I just adore the idea of Larys loving/obsessing over his innocent little wife. 🌸
No one, absolutely no one, can figure out how someone as sweet as you fell in love with Larys Strong. Even he can't make sense of it, really. You're so pretty and pure, all dressed up in pastels and pearls. But you're also curious and kind with a love for flowers, three things that brought you to Larys in the end.
It started with kindness.
At a ball, you noticed Larys sitting alone and wished to keep him a little company. Despite hearing about how odd and quiet he was, it was not at all difficult to start a conversation with the man, though he insisted that you did not need to do such a thing.
"You should dance, my lady, and enjoy yourself."
"I already am! None of the men here are half as good at conversation as you are, Lord Strong."
And his heart flutters! Just like that, you spent the whole night talking and laughing (the man has a wicked sense of humor and loves to make you giggle). And it isn't long until you seek one another out, visiting the library and gardens together.
He's absolutely charmed by you, this gentle and lovely lady. Of course he'd heard of your beauty before but it was your heart and mind that truly impressed him.
You're kind to everyone, even servants, a gentle demeanor about you.
He notices the way you quietly care for everyone, taking extra steps to make others smile and expressing your love softly. Always smiling and laughing, a never ray of sunshine.
And you're far more intelligent then most know, loving to learn and read. Luckily, he's a well-read man and can talk with you for hours about anything at all, or simply read in silence with you. Curious, you always seem to be interested in knowing something and perhaps that helped bring you to him.
In the end, it was the garden that brought you together.
Ever observant, Larys noticed you love for flowers. Not to be plucked from the earth, but to grow them and cherish them.
You know them by name, how to care for them and allow them to grow. There's nothing you love as mush as walking through the gardens with Larys, settling on a little bench together and just enjoying the beauty of it. At times you take his hand in yours and, oh, his heart is going wild within his chest!
You told him that, in your family's home, you'd had your own garden and cared for it yourself. But when you'd been sent away to court, you'd been forced to leave it behind and your brother's wife, you'd later learned, had dug it all up.
"That's all I really want...books and sunshine and a little bit of earth."
And that is exactly what he gives you!
The day you become Lady Strong (his wife, his bride, his one and only), anything you want is yours. Books and gowns and pearls, anything and everything.
But the garden is your very favorite gift.
He makes it for you in secret, while you're preparing for the wedding. It's just like the one you loved so much (but much, much bigger), with it's high walls of gray, almost silvery stone and a secret door hidden beneath the flowering ivy.
Only you and Larys have the keys.
There's a stooped willow tree with a silver swing hanging from it, a little pond with lotuses, statues scattered here and there. Together you grow all of your favorite flowers and hide away from the world, content to simply love one another.
Little Things:
🌸 The wedding is a grand affair. Though your beauty isn't what Larys loves best about you, he cannot deny that he's quite smug about it. For years, everyone spoke of Lady Y/N, the primrose, your beauty and the man who could claim it a subject of gossip. And he wants the whole damn world to know that it was him, Larys Strong, that won your heart!
🌸 The Strong colors are red, blue, and green so he likes you in the pastel shades of those colors, done up all pretty in pearls and lace and silks.
🌸 He doesn't care about children one way or the other but, if you want them, he'll happily provide you with as many as you like! Larys is a loving father nonetheless but he does have a clear favorite: a little girl who looks and acts exactly like you.
🌸 You have a love for romance novels and he finds that out after you're married...and though he teases you a little, he's more then happy to make some fantasies come true.
🌸 The first time he feels handsome is because of you. You have a way of making him feel bolder and better then he truly is, handsome even!
🌸 You don't notice how anyone who upsets you suffers misfortune nor do you notice the accidents and tragic deaths...how could you ever notice any of it when you're so happy? It's easy for Larys to manipulate you, so sweet about it, and you love him too much to doubt his word.
