Guiding Captain Jack Harkness

Guiding Captain Jack Harkness


Owen and Christian, along with the holy man, turned to face the entrance to the chapel. They watched as Satine entered, immediately followed by the bride to be. Christian beamed and said, “Toshiko, you look simply stunning.” Satine grinned, and added “Yes, doesn’t she just.” They both turned to see what Owen’s reaction was to Tosh’s done up appearance.

He was looking at her in stunned disbelief. She had never looked so beautiful until then. In fact up until then, he had never found her beautiful, attractive yes, beautiful no. He was starting to realise how he had seriously underestimated Tosh.

Owen smiled gently at her and said, “You just keep on throwing me for a loop, Soto. I saw you as attractive, but now you’ve effortlessly changed that opinion. I’m sorry to say I never saw you as beautiful, at least not until now.” He added grinning at her “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, you seriously scrub up nicely.”

She noted he was wearing robes like the ones from earlier on, only they were white and out lined in silver and gold, instead of being just plain silver. And to complete the final assemble, he had on a pair of plain white pants, with plain white laces up shoes.

Tosh chuckled, rolling her eyes, as she walked over to him. She replied “You clean up nicely yourself. Never had you down for white dresses, but I guess you learn something new everyday. I guess you better get used to being the kind a man who goes around wearing a dress for the next seven years.”

Owen visibly balked. He said, “Right, okay. Shall we get on with the ceremony, before she manages to completely mangle my ego here?” Satine and Christian sniggered at this, while the holy man shook his head in amusement.

The holy man said, “Please step forward together, and we shall begin.” He added “Remember, place the ring on each others right ring finger. Once the ring is in place, recite the last part of the vow, making sure your palm is resting on the others outer hand.”

Owen and Tosh nodded and stepped forwards. Tosh handed her bouquet to Satine. Then she and Owen turned to stand in front of the holy man, waiting for him to begin.

The holy man then went through the formalities that were similar to an earth wedding, only not completely. After fifteen minutes of just the holy man talking, he turned to face Owen. He said, “Now turn to Toshiko, and recite your vows to her.”

Owen nodded, and turned to face Tosh. He then begun to recite his vows perfectly, having quickly memorised them earlier on. “I Owen Harper, take you Toshiko Soto to be my wife. I promise to love, cherish, to be faithful, honour and protect you, in sickness and health, for as long as we both shall live.”

The holy man turned to Tosh, and said, “Please repeat the process.” Toshiko nodded, and turned to face Owen. She began. “I Toshiko Soto take you Owen Harper to be my husband. I promise to love, cherish, to be faithful, honour and protect you, in sickness and health, for as long as we both shall live.”

The holy man then turned to both Satine and Christian. He said, "The rings please.” Satine and Christian stepped forwards. Satine handed Tosh the ring she was holding, and Christian gave his to Owen.

The holy man said, “Now do exactly what I told you to do earlier on. Owen, you go first.” Owen nodded, and stepped closer to Tosh, and took her right hand in his own. He then carefully pushed the ring onto her right ring finger.

Then he placed the palm of his hand lightly upon Tosh upraised outer hand, before he started to recite the last of his vows “I give you this ring as a symbol of my love, promise, commitment and devotion. I dewed.”

Owen’s and Tosh’s eyes widened slightly, as his palm started to glow silver. Tosh could feel a warm and tingling sensation against her skin. They both watched in fascination, as a tattoo of a silver rose, that had gold out lining the petals, appeared on her skin, covering the whole area.

Tosh then repeated the same process after the glow had ceased, and Owen had removed his hand. She took the ring she was holding, and took hold of Owen’s right hand, before slowly pushing the ring onto his ring finger.

She then placed her palm on top of his outer hand, just as he had with her. She said, “I give you this ring as a symbol of my love, promise, commitment and devotion. I dewed.”

Owen felt the same warm and tingling sensation. But instead of there being a silver glow, Tosh’s hand was glowing gold. They both watched as a tattoo identical to one Tosh now had, started to appear. But instead of being silver, it was golden, and the petals were outlined in silver.

They then turned to face the holy man. He smiled at them, and said, “With the powers invested in me, by The Order of The Rose, I now pronounce you husband and wife, and bond mates.” He turned to face Owen and said, “You may kiss your bride and bond mate.”

Owen nodded, before turning to face Tosh. He gently cup her face between the palms of his hands, just as both of their eyes closed, he leaned forwards and captured her mouth with his own in a gentle and tender kiss.

After a moment or two, he gently brushed his lips against hers one last time, before completely pulling away. They then smiled in wonder at each other, before turning to face the holy man again.

He finally announced, turning Satine and Christian “I’d like to introduce you to, Owen and Toshiko Harper.” Satine and Christian beamed at Owen and Tosh. Satine then stepped forwards and embraced Tosh, who returned the embrace. She then pulled back and handed Tosh her bouquet. Tosh nodded, and beamed at her. Christian then shook hands with Owen, before embracing Tosh. Satine followed suit, embracing Owen.

Then finally after signing a register, which all couples belonging to The Order of The Rose had to, they were led out of the chapel. Satine and Christian led them back to the balcony from earlier on.

Owen and Tosh both noted while they had been gone, the table had been cleared, and then reset. The best silver wear was placed neatly upon the snow white cloth. Four silver plates were set up, with a crystal goblet on either side.

Tosh noted the beautiful arrangement of roses in the centre of the table. There was red, white, a mixture of red and white, a long with golden and silver roses, and a mixture of gold and silver.

As soon as they were all seated, a woman was followed by two men onto the balcony. The woman was carrying a large bottle inside of a bucket full of ice. The first man was carrying a basket in each hand. One was full of bread, and the other full of different kinds of cheese. The second man was carrying a tray with what appeared to be four bowls of soup.

Once the four were left alone, Satine explained. “I realise we ate less then three hours ago. But it is tradition for the bride and groom, along with the two witnesses, to dine once again, but very lightly.”

Christian added “As you can see, the meal merely consists of soup, followed by some bred with cheese. And after that any type of fruit. Also with the meal, we drink what is very similar to champagne on earth.”

Owen looked into his bowl, and commented, smirking as he did. “Do you lot ever have soup that is not white?” Christian snorted, and replied “Occasionally a soup very similar to tomato soup is served.”

He added, smirking “But considering we’re all wearing white, which is the tradition colour of wedding and bonding ceremonies here. We decided to not chance fate.” The other three chuckled knowingly at this, cringing as they imagined what a big huge orange, red stain would look like, up against all of that stark whiteness.

After they had finished with the soup, cheese and bread, a yellowish orange circular fruit was brought out. It resembled that of a mango on earth. When Owen and Tosh cut into the fruit, they noted the inside of was blood red, where as the inside would have been a form of orange back on earth. It tasted both sweet and sour.

After everyone had eaten and finished drinking. Christian announced “It is time you two retired to your room, as the marriage and bonding needs to be consummated before it is permanently binding.”

Owen and Tosh nodded, Tosh flushed, knowing exactly what he meant by consummated. Owen eyed Tosh in amusement. He stood and held out his hand for her to take. He smiled at her gently, and asked “Shall we then?” Tosh nodded, and took his out stretched hand, allowing him to pull her to her feet.

Satine and Christian watched as they left the balcony, then the room. Satine asked “Do you think they’ll fall in love like we did?” Christian replied, smiling lovingly at her “Only time will truly tell, as it did with you and me.”