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[oh no blush //// it feels weird to take credit for that

Bashfully,]

C'mon... it's not like I actually made them.

...The pink fire, though. That took a lot of potassium nitrate.

You don't need to have made anything to be appreciated like this.

[ tugs his hand. let's go look at your science fires. ]

It's all so beautiful. And the date, before—

[ YOU PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DIDN'TTTTT ]

[SCIENCE!!!!]

Potassium chloride was easy enough to get from the kitchen, but I had to steal a lot of cold packs from the clinic for ammonium nitrate. Once they're both fully dissolved in water, they create potassium nitrate crystals - which burns pink, like this.

...Proposals are supposed to be special, you know?

[ you know, Kaine, dumb guys wouldn't know that. ]

And you've succeeded. I don't recall a time I've ever felt like this.

[Sure they do. I'm dumb and I know this, therefore, dumb guys know chemistry]

Well. If you ever do again, I give you permission to marry whoever's responsible.

Edited 2022-12-25 09:03 (UTC)

[ squeezes his hand. ]

Already you're giving me away!

Away? Never. But I'm open to sharing...

[He lightly bumps Lotor's shoulder, before leaning his head against the smaller Galra with a sober air]

Vil told me about his love, with Malleus. How he'd be outlived, and the promise they made because of that.

We're both... unnatural lives, aren't we? We've seen the toll it takes, and how hard it is to try and grasp the normalacy other people are born into.

I... don't want you to stop trying, after I'm gone. To be good. To find peace, and comfort, and love.

[ Advice tangentially related to the gargoyle liker.... hmmmm.... ]

You're certainly not wrong. I'll keep your words in mind, but for now, I'm only planning on enjoying our life together.

[ he will lose his tiny toxic mind when you die btw. but he will try. to not be a total freak about it. ]

[With a small, hopeful smile, he squeezes Lotor's hand.]

That's fine with me.

[We're going to have to find a way to upload his brain into a robot aren't we]

[ That's really the kindest option, considering the others are cloning and dumping quintessence into him (Lotor has already considered this just for healing him). But it has to have soft muscles to cuddle. ]

Oh, before they burn out...

[ Takes out his phone to take a picture of the pretty fire. ]

[Considering how much he freaked out from being in Shiro's roomba, it better be an ADVANCED techno-organic robot]

I was worried they wouldn't last 'til we got here.

[Luckily he had helpers to keep an eye on them ::::)]

[ imagine if they had continued hanky panky and then Kaine had to pause it because a spider said his fire was going out. common sense truly wins today.

He turns to take another photo, but ends up just gazing at Kaine. ]

I love you.

[A smile spreads across his face - and it feels so easy to smile right now. When had that ever been true?]

I love you too.

[He stops for a moment, just to admire Lotor's face against the firelight. The pink glow danced across his features, his silver hair, making him look ethereal. Beautiful.

Contentment in his heart, he leans down to kiss him. His husband.]

[ Imagine telling Kaine of yesteryear that he'd be getting space married and he'd like it. That he has a husband who is probably not the best choice of a person but loves him equally in return?

Speaking of said husband, he's reaching up to cup Kaine's face as they kiss, carefully tracing over his features with his fingers. ]

[absolutely unthinkable. husband?? loves me????? SPACE MARRIED??????

He hums in tender satisfaction as he drapes his arms around Lotor's shoulders. Each touch of his face makes his skin tingle with light and sensation, making him weak in the knees. His most sensitive spot. aaaaaa]

[ adores you, even. wants to learn how to be a good boy for you, even. ]

You really are the softest man I have ever been graced to meet.

You're the only one allowed to call me that.

[even Kaine didn't like calling himself that. It felt like weakness, coming from him. From Lotor, somehow, it felt like strength.]

[ Lotor thinks it is. At the very least, it's a positive character trait. Maaaaybe he's just been overexposed to cruel musclebrains. ]

It's one of your best traits.

[instead: soft musclebrain]

Well, it's mandatory for you to think so now.

Oh, is that how Earth marriage works?

That's right.

Just like how I think you're the cleverest, most determined, loyal, and beautiful man in the galaxy.

[ some may argue that he is a little too determined. ]

Merely the galaxy...?

Edited 2022-12-26 05:01 (UTC)

Wow. Universe, then.

[ He COULD question him further with just this universe, why not all of them? you know.

Gently strokes his cheek with a thumb pad. ]

And yet, you are the best part of me now.

[one day that alternate universe baby Lotor is gonna grow up sexy AND emotionally healthier

Kaine's expression softens, his chest fluttering]

I'll be your heart, Lotor. Always.

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