#and her self-esteem is basically nonexistent heh - which... I think is pretty clear in this case

[disillusionedjudge]

Would you want to marry Caelen or no since he's the father of your child? (For their Balfonheim AU!)

@tarnishedxknight

Marriage was... something of a painful topic for her, and Gylfie was silent for a long moment. Her arms crossed over her chest with her gaze down. Her expression... rather saddened, as she mulled over her answer, and then forced a weak smile.

"I want to marry him because I love him," she corrected quietly, "not just because we have a daughter together." She looked up, and her smile had faded. Her sadness evident. "But our... Our lives have been disrupted enough with everything that is happening. I do not wish to add to it, or drive him away by asking for more than he has already given." Her gaze dropped again. "Besides, I know not if that is something he would even want." That he would even want with me.

Then, with a shake of her head as if to snap herself out of it, Gylfie took a slow breath in and lifted her head. Her expression a little more controlled as she smiled, and this time, it seemed... soft. "Caelen is a wonderful father to Myra and a loving partner to me. Marriage or not, that does not change how I feel for him, and I am content with what we have. I would rather Myra grow up in a loving environment than one ruined by her mother's greed." She had already driven away one person she once loved - she would not do the same again. Not when they had a child involved, and not when she had done enough harm.