#bridgy drops some angst in my askbox what a surprise

[musings-from-mars]

I just want to see where you take it.... 89 for rgr

Angst/Comfort Fuel

89. Rejected marriage proposal, “I do love you, I promise...but...”

Weiss blinked, withdrawing her outstretched hand, bringing the ring box to her chest. “No...?” She asked.

May was crying. Weiss had thought it was out of joy at first, but now it seemed there was something very, very wrong. “I...” May began, trying to steady herself so she could speak clearly. “I love you so much, Weiss, but...we can’t get married.”

Weiss got up from her knee, pocketing the ringbox with gritted teeth, and took one of May’s hands. “Why not? I thought...” She hesitated. “I though you said you wanted to be with me forever...”

May nodded. “I do. I just...” She wiped at her face. “How long is forever?”

Weiss shook her head. She didn’t speak until she was sure her voice wouldn’t crack. “I don’t understand.”

“You and I come close to death so often,” May explained. “And I know we’re always there to save one another, but...” She sighed, trying yet again but failing to calm down one bit. “I don’t want to try to do something as...beautiful as marrying you, and then...” She moved forward and hugged Weiss tight. “I’m already terrified of losing my girlfriend...I don’t want to lose my wife...”

Weiss hugged her back. She wanted to counter her statement, she wanted to say that either way, they’d be together, as girlfriends or as wives...but Weiss knew she didn’t know the whole story. She knew there was something imbedded deep in May’s fears that made her scared of getting married to her.

Weiss couldn’t understand, but she accepted it. They could talk about it more later. For right now, she held the love of her life in her arms, content with having her here with her, vulnerable but safe.