-Your Pov-

You sat with your head rested in the lap of your beautiful fiance, Raven Branwen. She stroked your hair, and held your hand. Even now, you were amazed by how beautiful she was. You must have been staring for too long, because she looked down at you, gave a chuckle before smiling at you. " You shouldn't stare," she teases. " It's rude." This made you laugh, before you held up your hand to show your engagement ring.

" We're engaged," you point out. " But, from time to time of course I wanna stare at my fiance. She's beautiful you know?" You swore Raven blushed at this, before looking down and pretending to smack you on the head. However, she smiles at you lovingly. She gives your hand a squeeze, which makes your smile grow even bigger.

" I love you," you tell her in a much more serious tone. She smiles at this, before placing her hands over yours.

" I love you too," she says. She moves one of her hands, and puts it on her stomach. " And, I'm going to love our baby just as much." You smile, and then move your head so it's on the stomach, just to see if you can feel the baby kick.

Raven asks you to move, and you pretend to pout about it before agreeing to move your head. She stands up, and then turns to face you. " I'll cook dinner tonight," she says. " Can you start working on the wedding invitations? We need to send those out quickly. With the wedding coming up and everything."

You nod, and then stand up and go to the table. Sitting down, you pull out a pen. " Hey Raven, I'm gonna invite your team," you tell her, and she turns around and nods. " And then, do you mind if I invite mine?"

She smiles at you, and then places a hand on your shoulder. " Yeah, invite both teams," she says. " Hopefully my brother doesn't try to go into overprotective mode like he did when we told everyone I was pregnant."

This makes you chuckle at the memory of being chased around the city by Qrow, him wielding his scythe. " It's okay," you tell her. " It had been awhile since I had been running with your brother."

Your fiance chuckles when you say this, and then she goes back into the kitchen to cook something. Smiling, you turn back and start writing the invitations, happy for the day you can finally become her husband.

-Timeskip your pov-

You stand, holding hands with Raven. She looks amazing in her wedding dress, and you almost fainted when you had seen her walking down the isle. You had cried tears of joy, but you were finally here. The bridesmaid and groom stood behind the two of you, and you smiled seeing all your friends and family in one place. The priest behind you smiles, and then asks you to go through your vows.

" Raven Branwen.  I take you to be my partner for life. I promise above all else to live in truth with you. And to communicate fully and fearlessly. I give you my hand and my heart. As a sanctuary of warmth and peace. And pledge my love, devotion, faith and honor, as I join my life to yours."

You would almost swear you see tears fill her eyes, but she takes a deep breath. " (y/n) (l/n)," she says. " I promise to encourage your compassion, because that is what makes you wonderful and unique. I promise to nurture your dreams, because through them your soul shine. I promise to help shudder our challenges, because if we stand together there is nothing we cannot do. I promise to be your partner in all things, not possessing you but working with you as part of a whole. Lastly, I promise you all of my love and all of my trust. One lifetime could never be enough for you. This is my sacred vow to you, my equal in all things."

Tears fill your eyes, hearing how much Raven loves you, the words on her mouth warming your heart, and hurting it in the best possible way. She also has some tears in her eyes, but then the priest behind you smiles. " Do you (y/n) (l/n) take Raven Branwen to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

The both of you say I do when he asks, and then he smiles. " You may now kiss the bride." At this, you and Raven kiss each other passionately, all the emotions and passion bringing you to this point. The kiss lasts until the both of you are out of air, and then you pull away. You touch your foreheads together, and lovingly gaze into each other's eyes.

-Timeskip your pov-

You sit with Raven, head in her lap like always. Her stomach has grown as a sign of her pregnancy. The two of you go through a scrapbook of pictures from your time from Beacon, as well as pictures from your wedding. " And then you started crying," you tell her, and she smacks you playfully.

" I did not cry," she protests. " I just had something in my eye, that's all. If anything, you were crying." This makes you laugh, and you place a hand on her cheek. Then, you reach up and run your hands through her hair. She pretends to be mad when you do this, hating when anyone touches her hair. But, she lets you run your hands through it.

" I did cry," you admit. And she looks satisfied when you say this. " But, you started to cry when I finished my vows, and then all the way through your vows." She playfully smacks you again, and you smile at her. " But, I get it. Your vows were beautiful," you tell her seriously. This makes her blush, and she looks down, seeming somewhat embarrassed.

" Summer helped me write them," she mutters. " I know you wrote yours all by yourself. You've always been better at expressing your love than I am." This makes you sit up, and then you place your hands on her cheeks.

" That's okay if you had help," you tell her. " I can't say enough how much Summer helped me admit my feelings for you. And she didn't write them for you. She just helped you. It was beautiful Raven, and you're the one who wrote them in the end."

She mutters something about 'still' and you sigh. Your wife often struggles with expressing her true feelings to you, and it's something which has come up before. Seeing this, you take her hands. " I love you Raven. And, I know you love me also. Even if you don't show it in the ways most people do. I've learned to know how much you love me from small things. And those small things mean the world to me." This makes her blush, before she gives you a smile.

" You always know just what to say," she says, before kissing you. Then, she gets serious again for a few seconds. " When does your mission start?" This makes you sigh, and you pull out of your scrolls to get the mission details again.

" Uh, next week. And then the mission itself should be simple. This guy has gone off the deep end, and he's started murdering a ton of people, saying how life is a joke. The mission is either for his arrest or death."

Raven looks at you, concern softening her red eyes. " Sounds dangerous," she says. " What made you take that mission?"

" I wanted to make sure he's put away before Yang is born. I think she'll grow up in a safer world if this guy is behind bars, or in the ground," you tell her, and she nods. Then, she sets your head back in her lap, and starts stroking your hair.

" Just be careful," she says.

" Of course," you say. " I have a beautiful wife, and a daughter on the way to come back to. I won't let anyone else take that away from me."

-Timeskip Raven Pov-

It's been days since (y/n) left for his mission, and I'm starting to worry about him. He hasn't sent me any information on it, and hasn't reached out to me. And I know he would send me something, knowing I worry so much about him. And, every night we have to spend away, he sens me a text saying 'goodnight' or how much he missed me. The door opens, and I expect to see him walk in, and so I brace myself to scold him for not telling me his whereabouts. However, my brother walks in.

" Qrow? What are you doing here," I ask. " And where the hell is (y/n)? He hasn't been in touch with me, and I'm really starting to worry." He tries to say something, but the words come out slurred. " Spit it out Qrow!"

He looks me in the eyes, and his are tear stained. " He's not coming back," he says. I want to tell him to stop joking with me, but he says nothing afterwards. My eyes widen, and are immediately filled with tears. He starts to cry, and I can't stop the tears from falling. My brother opens his arms, and I fall in.

The two of us start to sob at the loss of our friend, and our husband. Eventually, the tears stop, and he pulls away. " (y/n) wanted you to have this," says Qrow in a breaking voice, pulling out a letter from his jacket. " He gave it to me before the mission. He wrote it just in-case."

I set it aside, and then wipe some left over tears from my eyes. " Dammit (y/n)," I mutter. " I don't want this stupid letter. I want my husband back. And Yang wants her father. Don't give me some stupid letter. Give me my husband back dammit."

More and more, I start crying, and start angrily saying how I want my husband back. All I want is him to come back. I don't want his letter! I want the man I love back. But, Qrow puts his hand on my shoulder. " You'll regret it if you don't read it," he says, and I know he's right. Crying some more, I open the letter, and begin to read it.

-letter contents-

Dear Raven,

I've been thinking a lot lately about mortality. I don't know if I ever told you, but one of my team members Damien died on a mission a while back. He didn't have anything left behind, a will, or any letter or something to ease the passing for the rest of the people he loved. I never wanted to leave you without that, and then when I found out you were pregnant, I didn't want to be a father who left the world without his daughter knowing anything about him. So, I wrote this to make the passing a little bit easier.

If you get this letter, then it means I died. Please know, I didn't die in a lame way. I fought tooth and nail, and put everything on the line. I fought with everything I had trying to come back to you. I wanted to come back, and rest my head in your lap, to feel your hands playing with my hair. I wanted to gaze into your eyes one more time, or to feel your arms around me with your insisting to be big spoon, even though I'm taller than you. Whatever feelings you have with my passing, please remember that I loved you more than anything else. I wanted to come back to you, because I loved you. No, I won't use the past tense for it. I love you, even in whatever version of the afterlife turns out to be the right one.

I wanted to tell you how much you mean to me. You are the light of my life, the love of my life. My wife, my best friend. My partner in all things, and my equal. You always protected me, and supported me through everything. Did you ever drive in the rain, and when you go under a bridge, the rain stops? You were my bridge, protecting me from everything. And, I love you for it.

I want you to have everything I owned. I know it won't be much, and I know it won't be enough to replace me. But, this was all I could think to leave behind. I don't have anything equal in value to the love you gave me. You said in your vows that one lifetime with me wasn't enough, and I hope you can wait a little bit. Not that I want to picture the world without you, but if you'll allow me to be selfish, I want you to join me. Not anytime soon. Live a long life, and be happy. But, please. I'll be waiting for you. Please wait for me.

And Yang. If you're reading this, then I'm sorry I never got to meet you. I know you're going to grow up, and be a beautiful girl. I know Raven is going to be a wonderful mother for you. Please know that in whatever you do, your father is proud of you, and watching from wherever he is.

-Timeskip Raven Pov-

As time goes on, I moved in with Tai when he offered it. That way, he can help me raise Yang. He tried, but the two of us aren't a couple. Tai tried it at first, but I told him I wanted to wait, and be together with (y/n) in death. Even though he's gone, I still wear my wedding ring, and miss him every day. One day, I notice someone watching us through the window of the house. He wears a black biker jacket, and then a red helmet. When I catch him staring, he turns and walks away. U shrug it off, but can't help but think he looked familiar.

-Your Pov-

You quickly walk off from Tai's house, tears filling the inside of your helmet. You had somehow survived the explosion, and once you had recovered, you were happy to go and see your beautiful wife, and your daughter. And yet, she had been with Tai. You hadn't thought she would wait for you forever, but you had hoped she would wait for you. However, that sadness soon turned to anger, and you went to do what you had always done since coming back to life. Punish the guilty.

-Timeskip Qrow Pov-

I sigh, and then find the target of the mission I was asked to fight. Some rogue huntsman, brutalizing criminals and leaving them either dead, or near that point. He can often be found with a red helmet over his face, and he's going by the name of " Red Hood." I roll my eyes everytime I hear that, but quickly manage to trace him.

He sees me, and then aims two pistols at me. He opens fire, but I manage to dodge the bullets. Hopping above him, I swing down my scythe for him. The man rolls out of the way, and tosses a grenade at me. A minute too slow, I sidestep it and then he fires a bullet into the grenade. The explosions sends me off my feet, and I manage to roll and rise to my feet. I curse to myself, and do the best I can to dodge a burst of machine gun fire. However, several of them clip my legs, causing me to bleed out.

Setting the machine gun down, he starts to walk towards me. Pushing past the pain I stand up, and grab my scythe. I run to him, and then turn into a bird. He freezes for a second, clearly confused at this. I fly above him, and turn back into human, and bring my scythe down on his head. The helmet starts to crack, and he staggers back. Summoning some aura, I deliver a roundhouse kick which drops him to the ground, and shatters his helmet, revealing a face I had thought was long gone from this world. (y/n) (l/n).

I place my scythe above his throat, and pin him down with my foot. " (y/n)," I ask. " How the hell are you even alive? And what the hell is this? Attacking and killing criminals? And why the hell haven't you found my sister to let her know you're alive?"

He throws up a punch, and I notice the shape of a ring underneath his glove. The shock from this stops me from moving, and the punch connects, and I start reeling back. Blood drips from my nose, and then he rises to his feet. " I saw your sister with Tai." I wipe my nose, and then turn to him.

I swing my scythe back at him, and then he pulls out a shotgun to block it. As the gun cuts, he pulls out another pistol, and clips me in the stomach. I growl in pain, before cutting through his shotgun and cut his shoulder. He drops to the ground,and clutches his shoulder. I climb on top of him, and start punching his face.

" Shut the hell up (y/n)," I tell him. " She only moved in with Tai so he could help raise Yang. And then she left him to go back to the bandit tribe. And, she still wears her wedding ring everyday!" His eyes widen with shock, before I feel a pierce in my stomach. I look down to see him letting go of a knife. (y/n) stands up, and then dashes off.

Growling, I pull the knife out of my stomach. I drop it out of the ground, and stand up. He did a number on me to be sure. Pulling out my scroll, I call Raven and tell her to meet me in a bar. She seems confused, but I find her sitting there and waiting for me. I make my way over to her, and sit down, ignoring my wounds.

She tries to make small talk with me, before I hold up a hand. " I just wanted to tell you (y/n) was still alive." This makes her glare at me, and then I hold up both my hands. " I'm not making this up. That guy with the red helmet? I broke it today, and it was (y/n). He still has his wedding ring."

Her eyes widen, and she thanks me over and over for this information. A red portal opens, and she steps through it. It closes behind her, and I smile while passing a drink through my hand. Even if (y/n) kicked my ass, and Raven went back to the bandit tribe, they're still my best friend and sister.

-Your Pov-

You sit in a forest, doing your best to bandage the wound. However, since it's on your shoulder, you find yourself unable to do it. A red portal opens, and you step back when Raven steps through it. However, you find yourself smiling. Since her Semblance lets her teleport to people she's bonded with, it means she kept her bond with you. And you see her wedding ring, confirming what Qrow said about her. However, you still aren't entirely ready to see her, and you try to walk away.

However, she steps to you, and starts bandaging the wound around your shoulder. " I can't believe you're alive," she says. Then, she smacks you on the side of the head. " You idiot. You made me worry so much. I thought you were dead (y/n)."

Tears drip from her onto your shoulder. She tearfully explains to you that she wasn't with Tai, confirming what Qrow told you. Then, she tells you that her bandit tribe needed her to come back, and be the leader. When she finishes bandaging the wound, she places a hand on your cheek, and asks you to come with her.

You hesitate for a few seconds, before agreeing to come with her. That night, she takes you into the room she has in the tribe, and shoots you a flirty smirk. " Maybe now we can make up for lost time," she says, and you shake your head.

" That would be great. But, can we please just cuddle for tonight," you ask, a lump forming in your throat. " I missed feeling your arms around me at night. Please? I want to be your little spoon again. I was so scared at night without you."

More tears form in your eyes, and then she wipes them away. She nods at you, and then pats the bad. You crawl in, and then she wraps her arms around you. Her chin rests on your head, and then she pulls you close to her. " I love you (y/n)," she says.

" I love you too Raven," you say, and then quickly find yourself dozing off in the arms of the woman you came back from the dead for.

( let me know what you thought. Next up is Vampire Yang x Werewolf Reader. Then, Yang x Vampire reader. Those are two different requests, and they'll both me fun to write. After that, I finished all the requests I plan on being one-shots. Feel free to comment more. I also had an idea I wanted to run by you guys.

How would you feel about a Cinder x Reader fic? She takes him in because of his power, and genuinely ends falling in love with him. She isn't abusive, just controlling. However, as a prank, Emerald and Mercury try to convince him that she is just using him. Then, Cinder shows just how much she does love him.)