For a long while I didn't want another big on screen wedding for Robron, but I wanted them coming back from holiday with their rings back in place and them going "surpriiise" to eveyone else (Because they already had two great weddings on screen).
But by now I NEED to see them getting married. I'm totally fine with a small ceremony (just them, maybe Vic, Harry, Chas, Paddy, Serena) and some beforehand drama (like getting Seb to the ceremony, one of them getting locked in somewhere, one of them breaking down on the way, something like that).
I need to see them exchanging wows to prove that it happened. I need to see them kiss!!
Was it everything to you? BECAUSE IT WAS EVERYTHING TO ME!
IT WAS EVERYTHING. LET ME COUNT THE WAYS IN WHICH IT WAS:
(Under the cut because it’s me, and it got long.)
SOMEONE TAKING THE TIME TO DO THE CALLIGRAPHY ON THE CHALKBOARD SIGN THEY PUT OUTSIDE THE PUB ANNOUNCING THE WEDDING.
ROBERT BEING ABLE TO SPEND EVEN ONE NIGHT AWAY FROM AARON AFTER HAVING BEEN APART FROM HIM FOR THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR. (NOT TO MENTION THEIR MANY VACATIONS APART.)
ROBERT AND AARON PROBABLY DISCUSSING HOW THE LAST TIME THEY GOT MARRIED THEY WERE SHARING A ROOM ABOVE THE PUB AND JUST LAYING THERE IN BED AND CHATTING UNTIL THEY BOTH DOZED OFF STILL SMILING AT EACH OTHER.
CHAS BEING HAPPY THAT HER SON FOUND A PARTNER WHO WANTS HIM AS BADLY THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING AS HE DID THE DAY THEY FIRST KISSED.
AARON BEING WELL AWARE THAT HIS LUNATIC HUSBAND HAS A SUIT KINK.
AARON LETTING CHAS KNOW HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO HIM THAT SHE’S BEING STRONG FOR HIM TODAY.
ERIC CHECKING FAITH OUT AS SHE ADJUSTED HER SHOE. (I STAN ONE OLDER COUPLE WHO WANT EACH OTHER LIKE TEENAGERS.)
EVERYONE ROASTING BERNICE FOR SETTING ROBERT UP WITH CHEF MIKE.
MATTY’S A++ OUTFIT.
ROBERT THINKING TO CHECK UP ON LIV’S SPEECH PROBABLY BECAUSE HE KNEW SHE WAS NERVOUS ABOUT IT.
ROBERT ASKING AARON IF HE’S READY. (UNLIKE THE LAST WEDDING, ROBERT ISN’T NERVOUS. HE’S JUST HOPING AARON IS READY TO DO THIS.)
AARON RETURNING ROBERT’S WATCH AND SAYING HE KEPT IT BECAUSE IT WAS A SIGN THAT ROBERT HADN’T LOST HIM. AARON THINKING THAT WASN’T A GOOD ENOUGH GIFT. ROBERT BEING ALL, “OF COURSE IT IS. YOUR VERY PRESENCE IS PERFECTION.”
THEM WALKING PAST ALL THEIR GUESTS TO THE INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THE SONG THAT THEY WALKED OUT TO DURING THEIR FIRST WEDDING.
THEM ACTUALLY GETTING MARRIED OUTSIDE IN THE OPEN AIR, SURROUNDED BY LEAVES AND MUSIC BECAUSE NOTHING ABOUT THEIR LOVE NEEDS TO BE OR SHOULD BE HIDDEN. THEY’RE BOTH SO COMFORTABLE IN WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY FEEL.
SEB WEARING A LITTLE HAT AND SUIT WHICH YOU KNOW ROBERT PRESSED THE NIGHT BEFORE, MINUTES BEFORE HE SNUCK OVER TO THE PUB WHILE LIV BABYSAT. #BESTPREWEDDINGPRESENTEVER
LIV CARRYING SEB. VIC WALKING BY HERSELF. BOTH OF THEM HAVING THEIR MOTHER FIGURES BESIDE THEM.
NO ONE OBJECTING TO OR INTERRUPTING THE WEDDING. JUST SMILING UP AT THEM. AARON GRINNING AT ROBERT ALL SMUGLY, AS IF TO SAY, “SEE? WE HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.” ROBERT LETTING OUT A SIGH OF RELIEF WHILE GRINNING BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS HIS HUSBAND-TO-BE-RIGHT BUT YEAH, NO ONE THINKS THIS IS A BAD IDEA. (YOU KNOW THEY DISCUSSED THIS LAST NIGHT.)
VIC TELLING THEM THERE’S ONE GUY THAT’S PERFECT FOR YOU AND BOTH OF THEM NODDING AND HOLDING HANDS BECAUSE YEAH. AREN’T THEY LUCKY THEY FOUND HIM AND ARE ABOUT TO MARRY HIM TWICE???
BOTH THEIR VOICES BEING HEAVY AND LADEN WITH EMOTION.
AARON’S LITTLE LAUGH OF DISBELIEF AS HE SAID, “LAWFUL WEDDED HUSBAND.”
BOTH OF THEM CRYING AS THEY SAID THEIR VOWS.
THE RINGS. GOD KNOWS IF THEY REMELTED THEM DOWN INTO NEW RINGS MADE OF THE OLD ONES (TO SIGNIFY THEIR REFORGED BOND) BUT OH BOY DID I LOVE THAT.
HUSBAND AND HUSBAND. (ALSO SHOUTOUT TO THE WORLD’S MOST ENTHUSIASTIC WEDDING OFFICIANT.)
THE SPEED WITH WHICH THEY KISSED EACH OTHER. BOTH THEIR HANDS GENTLY CUPPING THE BACK OF THEIR HEADS AS THEY CAME IN FOR A DOUBLE KISS, THE SECOND ONE MORE FIRM BECAUSE YES THEY MADE IT TO THIS MOMENT. THEY’RE BOTH OFFICIALLY KISSING THEIR HUSBAND. ALSO, THEY JUST DECLARED THEIR COMMITMENT IN SO MANY WAYS. THEY LITERALLY CAN’T LOVE EACH OTHER MORE RIGHT NOW.
EVERYONE CHEERING FOR THEM AS THEY KISSED.
ROBERT’S LITTLE RUN TO HOLD AARON’S HAND AS THEY WALKED BACK UP THE AISLE BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE APART FROM HIM ANY LONGER THAN NECESSARY.
ROBERT’S DEEPER VOICE AS HE GAVE HIS SPEECH, WHICH WAS SURPRISINGLY SHORT AND CONCISE AND SUMMED UP EVERYTHING THAT AARON MEANS TO HIM (ACCEPTANCE, LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY), WHILE STILL MANAGING TO PUT A FAINT TEAR IN AARON AND MY EYES.
EVERYONE ROASTING ROBERT WHEN HE SAID “MY HUSBAND AND I” BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY KNOW HE’S GOING TO BE DROPPING THAT TITLE AROUND LIKE A MADMAN.
KERRY’S “UH OH” FACE TO NICOLA BECAUSE SHE TOTALLY DIDN’T KNOW PEOPLE WERE BRINGING GIFTS.
THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER PHOTO.
AARON THINKING ANYTHING HE MIGHT SAY ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR ROBERT BEING NOT GOOD ENOUGH AS HIS HUSBAND GAZED AT HIM LIKE HE COULD DO NO WRONG AND LIKE HE WAS THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE. AARON ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CORNERSTONE OF MARRIAGE IS SUPPORTING EACH OTHER THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES BECAUSE ROBERT WAS THERE FOR HIM DURING THIS LAST WEEK JUST LIKE HE HAS BEEN SINCE HE HAS COME INTO AARON’S LIFE, GOING BACK TO THAT TIME THEY HUGGED WHEN CAIN WAS IN HOSPITAL.
THE HUG. (WHERE ROBERT PROBABLY TOLD AARON THAT HE WILL ALWAYS BE ENOUGH.)
PADDY SUMMING UP AARON’S ENTIRE JOURNEY THUS FAR AND CALLING HIM HIS SON.
LIV MENTIONING HER KICKING ROBERT IN THE BALLS, PROBABLY HER WAY OF TEASING HIM FOR THE “HELP” HE TRIED TO GIVE HER WHEN SHE WAS FIRST WRITING THIS SPEECH. LIV THANKING BOTH OF THEM FOR BEING HER BROTHERS.
DOUG SMILING PROUDLY DURING LIV’S SPEECH.
CHAS’ TELLING EVERYONE THAT SHE DIDN’T WANT TO CANCEL BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO CELEBRATE THIS VERY SPECIAL MOMENT IN AARON’S LIFE, ONE SHE WON’T GET WITH GRACE, BUT BY ALL THAT IS HOLY WAS SHE GOING TO LET AARON MISS OUT ON THIS PERFECT DAY HE DESERVES.
AARON TENDING TO A FUSSY SEB BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT IT WOULD UPSET CHAS. BUT ALSO SEB QUIETING DOWN NOW THAT HIS DAD IS IN FRONT OF HIM ALL OFFICIALLY MARRIED. (POOR GUY DEFINITELY WANTED TO GIVE A SPEECH ABOUT HOW HE IS SECRETLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DAY.)
CHAS’ SPEECH SIGNIFYING THAT THIS UNION NOT ONLY GAVE HER A SON-IN-LAW, BUT ALSO, TWO UNOFFICIAL DAUGHTERS AND HER FIRST GRANDCHILD. (CHAS KNOWING THAT THERE WILL BE MORE TINY SUGDEN-DINGLES RUNNING AROUND ONE DAY.)
SUGDEN-DINGLE.
AARON AND ROBERT BOTH GETTING CHAS HUGS.
ROBERT HANGING OUT WITH VANESSA, SAM, AND FAITH ON THE DANCE FLOOR???
ROBERT SUGDEN FEELING SO HAPPY AND FREE AND LOOSE THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY DANCING LIKE A MAD MAN.
FAITH GETTING HER WISH AND ACTUALLY DANCING WITH ROBERT TO A POINT WHERE ERIC FELT THE NEED TO CUT IN. (I MEAN, FAITH SHOOTING HER SHOT AND GETTING RESULTS IS AMAZING ANYWAY.)
ROBERT DANCING WITH KERRY, WHO WAS SO BAFFLED BY THE COMPLETE 180 FROM THE “SAD PANDA WHO DIDN’T KNOW HOW HIS BITS WORK” TO THIS FREE-DANCING-LUNATIC THAT SHE JUST ADJUSTED AND COPIED HIS MOVES. BECAUSE WHAT ELSE ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO WITH ROBERT WHEN HE’S LIKE THIS.
MATTY’S OUTFIT. (IT BEARS REPEATING.)
ROBERT DANCING OVER TO VIC AND AARON BECAUSE HE SAW CONFLICT AND WANTED TO BE THERE IN CASE AARON NEEDED HIM. (A DIRECT PARALLEL TO WHEN AARON BACKED HIM UP WHILE TALKING TO LACHLAN.)
AARON NEEDING SOME SEB CUDDLES TO CALM DOWN AFTER WHAT VIC SAID. ROBERT COMING IN TO CHECK ON BOTH OF THEM, AND REITERATING THAT NO ONE WILL BE SPLITTING THEM UP AND THAT THEY’RE A FAMILY NOW. AARON DINGLE WILL NOT BE GOING BACK TO PRISON HIS WATCH.
BOTH OF THEM DROPPING THE WORD “HUSBAND” LIKE IT’S GOING OUT OF STYLE.
ROBERT HAPPILY SWATTING THE JUST MARRIED BALLOON AT THE BACK OF THE CAR.
ROBERT BEING WILLING TO CANCEL THE HONEYMOON, BUT AARON INSISTING THEY GET TO GO ENJOY THIS TIME TO THEIR SELVES. #PROPERWEDDINGPROPERHONEYMOON
AARON REVEALING THAT HE CHOSE THE ORDER OF THE HYPHENATION, EVEN THOUGH HE’S GRUMPING ABOUT IT NOW. (CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY HAD THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION AND I SAT THROUGH SO MANY MINUTES OF DAZ TRYING TO CONTACT BERNICE???) ALSO, BOTH OF THEM KNOWING HOW TO CHEER EACH OTHER UP??? MARRIED LIFE HAS ALWAYS SUITED THEM. BUT NEVER MORE THAN THIS MOMENT.
ROBERT’S “MR. SUGDEN DINGLE FIRST” DAD JOKE.
ROBERT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT GETTING AARON OUT OF HIS SUIT IS HIS TRUE WEDDING GIFT. (YOU WILL NEVER NOT CONVINCE ME THAT HE DIDN’T TRY AND CONVINCE AARON TO GET INTO THE SUIT WHILE HE WAS STILL IN THE PUB LAST NIGHT BECAUSE HE LOVES THE WHOLE PROCESS.)
AARON DRIVING ROBERT’S CAR.
AARON CHECKING ON CHAS ONE LAST TIME EVEN AS HE DROVE AWAY ON HIS HONEYMOON.
ROBERT AND AARON DRIVING OFF INTO THE SUNSET TOGETHER.
