Til Death Did Them Apart

when she named him

"Ash! Ash!" Lucius turned around, and saw the same young girl from the day before. He bit his lip to stop a grin from growing on his face. She seemed like the type of person to keep a promise. She probably had a name for him. 

"Hey, Y/N," he waved, continuing at his work. "You have a name for me now?"

"Yeah! It's.." 

She didn't continue, so Lucius stopped and looked up at her. "What is it?"

"Look at me when I give you the best name ever," she ordered. He let a small smirk grow on his lips and did as she said. She took a deep breath once he did, and said, "Askeladd."

"Askeladd?" He repeated, the name sounding foreign on his tongue. 

"Yeah," you nodded eagerly. "Because you're always covered in ashes. That's what the townspeople have been saying anyways. Do you like it?"

"Askeladd," he said again, to get a feel of the name. "It's.. It's.. It's.."

"Well?" You prompted, bouncing on your feet. 

"Give me some time to think about it," he finally let the grin from earlier grow, looking back at you with mischief. "I'll have an answer by tomorrow."