Maven X Reader One Shots (2)

Songfic: Other Friends

(Let me thank Crypt Tv for the quote about the scalping)

I've had your little message to the universe on loop!

White stockings cling to your thighs from under your suit. Your gloved hands brush down your collar before moving down to your buttons, unbuttoning the top few. Your bedroom is small and the television in the corner of the ceiling plays the news. When it first aired you couldn't help but tape it. It's music to your ears. Mare Barrow. Maven Calore. You hum over the words you know so deep as you brush your hair.

Raising the hairbrush to the air, you chant: "I pledge myself to do the same, to end the Scarlet Guard and the monsters like Mare Barrow, or die in the attempt." 

The same words Maven said with pride.

I just love that part where Pink Diamond spends the rest of her days

On this nowhere planet, with a bunch of nobodies!

You walk out into the castle's hall, your hands folded behind your back. A soft smile falls onto your lips as you begin to walk towards where the wedding would take place, the place where you belong. You straighten your tie, ready to be by Maven's side. Even if he is marrying Iris.

A sentinel creeps up behind you, putting a hand on your shoulder. He seemed uninterested in your hard gaze.

"King Maven requests you to join him in his room."

"He is not outside yet?"

The sentinel grunted, "do you need a guide?"

You laughed, covering your mouth to try and hold the awful noise. He took that as a no, which it most definitely was, and moved out of your way as you turned yourself around.

Maven's room was as clean as you remember it being. He was never a messy person. 

You think about his work desk. Scratch that.

"You needed me?" You purr as you close the door behind you. Maven sits as his mirror, parting his hair and fixing the stray strands. He doesn't smile at you. He doesn't even try to hide his intention.

"I want you to be by my side at all parts of this wedding, do you hear me?" He doesn't turn around to look at you nor spare a glance through the mirror. Even when you place a hand on the back of his chair he doesn't acknowledge you until you answer him.

"I will never leave your side, Maven."

His eyes catch yours for a moment. His hard, stressed gaze melts like cotton candy on the tongue once he heard the sensitivity in your voice. 

You kneel by his side and fight the urge to grab his hand. "Maven, why would you even suggest I'd leave?"

That's right I heard the story over and over again

He places a hand on your hair, soothingly caressing the back of your head.

"I am only safe when you are with me," he leans in close, "do not be afraid to cause a stir."

"Yes, sir."

"And one more thing."

You kneel patiently, waiting for his words. He takes time to place them together. Weighing what? 

He takes his hand back. "Alongside me, you will answer to Mare Barrow as well. This is an order from your king."

Your heartbeat skips. Protect her? Be by her side? You almost show a grimace at the thought. You would rather report to Iris then that red scum. But you nod, whispering a promise to him.