All my friends, we're glorious
Tonight we are victorious

About a year later - Maui, Hawaii

Ochaco leaned against a wooden pillar, her hair tumbled by the wind blowing across the lani. The ocean broke on bright white sand in the distance, the soothing noise washing around her. She wore a white strapless corset with matching underwear and garters.

"Hey."

"Hey."

"We don't have to go through with this, you know?"

She turned, her eyes red rimmed, but no tears for now, "I know." She plucked at the corset, a bit of lace laying back under her hand, "I want to, though. Our parents, Inko-oba-chan, all our friends and even some of their parents are here. I'm just..." She blew out a long breath, "tired."

"We can just tell our friends that we changed our mind." I raised my brow, "That our children would be too powerful. The world couldn't contain our greatness."

"Children?"

"Yeah. I like kids." I smiled, walking to her side, taking her hand, "We should have a house full of them."

"One. Two if the first is a boy."

I chuckled, "We'll talk about it. Are you ready?"

"Obviously." She rolled her eyes, "You ready?"

"Che," I smirked, "I was born ready."

"You are only wearing underwear, too."

"Ready to tear off your clothes again." My smirk turned into a wild smile, "I thought that's what you meant."

"Is that it?" She laughed, shaking her head, as she raised on tip toe to kiss me. It was small and fleeting, "Go put on your suit."

"You'd think you were my wife, ordering me around like that!"

She reached into her corset, handing me a gold band, "You'd think. Did you know Midoriya has no idea that a beach wedding isn't legal?"

"You have pockets in your underwear? That isn't legal, is it?" I struck a pose, "And if we're ordering each other around, then you put on a dress."

"Fine." She reached out, grabbing my hand, "You know what it's been like this past week? To be married to you and to not tell anyone?"

"The same as dating me?"

She shook her head, "Hardly." She smiled, "Dating you was easy. Not shouting that I finally made a good man out of you..." She giggled, "That was hard. I'm really proud of myself."

I stood beside her, the salt laden breeze whipping our bodies, the high, thin calls of sea birds and the far off laughter of some kid being pulled off the beach. We leaned against each other, her hand tight on mine as we watched the sun become a molten ball just above the Pacific.

"I'm pretty damned proud, too." I let her hand go, caressing her cheek, bending close, "One more for the road?"

"Let there always be one more," she murmured before rising to meet me. A tender kiss, soft and slow turning hot and deep. She wiggled against me, and I moaned into her mouth.

"Always."

fin

AN/ Again, thank you for reading. If you wanna leave a review, I'd really appreciate it. A big thank you for my beta, mr mosevic. I'm glad we bumped into each other. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.