wedding ♔ baby we've come a long way

[bittersweeter]

♪ you are the best thing -- ray lamontagne

WHO || Lila & Sylar and invited guests
WHAT || Wedding & Reception
WHERE || Baglioni Hotel London, the Ballroom
WHEN || September 18, 2015; 4PM onwards [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

The ballroom of the hotel is a study in elegance, which isn't surprising considering who the bride is, but perhaps more surprising are the personal touches and sheer sentimentality of the room. Circular tables are scattered on the edge of the dance floor, covered with ivory tablecloths, and while there isn't a seating chart, everyone invited can find a place card with their name scrawled on it so they can claim their spot at a table. Along with the simple centerpieces and floral arrangements, each table holds a different photo of Lila and Sylar, often times selfies, and a location that has some sentimental meaning. London, Nando's, New York, Chicago, Tahiti, Andres, etc. (The tiny table for two by the dessert table is labeled Oregon.)

Once they're presented to the guests, Lila and Sylar have their first dance, to get it out of the way and so no one can ruin it. After a dinner of steak, crab stuffed sole, creamed potatoes, and late summer vegetables, the DJ starts playing dance music and probably won't stop all night if we're being honest. Castle party music this is not. There is a brief pause to cut the cake and so Lila can inhale about twelve petit fours by herself, but it's party, party, party all night long. And, oh yeah, it's an open bar.

Comments

[doubletake]

Clearly, you just haven't drank enough.

[Because booze always makes heels hurt less, though it also means that you're more likely to give in an take them off. Double-edged sword.]

I don't think anyone could blame you, though. They look brutal.

[But so do Elena's, tbh.]

[bittersweeter]

Right? [ a beat. ] I love them.

[ lila, you can't love the painful death trap shoes. why did you have to marry someone over six feet tall? she surveys them thoughtfully for a moment. ]

You're right though, I haven't had enough to drink. [ so naturally the flags over a waiter with a tray of champagne. ]

[doubletake]

You should. They're sexy.

[And sexy hurts, okay. It is known.

As the waiter comes over, Elena drains her own flute in one go, trading out the empty one for a new one, lifting it toward Lila in a toast with a grin.]

Congratulations, by the way.

[bittersweeter]

Thanks. [ she beams, looking pleased as punch, and glancing over at where sylar is eating, grin softening to something deeply and obviously in love. radiating happiness and contentment. her perfect precious fatass. ] My own personal fuck you to life.

[doubletake]

[Elena chuckles, smirking as she takes a sip from her glass.]

What better way to give the middle finger to the rest of the bullshit we have to deal with, right?

[bittersweeter]

My crush on him was ruining my classy she-demon with limited feelings vibe anyway so I figured I'd just fuck it up completely and marry him. [ #romance ]

[doubletake]

[She laughs.]

Well, if even a she-demon can find love, I guess that means there's hope for the rest of us.

[bittersweeter]

Hopefully. [ that's part of the point of an actual wedding instead of giving up and eloping, so that one day amara will know that it does get better and she can find someone. ]

Maybe even the helpless losers.

[doubletake]

Well, let's hope you're not including me in that group.

[bittersweeter]

Definitely not helpless. [ tbf she calls faye and astrid losers and she's ride or die for those girls, so. ]

[doubletake]

[She laughs before knocking back the rest of her drink and setting the glass aside.]

I'll accept that.

[bittersweeter]

I aim to please. [ you do no such thing, lillian. ] So what about you? I'm trying to figure out where I should aim this bouquet bullshit. Probably at Dean because it'll probably make him cry, but I'm open to options.

[doubletake]

When am I going to get married?

[She laughs, looking at her like she's kidding.]

Maybe after Hell freezes over. [Who would marry a changeling? I mean, really. She shakes her head, smirking.] Or who knows, maybe I'll meet someone tall, dark and handsome and he'll just sweep me off my feet. Stranger things have happened, right?

[Her eyes skirt in Dean and Rose's direction.]

You should do it, just so I can see him choke.

[bittersweeter]

Stranger things have happened. I used to be a cat, remember?

[ also she married a serial killer and she used to be a cat assassin so lila gives not a single iota of a fuck about what elena is. when your best friend for literally years can turn himself into whomever he wants (and other people, too) and your brand new husband can shapeshift into anyone so long as he has some dna, changelings... aren't such a big deal. ]

[doubletake]

[She knows Lila doesn't care, just like Elena doesn't care about what Lila can do on that kind of level, which is why she's so comfortable joking about these things with her. Elena doesn't even looked pressed about it all, honestly.]

I'm open to it. The harder part is finding someone that's worth it.

[bittersweeter]

I'd say I'd see if Sylar has any friends but... [ she waves her hand at dean, snorts a laugh. ] I don't think you want that. I mean, please tell me you have higher standards than that.

[doubletake]

[Good thing she already finished that drink, because she looks like she probably would have spit it out.]

It would take me all night to go through all the reasons why that would be a terrible idea.

[bittersweeter]

You could start and end with the fact that you're way better than he is. [ she doesn't dislike dean, not really, and he's one of sylar's friends, but like most people she can take him or leave him. ] You deserve someone who would love you like Kanye loves himself.

[doubletake]

You said it, not me.

[But she looks pleased to hear it, anyway.]

And trust me, I wouldn't settle for anything less. Otherwise, what's the point?

[bittersweeter]

Especially once you move in together and have to put up with their horrible taste in furniture.

[ it's the little things. luckily they love each other. ]

[doubletake]

[She laughs.]

Well, we all have to make sacrifices for the sake of our happiness.

[bittersweeter]

And now we have all this beautiful dishware so I can get rid of the stuff we collected at random. [ it's cute and homey, their collection of dishes and appliances, but she thinks their presents will be just as homey. ]

[doubletake]

You're not going to keep a piece or two, just because? Or are you just going to start fresh?

[bittersweeter]

I'm not emotionally invested in our plates. Half of it I stole from the castle anyway. [ she waves her hand dismissively. ] I'm not sentimental about stuff like that. Do I have the stupid napkin drawing from the first day we met framed and hung on the wall? Of course, but I'm not attached to the plates.

[ lila also grew up very privileged, so things aren't overly important to her. she has three things that she'd be lost without: her dad's diamond, her mom's earrings, and her watch; all of which is jewelry she never takes off, staples of lila zacharov. everything else, all her stuff? unimportant in the long run. ]

[doubletake]

You're a girl after my own heart.

[There are things much more important than physical objects. Elena is much of a materialistic girl, either.]