Re: Richie/Rachel - after the wedding
He gave her a lop-sided smile and shook his head. "That's alright." He rested his hand against the top of her head. The crackle of the timber in the fireplace reminded him of being back through the portal, and his eyes glazed over for a moment, the sounds of the Varden growing around him for a moment, the conversations, the preparation of weapons and armour, the thoughts of the battle pending creeping into his head.