After The Helmet Comes Off

Ch. 9

Dedicated to a lovely anon I had on Tumblr who made my night! I hope that my writing can continue to make you smile<3

Chapter notes at the bottom

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Kou hands you the rock he found in the field. It's got a purplish tint to it as it glimmers in the late afternoon sunlight. You lean against Din's chest, resting on the blanket you had brought from home, as Kou adventures around the tall grasses, exploring as he likes.

"Is this for me?" you ask him. Kou babbles, touching the rock, looking up at you, "Thank you, Kou." He wobbles away to look at something hopping around a few feet away.

Din's fingers brush the stone in your hand, "I wonder what he's looking for."

You watch the child as he stares at the grass moving around him, "He's curious. Probably nothing in particular."

"Do you think he's happy here?"

"Yes," you slip the stone into your pocket, so you take Din's hand in yours, "he has the childhood he deserves. Watch him closer. He's happy."

Din's grip tightens, "and you?"

Turning towards him, you cup his cheek gently, "The answer never will change my love." You grin at him, "I love you. If I'm not with you, Din, I am unhappy." Your thumb traces across his lips.

He kisses the palm of your hand, "There was something I wanted to ask you..."

"what is it?"

"I wanted to ask you—" he glances down quickly, suddenly unsure of his next words, "to marry me."

"marry—? You want to marry me?" Your hand drops from his face.

"Yes." Din's eyes finally meet yours. He carefully chooses his next words, "I'm aware that it's not necessary, and people probably already assume—have assumed... but I want you to be my actual wife—"

You cut him off, "of course, I'll marry you, Din." You cup his face in your hands, kissing him all over his face. "How do we— I mean...," you struggle for words, "how did you want to--"

"However you want to. Right here if you want." He brushes your hair back out of your eyes.

"How?"

"We could be married under Mandalorian law..." He looks away, suddenly interested in the treeline. Living with Din these past few months has made you very perceptive of small things about Din's body language. When he was embarrassed, for instance, he did a few things. Looking away like he was distracted by something was one, or restlessly running his fingers through his hair was another.

"Do you want to be married under Mandalorian law?"

"I never thought I would be if that's what you're asking... but it's legal under the creed."

You grin, "it's good enough for me."

He takes your hands, "okay well—"

"What do I say?"

His thumb runs across your knuckles, glancing up at you, "repeat after me. Mhi solus tome," he says gently. You repeat to your best effort. Your Mando' a wasn't fantastic, only having picked up on some of the phrases Din occasionally used.

"mhi solus dar'tome," he makes an effort to clearly pronounce the words.

"mhi me' dinui an." His thumb rubs against yours, "mhi ba'juri verde."

"Are we—?"

"Yes."

"Well, in that case, husband..." you smile at the word, "I'm unfamiliar with the last phrase."

"We will raise warriors, wife."

You giggle, pulling him down onto the blanket, "raise warriors?" Lazily, you run your fingers down his arm.

"Maybe two more, at least."

"Think we can handle three?" You glance over at Kou, who's looking at a purple and blue flower.

"I do." He leans over you, pressing kisses to the corners of his mouth before he presses his lips against yours. "There's no one else I would want to try with than you, (y/n)."

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I based the wedding ceremony on research I did on Mandalorian weddings. I found some stuff on Ghes Oade and Mirta Gev.

According to Wookieepedia, the Mandalorian (or this specific) wedding ceremony is more of a private affair (there was no officiant and no witnesses). The wedding vow is said together (Reader is not a Mandalorian, so this is really reader repeating after Din aha), and I think they're pretty romantic vows. (I've seen TWO translations online for these vows, I'll link the two websites below if you'd like to check it out). Obviously this is a different marriage than we've seen in Star Wars (Anakin and Padme), but there is something just very sweet and personal about this whole affair. I hope you can all tell how much Din adores and loves the reader, I mean he broke his oath for her so he could be with her more than what they were before. I don't know I'm just soft for my own fic :')

Here are the links:

1. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wedding_of_Ghes_Orade_and_Mirta_Gev

2. http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1604.0

Vows roughly translated...

We are one together. We are one when parted. We share all. We will raise warriors.