slayers_desire | a whirlwind of a month

April nervously adjusted her cap and gown in her bedroom. Trying it on the night before her big graduation. She couldn't believe that tomorrow would be her final day at university. That she would receive a diploma. And that it would open new opportunities.

She had dealt with a whirlwind of activity in the last month. First Jimmy's funeral. Then helping Chloe recover from losing her husband.

There was also a lot of time spent working on her bridesmaid dresses, and the vests for the groomsmen tuxes. In addition, her final university project was also her wedding topping. It meant that she was spending a lot of time in her craft room.

It meant a little less time with Clark. And that was another situation, with Clark now wearing the dark Blur costume. He was still dealing with some distance in his heart, but at least it was not affecting their relationship too much. Not to say the stress and sadness didn't have an effect. Their last intimate moment was the night before Doomsday was destroyed. And Jimmy and Davis both lost their lives.

But at least they still came home to each other. Spend the night in each others arms.

It was something. April sighed, touching the mirror as she looked at the final image of herself in the cap and gown. "Tomorrow I graduate..." She whispered. There were so many questions in her heart about what she would do next... about her future.

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"A bit. What're you thinking about?"

"I would like some pictures of us." They hardly get in the same picture. And April has a plan for a wedding gift.

"I guess that's a noble cause," he agrees. They do have a few candids of the two of them, mostly taken by Jimmy or Chloe. But not nearly as many as a married couple usually has.

The next couple of minutes involve April tugging him this way, or that way. Getting pictures of them in a park, or on a bench, or just looking up at the sky. She even does the holding the camera up, then kissing him while taking a picture ploy. Mostly... she just has fun.

He doesn't have too much trouble rising to the occasion, mugging for the camera, even though he feels a little silly doing it. But it's a good kind of silly, with April's happiness leeching over to him.

He picks a stranger walking by who looks trustworthy to take a few distanced shots of them, and uses the opportunity to kiss April, almost dipping her back in one of those classic romance novel poses.

That dipped kiss definitely hits the mark for April. And she is all blushes afterwards. After they reclaim their camera, she smiles, "Okay. Now I am ready to go home."

"All right then." He gives her another kiss on the cheek, as they walk towards the nearest sheltered place where they can PIN back to the farm.

Arriving back home, April still feels completely thrilled to the core about her successes, excited about the man in her life who makes everything complete, and a little frisky. So she goes for the camera. "I can download these."

A project would be a good distraction right about now.

"You look like a woman with a plan."

"Yah. I have one on the tip of my mind." April laughed. She leaned in to kiss him deeply. "Thank you. For everything. For being here. For supporting me. For being so wonderful."

"You know I wouldn't want to be anywhere else."

((Aww adorable :D))

((Good to give them a little bit of happiness :D))

((definitely is :D Makes me happy to see them happy))

((Although angst is fun too, lol. But it's good to give them moments like this, and even Clark couldn't be all sad today. He's so proud of her.))

((I am glad we are doing some happy scenes before returning to canon plots))

((Yep. :) And we've still got a few more before then too))

((I am hoping to hold off on the wedding scene until January, after the holidays so every one can participate.

But we can do other scenes :D))

((Waiting until after the holidays makes sense to me too. So we'll tentatively schedule the thread for the first week of January and see how that goes once we get closer.

The only other thread I have in mind in between then and now is the one where they go declare their intent to marry to Jor-El at the Fortress, I think))

((That would be an interesting one. Looking forward to it :D

We should include Spike somehow. Make it a completely dealing with Fathers scene.

BTW... loving your new icons))

((Oh, that's a good idea. Hmm... maybe they go to the Fortress, then after they come back they go to visit Spike. Or depending on when we have the thread, chronologically, maybe delivering him the DVD of her graduation as well.

lol, thanks. I went a bit nuts on icon-making last night))

((Perfect! When did you want to start that scene?))

((Hmm... since the holidays are pretty close, I'm wondering if maybe we shouldn't postpone the fathers thread until in between Christmas and New Year's. I guess it depends on what plans we have for the holidays. I'm going to be doing Christmas things from Friday evening until Sunday, but between that and New Year's I think I'm free. But if you're busy then, we can start earlier.))