momolady:

@fleeceofsteel also commissioned a story I’ve been wanting to do from my list! A charming skeleton king.

   One day your family receives a very strange visit. A woman comes by with an offer from her employer. He wants to marry you and he’s willing to pay your family a lot of money for the rest of their lives. Now, it would be a stupid offer to turn down. Your family has struggled and fought all their lives. The money would be a blessing, it would be an amazing gift. But they turned it down right away.

   “My daughter isn’t marrying a stranger,” your father said. “Neither is she for sale.”

   “But dad!” You gasp. “The money!”

   “The money doesn’t add up if you’ve sold you to some creep,” he replies and turns back to the woman. “Now tell your employer if he wants to marry a girl he needs to go about the way that all men do.”

   The woman sighs. “I’ll report back to him.”

   The next day there is a letter in the mail commending your father as well as enough money to pay off your family’s debts. There is also a letter addressed solely to you. Inside, the man who wanted to buy you as a bride apologizes.

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