It was an understatement that the evening was bittersweet. It was the third year the Ministry had displayed their kindness in such a grand way, but Luna believed the kindness was just a front. She couldn’t stay home and disrespect the ones that had been lost during the battle and it was reassuring that her friends would be there. It was the sole reason she pushed herself to go in hopes that she could get through the night without thinking about the past too much between the speeches and the tales of the battle. Her father had asked her to interview people for the newest edition of the Quibbler, but even Luna knew a grieving place like the anniversary of the battles wasn’t the proper setting stage for tonight.
Instead, Luna stayed close to the table of foods, enjoying the range of desserts from small meringues to toffee pudding. This served as a nice break from her work and she was ecstatic to see her friends. When she heard the echos from the band on stage she tilted her head in recognition, thinking she saw them on the cover of Witch Weekly not too long ago. “It’s all a bit too much, isn’t it?” Luna asked aloud, her gaze staring straight before bringing her attention to the person beside her. “I’m quite looking forward to the speeches this year. Do you plan on talking? I did the first year, but I don’t think there’s enough words to say in such a short time about it all.”
I have a lot! (45 unanswered and 8 drafted but not posted) But I’m not going to go through them in order. I’ll just sweep over them every now and then and see if one catches my eye and I’ll write it if I’m in the mood. I realized I produce better drabbles/fics this way instead of when it’s forced.
I also divided the requests between normal ones and SSA requests (which are only going to be done when SSA itself is finished). I’ll also be bunching up requests that sound the same (e.g. Tim smut like Woah guys why Tim haha I’ve always thought of him as a prude but that’s fine. It’s fun thinking of ways to make him sexy)
So when making requests:
✧ mention gender/pronoun or else I’m defaulting to a straight female
✧ state the series/canon where the DC character is from
✧ also, if you say their name, more or less it’s going to be their civilian persona and the hero name will be their secret identity
✧ mentioning a bit of personality will help but no necessary or else I’ll have to guess
✧ wait for me )’:
You can still send messages even if they’re not requests, like questions and comments.
Spitfire Week Day 5: Wedding Day
Genre: FLUFF. ((Thank god it’s not drama or angst.))
Summary: Artemis and Wally wrote their own vows, and declared their love by embarrassing each other.
Words: 1,353
“Tell me I’m hallucinating,” she whispered to Wally as she stepped onto the stage next to him, "Please, tell me you didn’t ask Beast Boy to be our ring bear-er.”
Wally muffled a laugh, “I was going to ask Megan but you already asked her to be one of your bridesmaids." Artemis punched his arm, making everybody laugh at the the couple on their wedding day.
Oliver Queen coughed, making the two heroes look at him in his black ministry suit, "We all know why we’ve gathered here today in..” he raised his arms up, gesturing the audience to look up at the interior of the Eiffel Tower above them, “the middle of Paris.” Artemis and Wally looked to each other and grinned. Oliver addressed the audience’s attention back to the couple, “If these two hadn’t fallen madly in love with each other–”
“And hadn’t almost died,” Dick Grayson called out from behind Wally, loud enough for everyone to hear.
“Thanks a lot, Dick, ” Wally muttered over the audience’s laughter.
“Then we’d be warm in our homes instead of freezing out here,” Oliver continued, ensuing more laughter.
Dinah Lance narrowed her eyes from the front row. “Ollie,” she warned.
Oliver laughed, “I’m only kidding, sweetie.” He turned to Artemis and whispered, “I’m more than happy to be here for my favorite archer.”
Artemis grinned, “Can you say that a little louder for Roy?”
Oliver chuckled. He ignored Roy’s piercing eyes and addressed the audience again, “I’m especially happy to be here when I heard the bride and groom wrote their own vows!”
Wally and Artemis gulped at the same time, before giving each other a sheepish grin. This was in fact their idea when they were trying to find out the chicken in the relationship, but after writing their vows, they found themselves blushing at the thought of reading them out loud to everyone who knew them.
Oliver took a step back and gestured for Wally to go first. Wally coughed and looked at Artemis, “First of all, can I just say that you look absolutely beautiful today. That dress looks like it was created just for you.”
The crowd cooed and Artemis smiled with a raised eyebrow, “Alright, Wally. I already said yes.”
“I know,” Wally grinned, “And now you’re about to say ‘I do.’ And I still can’t believe it.” He gestured towards the bridesmaids, “Zatanna, your maid of honor, always teases me about how deplorable I am when it comes to food,” he then points to the line behind him without turning, “and everyday Dick never fails to point out why you’re too good for me. He just did it a while ago while you were walking down the aisle. My own best man!” he exclaimed and the crowd laughed again.
He waited for them to calm down, by pulling on his tie. He looked at her again, “Everyday I keep asking myself, what did I ever do to deserve you,” the bridesmaid gave a unison of awws and Artemis smirked before looking to the ceiling as if giving his words some thought.
“And then it dawned on me;” he continued, “I. Am. Just.. Too hot and irresistible for you to ignore.” the crowed laughed and Artemis rolled her eyes. Wally smiled at her, “I know you love me because I’m smart,” she rolled her eyes, “smart enough to know never to mess with you during finals week,” Wally animatedly gulped and stretched the collar of his suit, “again.” The crowd chuckled. “And fast enough to dodge your arrows, on more than one occasion.”
“On multiple occasions,” Artemis added.
"My point is, babe,” Wally reminded her, “As much as you’re absolutely in love with me,” she rolled her eyes and Wally chuckled at his own joke. He then smiled and looked at her earnestly, “I am without a doubt, hopelessly in love with you,” he let the pause extend while the crowd hushed over in respect. He quickly broke it with his next few words, “And even if there was another Reach invasion or Magnetic Field Disruptor–”
“God. I hope not,” someone from the crowd called out. Wally guessed it was his uncle Barry.
Wally took Artemis’ hand in his, "I’ll always run back to you.”
The crowd fell silent as they gave the couple a moment. Artemis gave him a small smile and Wally squeezed his hand before he let go. He mouthed a good luck for Artemis.
Artemis took in a deep breath. She’s never been much of a speaker, even in front of a crowd of familiar faces. But in that moment, all she needed were his endearing green eyes that always saw her as the world. “Wallace Rudolph West,” after a wince from Wally, her words came after the other, “when we decided to write our own vows, I panicked because I didn’t know what I could say in front of all our friends and family that would convince them of how much I love you,” she slowly took in another breath, “And then I realized I could do that by telling them a story.”
Wally’s eyes widened, “No.”
Artemis grinned and continued, “Remember last time we were in Paris?”
"Artemis,” he warned.
"You brought me here to propose to me.” This earned a few confused glances from their guests. Everyone knew Wally proposed to Artemis at the cave where they first met. After another mission that came too close for comfort, he had whipped out the ring he was carrying for a week and knelt down on one knee.
Wally groaned and leaned down to beg, "Please don’t.”
She smirked at the pleading speedster, “But I wasn’t the only blonde woman wearing an orange hoodie under the Eiffel Tower that day.”
“Oh, god, she’s gonna do it,” he muttered to himself as he rubbed a hand down his face.
“I got here late and there was a crowd gathered around her,” she let her words drawl out as Wally agonized at every word, “because Kid Flash in all his yellow and red glory was all the way in Paris proposing to this girl.” The crowd burst into laughter, “It was only after the poor girl said ‘Oui oui!’ and you saw me glare at you before walking away,” she chuckled, “that you even realized she wasn’t me.” Wally slumped his shoulders and closed his eyes.
Artemis took both of his hands in hers and squeezed them, urging him to look at her, to show him that he’s her whole world now too, “Even though I’m not the first girl you proposed to,” the crowd hushed down again, “I’ll always come home to you, Wally.”
The crowd fussed over the couple but Wally couldn’t pay attention to them anymore. He pulled her hand towards him and dipped her on the spot. He leaned down and asked, “Can I kiss you now?”
Artemis chuckled, “I haven’t said ‘I do’.”
Wally smirked, “You just did.” He leaned down and claimed her lips. Their friends and family cheered them on as Wally deepened the kiss. There were a few tears shed by Paula, but Jade helped her wipe them away as they hugged each other for Artemis’ happiness. Mary West saw this and it resulted in her own tears. Both Rudy and Iris hugged her as they smiled at the couple.
Oliver coughed, waiting for the couple to cease their kissing. It took him another two more coughs before Artemis started laughing and Wally had to pull away. “Do you need another minute?”
Wally turned to Artemis with a devious smirk. Artemis quickly shook her head, “No.” She watched Wally pout and she squeezed his arm. She leaned in and whispered, “We have all night, babe.
Oliver coughed again, obviously displeased he had been the only one to hear that among their guests. Wally pulled up Artemis and they stood before him, “I now pronounce you husband and wife.” He narrowed his eyes at Wally before adding, “but you already kissed the bride.”
Their guests chuckled and Wally leaned in to steal another kiss from Artemis.
