna, he shook his head. “I’m trying to work on the mumbling thing, you know that.” Communicating with Sawyer was something Axel was having a hard time with. One of his nervous habits was mumbling, something that really didn’t help when Sawyer needed to be able to really hear him. He’d been working on it though, so that it could be easier for them. “Maybe I should just let you do all the talking.” He mumbled under his breath. Axel sat quietly as Luna spoke with her dad, patiently waiting for her to drop the news. The fact that he was so nervous didn’t make any sense, but he couldn’t shake it. He watched the screen carefully, watching Luna and Sawyer sign back and forth, trying his best to pay attention to the spoken words as well.

Axel’s eyes darted between Luna’s face and the screen as she began their announcement. There was a pit in his stomach as he waited for Mason and Sawyer’s reactions. Sawyer’s was pretty much expected, but when he saw the smile on his future father-in-law’s face, he felt a huge wave of relief wash over him. There was no mistaking that smile for just gas, it was definitely happiness, and Axel was over the moon. When Luna grabbed his hand, he looked her right in the eyes as a smile spread across his face. “We’re getting married, Lu.” He beamed. It sounded so strange saying it out loud. Keeping his eyes on Luna, the way she smiled, how happy she looked, it only made him more sure about everything. She was his whole world, and he was so glad he had the rest of his life to show her that. For a moment, he forgot that Luna’s dad and sister were there and he leaned forward and kissed her. It only took a second after their lips met for Axel to remember that they had an audience. “Oh, uh, sorry, sir. It’s, uh, it’s been a wild day, I’m a little jet-lagged. Sorry, sir.”

“No, no, I know you are, and you’re getting so much better. She just needs to be able to read your lips. I’m just reminding you is all,” she replied in a soft, understanding tone, lightly resting her hand on his thigh. The fact that he was even trying meant the world to her. Although there was an age gap of about 10 years between Luna and Sawyer, they best friends. When they moved away from the other half of her family, it was just her dad, Sawyer, and her. Over the span of the last seven years she helped raise her. Luna loved that he wanted to get better and to learn for the sake of being apart of everything. “Nooooo, it can’t just be me, pleeeeeaaassseee.” she whispered.

It was like she could feel the weight lift off Axel’s shoulders as the smile crept on her father’s face. She couldn’t help but laugh softly. It was just so funny to her that, even after his blessing, Axel was still so nervous. Sawyer never really spoke verbally around her, so hearing her voice was always a sweet surprise and only made the moment that much more special. The way his eyes looked so lovingly at her and the way they kept proclaiming their engagement seemed so cliche, but they were happy. This was just the beginning for them. All of the angst and cloudy days behind them, prepping them for the rest of their lives.

When his lips met hers, it was like no one else was there or even mattered, but that all came to a halt when he parted. Her eyes were lightly shut and her lips spread into a wide smile. Luna rubbed her lips together before she looked back over to her laptop just in enough time to see her sister’s adorably disgusted face (the one she made each time she saw them kiss) and her dad chuckling in response to Axel’s stammering. “Don’t worry about it. There’s nothing to be sorry about. You’re happy,” Mason stated with a remaining smile.

Sawyer began to sign, addressing Axel now. “She wants to know how long you’ve had this planned for,” Luna verbalized for her sister, looking to him with a reassuring smile. “I’m kinda curious too...” she both spoke and signed, her features expressing cure curiosity.

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“Besties for life.” Axel repeated, linking his pinky with Luna’s, a gentle smile on his face. It felt good to finally be able to talk about all of this. He felt like he’d been holding onto this secret for weeks, wanting nothing more than to let Luna in on it, but not wanting her to have any idea that it was coming. It had been hard. There weren’t many secrets between the two of them (the only thing Axel was keeping from her now was the details of his previous employment situation), so not telling her just didn’t sit well with him. Now that it was all out in the open, it was like a weight had been lifted.

“Heidi Teller is a lot of things, but I’m not sure that ‘the best’ is one of them.” He teased, shaking his head. As Luna laid down the plan, Axel nodded his head. Even though he knew that they had Mason’s blessing, Axel was still nervous to tell him that it was officially happening now. It wasn’t often that Axel found himself to be nervous around people, but he just so badly wanted Luna’s family to like him. He was always worried that he was going to say the wrong thing. Even when he went to ask for Mason’s blessing, he was absolutely shitting himself. It was the scariest thing he’d ever done, and he’d left there having something close to a panic attack. But, he’d got the answer he was hoping for (or at least he was assuming he did), and that was the most important thing. “I mean, you have to now,” he said, pointing to her ring, “that means you have no choice.”

As Luna disappeared to get her laptop, Axel could feel the nerves kick in a little. He knew it was silly, but he couldn’t help it. At Luna’s request, he shut off the TV and walked through to the kitchen table where most the the video calls took place. He took a moment to tie his hair up in a bun while he waited for Luna to come back downstairs. When she did join him and asked if he was ready, Axel simply nodded his head. “As ready as I’ll ever be.” He pulled up next to her, his eyes on the screen. “Well, at least Sawyer does. Even if I never win over your dad, at least she loves me.”

"Heyyyyyyy, leave her alone. She’s the best in my book.” Luna faked a frown, but that only lasted a second before it broke into a small smile. She was too happy to even fake a frown. Just imagining Axel sitting with her father was almost laughable. The way Mason was able to give Axel clammy hands just by a look was funny. He was always a funny guy, but was still very protective over his first child without necessarily being possessive. They way his resting face is made it seem like he’s mad all of the time and it definitely passed onto his children. “No choice? I don’t know man, I can always go pawn it off and get me a nice new set of art supplies,” she joked with wiggling brows. “I’d never do that, though,” she assured.

“Oh stop,” Luna said with an airy laugh, “you’ll be fine. My dad loves you too.” It was true, too. Mason had seen the partners she had cycled through over the years and he hated all of them. None of them were good enough for her and he vocalized that a lot. He knew she was only with them because she felt that was the type of affection she deserved. When Axel became apart of her life, it was the first time he felt like he didn’t have to worry. His intuitive gut told him that Axel would treat her with nothing but respect, and he always delivered.

As soon as the ‘calling...’ turned into connecting...’, Luna glanced at Axel with the widest grin. When her sister answered with the most unflattering angel possible, Luna let out with a laugh. “Jesus, Sawyer, you look good,” she spoke both aloud and signed, so the both of them could understand her. Sawyer signed, “yeah, yeah, yeah. What do you want?” To that Luna rolled her eyes and asked her to go find their dad and sit together, emphasizing it was important. Thankfully, she hadn’t noticed the ring yet. As Sawyer was going to their father’s office, Luna took the opportunity to talk to Axel. “Hey, if you’re going to talk, enunciate, because she probably has her aids off. I’ll still sign for you, though,” she winked with a smile.

Once they had settled on the other end of the call, Luna began to make some small talk with her dad, but she could tell he had an idea of what was going on. “Anyways, we’ve got some news...” she trailed off before looking over at Axel with the sweetest smile. When she looked back to the screen she could see both her sister and father had a couple of toothy grins. “We’re getting married,” she signed, only whispering the words aloud. As soon as the statement was made her sister verbally say, “oh my God!” Luna’s eyes were starting to tear up once again, but through her distorted vision, she could tell her father was smiling proudly as her sister giggled in the background. She turned to Axel once again, grabbing his hand gently, giving him the biggest smile she could offer, whispering to him, “we’re getting married.”

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“You have no idea how dope that sounds.” He chuckled. Honestly, he couldn’t think of anything he wanted more. Whatever came next, Axel knew he was ready for it as long as he had Luna at his side, and now he knew that he always would. “I knew she’d do that thing where she gets in the way and tries to be present for the whole moment and I didn’t want that. This had to be just you and me. So, I kept her in the dark. As far as she knows, I’m still at work, stuck in the studio. She has no idea I’m back. Only the guys and Maddox know. I stopped off at the flat to shower so that all of this didn’t go down while I stunk of airports and airplanes. I told him my plan before I came home.” Axel confessed. For a plan he’d basically come up with on the spot, he was proud of himself for pulling it off as well as he had.

“I’ll call my mom later. She’s probably gonna try and hop a plane when she finds out so she can come and hug us in person, so let’s just let it sink in a little more first. We can call your dad and sister if you want. Let them be the first to know. Then we should probably call H and fill him in too. He’s been texting me ever since I landed.” H had quickly become like a brother to them both, fitting in so perfectly with their dynamic and putting up with the shit they were constantly firing his way. At Luna’s question, Axel let out a short laugh. “Normally, I’d say it’s highly likely, but he may already have an idea that this was all happening. I had to be a gentleman and ask his permission first. I’m not a savage. He didn’t know when I was gonna do it though, so he’ll be at least a little surprised.”

Luna raised her newly decorated left hand, raising her pinky out towards Axel. “Besties for life?” she inquired with raised brows and a slight smirk. When he went on to talk about the thought process behind getting to where they are now. “So you’ve been thinking about this for a while, huh?” There was a chuckle in her tone. Of course her mind had wandered to the idea of them getting married one day, but she never had an idea of when. There wasn’t a timeline in her head of when they’d legally become one because, frankly, it had felt that way for the past five months. Ever since the false pregnancy they’d grown only closer even if that didn’t seem possible.

“Yeah, you’re probably right. Your mom is the best, though,” she replied with a smile. “Okay, so my family first, H, and then your parents? Sounds like a plan.” Axel started on about how he had met with her dad to ask for his blessing leaving Luna in a slight shock. Not because she didn’t think he would, but she was used to people not necessarily liking her father. Although Mason Hayes was (once) her favorite person, people found him scary and his deadpan comedy confusing. By the time he was finished speaking, it was like she had hearts in her eyes. “Damn, dimples, I think I might just keep you,” she was able to say amidst her state of speechlessness.

“Okay, alright, let me get my laptop. I want to screen record everything,” she nearly yelled as she ran up the stairs. From the top of the stairs she shouted, “can you please turn off the TV? Thank youuuuuu!” Her voiced continued to muffle as she ran into the room and grabbed her laptop. In no time, she was back downstairs and setting her laptop up at the table they barely used in the kitchen. “Alright, sir, are we ready?” She was giddy, but tried to pass off as calm as she cracked her fingers in preparation to sign. A giggle of excitement passed her lips as she looked over to Axel as she pressed call, her face slightly scrunched because of her wide smile. “My sister’s going to be so excited. She loves you.”

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Growing up, Axel had always watched the way his parents were together and hoped that one day he’d find something like that. They were best friends first, and they always had so much love and respect for each other. It was something he admired, and there was points in his life where it just seemed to perfect to replicate. But, he’d found that with Luna. Over the past year, they’d grown together, supported each other, and just loved each other. His ultimate wish had come true, and he knew that now everything else would just fall into place.

Everything about this moment felt right, and Axel hoped that he would remember it perfectly forever. It was so them, standing on their doorstep, both with tears in their eyes, smiling from ear to ear. They’d never been overly conventional, so why would this be any different. Axel knew he was lucky to have found Luna. And, if he was being honest, he’d relive all of the heartache that brought him to her all over again just to fall for her again and again. He wouldn’t change it, not a thing. This moment made everything worth it. His whole future was standing right in front of him, and his heart was so full of love that he could swear it would burst at any moment.

Hearing his nickname only made him smile harder. It was the little things like that that kept him falling in love with her everyday. “We’ve always said that we’re in this for real, and now things are about to get legally binding. Look at us go.” He chuckled, shaking his head in disbelief. Axel watched as Luna looked at her ring, proud of himself for picking a good one. “Yeah, we. There was a day in between things where H and I went out shopping. I figured he’d be pretty good at that shit, turns out I was dead wrong. He was fucking useless. He should definitely stick to his day job.” Axel’s new job had already introduced them both to some lifelong friends, and he was so thankful for that. “You’ve got a point there. I should probably call my parents. Not even my mom knew about this, and if she’s not one of the first to know, I’ll probably be dead before we can even pick a wedding date.” He joked, shaking his head. Dropping his bag on the floor, Axel smiled when Luna touched his cheek, resting his hand on top of hers. “And you’re the love of mine, Luna Hayes.”

Seeing the dynamic of Axel’s parents, she knew that was the type of marriage she had to look forward to, because that was all Axel knew. On top of that, she grew up with a prime example of what not to do. They were a team and to be forever endowed to her teammate in life was a dream. And that’s what this moment felt like -- a dream. Even if Luna wanted to forget this day, she’d never be able to. Although she knew just how much Axel loved her, it just squashed any of her insecurities and anxieties. Her faith in love and in them solidified.

“By law, you’ll be my bestie for life. No take backs. All final sale.” She was joking, but the weight of the commitment kind of hit her. She was so head-over-heels for Axel that she didn’t notice all too much, but a small thought was planted. A good laugh passed Luna’s lips as Axel told her about his ring shopping experience. “Well, good. That makes it even more special that you picked it. I love it,” she spoke with slightly raised brows. Although she loved H like a brother, she loved the idea of it all being from Axel. Luna’s eyes widened a little as he admitted not even his mother knew. “Woah, really? I thought you told her everything, Teller. Hopefully she’s not butt hurt,” she joked with a wink. When Axel said the same back to her, she closed her eyes and rested her forehead on his chin. “I think I’m going to call my dad and sister now,” she smiled as she pulled away. “You should call your mom.” Luna paused for a second, looking off towards the floor. “Wait, should we be doing this together or does it even matter?” she inquired, her tone thick with confusion and her expression showed that as well. “Ug, whatever, I don’t think it does. Anyways, how much you wanna bet that my dad is going to ask if I’m pregnant?