Mallaidh (Skaia Returns)'s Links
It's almost funny, looking back, remembering how we started, and then seeing where we are now. I couldn't imagine my life today without Link. He doesn't know it, and wouldn't believe him even if I told him, but he's my home. *Our* home. It doesn't matter to me where we are, where we go, so long as Link is at our side. But... it is nice having our own place. It's nice getting to do domestic things with him like decorate, go to the store, eat breakfast at our kitchen table, watch him tinker with the sink when the faucet starts to leak. I love seeing how easy he smiles now. How excited he gets to share new things with us... although there are still some things he's much too shy to show us. But that's okay - I know one day he will. Until then, I'll just enjoy spending my days with him - first as his girlfriend and now as his *wife*. I'm so happy my heart aches with the emotion. I'm so happy I met him. I just... I wish he and Hawkes wouldn't leave me behind so much.
"When we met, I never could've imagined things would turn out like this. Mallaidh was always sweet with me, always kind and affectionate, but to think she loves me? Really, truly loves me? Nothing in this world makes me happier than knowing I have her and Hawkes as my own. I...I trust her. Them. Both of them. I hope I can make them happy, even if living with me is...a pain."
[after marriage]
"I did it. I really did it. I married the loves of my life. Four of them. *Four of them*, can you believe it? I never thought I'd get to marry a single person, but *four whole people* say they love me. And I believe it. I do. I trust in all of them. Mallaidh, in particular, takes care of me, in every way imaginable. I'll do anything I can to make her feel twice as loved as she makes me feel, because she deserves it. She deserves the world. I know Hawkes agrees. I'll protect her even better from here. Nothing will stand in my way."