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“Where are you taking me?” Red asks, a blindfold over her eyes as Chloe carefully led the way.
“You’ll see,” she replied.
They’d been dating for over a year now—their love for each other stronger than ever with every day that went by.
“Okay, we’re here.”
Slowly, Red took off the blindfold. “If you made me dress for nothing, Chloe Charming, I swear I will—”
She opened her eyes to notice the fact that she’s inside an observatory—a place just to watch stars.
Not just any observatory, one that Chloe had commissioned, painted stars lining the roof, red and blue roses lining the walls—a unique way of telling their story.
“Chlo, I—”
“I love it, I love you .”
Just when it couldn’t get any better, the redhead turned around to find Chloe on her knees, a box bearing a ring in her hand.
The ring was a heart—of course it was. Its color deep purple covered in golden vines.
Red gasped. “Clover…”
“I have spent,” Chloe paused. “More than half of my lifetime loving you”
The redhead looked down at her partner as if she hung the stars—quite literally.
“I never knew what being alive felt like until I met you,” she smiled, tears pooling at the corner of her eyes. “I spent my entire childhood looking for my place in this world, and then I met you, I knew right there and then that it was by your side, as if I’m meant to be with you.”
“There’s nothing else that I would rather do in this world than be with you, to love you.”
“Red of Hearts, will you marry me?”
“Yes— gods , Chloe—yes,” Red smiled, happy tears falling from her eyes like waterfalls. “Yes, yes, yes, yes.”
The bluenette quickly put the ring on the queen’s finger, hands trembling as she struggled to insert it.
Their bodies met in a hug—warm and full of love.
“I love you—I hope the ring looks okay, ‘cause I struggled to—”
“I don't care, Clover—I’d marry you with paper rings if need be,” Red smiled. “I love you so much.”
They stepped out the observatory hand-in-hand, the promise of a bright future in front of them.
—
The ballroom felt grand, Red and Blue designs clashing into one another, civilians and guests from all over kingdoms gathered inside for one thing and one thing only—Chloe and Red’s unity ball. Their wedding.
The bluenette stood on the stage, Maddox right beside to officiate, Chad right behind as Chloe’s bridesman, Hazel right beside as her bride’s maid, with Charming and Ella standing right by.
On the far left stood Ace and Chester stood as Red’s bridesmen.
Chloe, clad in a navy blue tuxedo gown, was all but calm—today, they would get married. Today, they would start to rule together .
Then—the doors opened.
Red walked in, clad in a Red dress, black roses showering down to her legs—it was the same dress she wore during her coronation, the dress she wore when everything started to get better.
Then, Bridget walked by her, gracefully walking her daughter down the aisle.
Chloe immediately teared up when she saw Red.
Everybody sat down as Red finally reached the bluenette. “Hey.”
“Hi,” Chloe smiled, her grin reaching her ears.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” Maddox announced. “We are gathered here today to witness and celebrate the unity and wedding of Princess Chloe Grace Charming, and Queen Red of Hearts.”
“Today isn’t all about love—it’s about unity, the promise of a great future for wonderland.”
“Chloe, Red, have you come here to enter into marriage without coercion, freely and passionately?”
Both girls nodded. “I have.”
“Are you prepared, as you follow the path of marriage, to love and honor each other for as long as you both shall live?” Maddox asked, professionalism lacing his voice.
“I am.”
“If that be, join hands and exchange consent.”
The bluenette took a deep breath. “I, Chloe charming, take you, Red of Hearts , to be my wife. I promise to be faithful to you, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love you and to honor you all the days of my life.”
“I, Red of hearts, take you, Chloe charming, to be my wife. I promise to be faithful to you,in sickness and in health ,in good times and in bad , to honor you and to love you for every day that goes by,” she returned.
Maddox nodded. “Let the exchanging of vows take place.”
Chloe went first.
“Ever since I was a kid, I was already looking for my purpose—something I was meant to be, to do. I couldn’t find it, I never could,” Chloe smiled, her grin eating up half of her face.
“Then, I met you. You gave me a purpose, you helped me in ways not anyone ever could,” Tears were falling now, the ground a mixture of Red and Chloe’s tears. “Red of Hearts, You are the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”
“I promised you that I’ll never leave you—and that promise still stands, even after death,” Chloe says, joy lacing her voice. “I love you.”
Red smiled, carefully wiping away at her tears.
“Chloe,” she starts. “I spent my entire childhood in darkness, stuck in darkness with no way out.”
“Then came you.”
“You saved me. You—not anyone else, you,” Red let out a shaky breath. “Being with you is something I never want to stop doing, I never want to leave your side ever.”
“You lifted me up when I was at my lowest, you made me laugh when no one couldn’t, you took care of me when no one wanted to.”
“You, Chloe charming, are my knight, my hero, my girl ,” Red finished, not bothering to wipe away the tears falling from her eyes.
After the small cheer from the crowd below, Maddox continued.
“Does anyone present know of any reason that these two should not be married?” He asked, voice loud and intimidating, as if to stop anyone from doing so.
“Speak now or forever hold your peace.”
Silence. No one spoke, not even Wonderland itself made noise.
“If that be, I, Maddox Hatter pronounce you, Chloe Charming, and Red hearts, wife and wife,” He smiled. “You may now kiss the bride.”
The Bluenette pulled Red into a world ending kiss—the crowd beneath freezing as their tears met.
The crowd’s loud roar rang all over the castle, both girls wearing a smile so big their mouths were sore.
“I love you,” Red whispered.
“I love you more,” Chloe returned, sneaking in another kiss.
The celebration had started—a band now playing music, everyone congratulating the couple as they walked past them.
It’s not long before they were called to the dance floor.
Their entire night was spent on the floor, slow dancing to soft music as they both relished the achievement they've overcome today.
“I don’t think I could be happier,” Red whispered, feet moving gracefully as they danced to the music.
“I know. Me too.”
Then—
“Your majesty!” Maddox approached. “The carriage is here, ready to take you on your honeymoon.”
The couple’s smile only grew larger at the mention.
“Are you ready?” Maddox asked.
Red took a deep breath. “Yes.”
“Are you sure ?” Chloe asks.
“Never have I ever before,” Red smiled. “Not until now.”
—
Red sat inside the observatory as the moon hung high in the sky, a paintbrush in hand as she painted the scenery in front of her.
The observatory had been a gift from Chloe—the girl knew how much Red loved stargazing, so she knew that it would make the perfect place to propose in.
Two years since their marriage.
Suddenly, Red heard the familiar voice of her wife. “I remember proposing to you right on that very spot.”
She flinched, shocked at the sudden appearance of Chloe.
The redhead turned around and smiled at Chloe, eyes soft and filled with unwavering love. “You scared me.”
“Sorry,” Chloe said, dragging out the last letter of the word.
Red laughed in return.
Chloe laughed with her. “My queen,” she greeted, leaning down to give the redhead a kiss—soft and chaste.
“ My queen,” Red returned.
“I have something for you,” Chloe smiled, hands behind her back.
Red tilted her head in curiosity. “Show me.”
The bluenette gave her the box, her movements delicate.
“What is it?” Red asks.
“Open it.”
So, she does, and nothing could prepare her for what she saw inside.
It was a heart—made entirely of glass.
It looked just like the one in the glassen heart painting.
Red immediately teared up. “Chloe..”
“You like it?” she asks.
“I love it—Clover, I love you ,” Red smiled, pulling the bluenette in for yet another kiss.
“Thank you.”
“I love you,” Chloe returned.
The pair spent until sunrise inside the observatory, Red painting as Chloe looks for and calls out any shooting star as they silently wish on it.
Red’s future was unclear—but there was one thing she was certain of, and it was that she was going to spend it with Chloe.