The Village of Haven, Arceria, Kaeleer, Tuesday Evening (Fandom time)

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So, Warren had been sitting on it now for a little while. It had only been a day, according to Fandom, since Karla had formed her Court, but in Kaeleer, it had been two. A very busy two. They were in Haven, now, making the last of their plans before the procession into Sidra and everything that that would entail. And, the entire time, there was something that Warren had been itching to scream from the rooftops, and finally, he'd found a moment edgewise in order to do it.

First, he'd left a message for Bobby. Before anyone else, Bobby.

But, after that, it was fair game. He pulled out his phone, tapped out a quick text, and sent it to everyone on his phone's contact list:

We're engaged!

Apologies to those in Kaeleer, who were getting that text at an obscene hour of the night. Warren had been a little too anxious to share it to bother weeding through his contacts. Plus he hadn't had much sleep lately. Eh, he'd apologize to anybody that had been inconvenienced by that text in the morning.

[OOC: NFB for distance, obviously! If you think you got Warren's text, you totally did! Open for return texts, phone calls, other people who have a reason to be in bed with him in Haven...]

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"Cooties," Warren said sadly. "The baby is, in fact, just one big cootie."

Sorry, Kayla.

[glacial_queen]

She would remind you of this conversation one day, Warren. And point out that, once again, it was all your fault.

For now, however, Karla was just going to sputter a laugh and swat at him. "You are the absolute worst, you know that?"

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"And that must be your curse," Warren laughed. "Being attracted to horrible, cootie-infected people like me."

Someday, when she reminded him of this conversation, he was going to adopt 'Cootie' as a nickname for their firstborn. Affectionately.

And because he was the worst.

[glacial_queen]

Nommy would thank him for that, even if Kayla never would.

"Have you ever tried not being horrible?" Karla asked. "You know, just for variety?"

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Yes, but 'Cootie' wasn't half as permanent a nickname as 'Nommy' was, was it?

"I've considered it, now and again," Warren offered. "But then I came to the realization that I'm happy with who I am."

A beat, as he kind of laid there, repeating those words in his mind a few times before smiling and pulling her a little more closely against his chest.

"I am. I'm happy with who I am. Huh."

[glacial_queen]

Karla's smile was bright and she hugged him hard at that. "I'm glad to hear it," she said and if she sounded a little choked up, well, who could blame her? "I'm happy with who you are, too. In fact, I'm madly in love with you--so much I'm gonna marry you."

In case he'd forgotten.

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He hadn't! But damn, it was good to hear!

"Funny," Warren laughed, pulling her close and holding her tight, "that's about as much as I'm madly in love with you, too."

It worked out nicely, didn't it?

[glacial_queen]

"We're getting married, you know," she informed him, snuggling close. "We've been talking about it for awhile, but now it's one step closer."

It would stay at that distance for some time, but still--closer than it had been.