Popping the Question
Title: Popping the Question
Rating: PG
Fandom: Bleach
Spoilers/Warnings: AU.
Pairing: Jyuushiro Ukitake x Retsu Unohana
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or its characters.
Theme: #25 - Do It Right the First Time.
Summery: This wasn't how she had imagined it.
Popping the Question
Retsu had to admit that she was a romantic at heart. For all that she was very practical when it came to everything else, in her love life, she liked more than a little romance. Which meant that she had given more than a little thought to what she wanted in a proposal. Her actual proposal was turning out to be nothing like any of those imaginings.
For one thing, she had expected a proposal to come in a quiet moment between herself and Jyuushiro. It didn't matter to her if it was during a fancy evening out on the town or a quiet night in, but she had expected it to be just the two of them. It would be a moment just for them with nothing else going on. There would a romantic mood, and Jyuushiro would have a ring picked out. She trusted him to pick out some thing that she would like. Jyuushiro had good taste in jewelry, so she was not worried about him picking out a ring that she would hate. It would be simply, lovely, and romantic. There would be no need for romantic comedy antics or do overs.
The actual proposal was nothing like she had imagined. And to be completely honest, she still did not know entirely how it had happened. It had been in the heat of the moment that it had al come out. Sitting in the back of an ambulance while emergency workers scurried around them, feeling Jyuushiro's pulse steadily thrum against her fingers, Retsu found that she very much needed to be engaged to this man. The two of them had just been throw two and a half hours of hell. They still did not know what had caused the fire at one of the clinics where Retsu worked. Jyuu had been there to pick her up for dinner.
They had been very lucky all in all. Every one had been evacuated safely from the building, and there had only been minor injuries. But Retsu had spent nearly two hours after the fire alarm had first been pulled not knowing what had happened to him. They had gone in different directions to make sure that everyone got safely out of the building, and in the chaos afterwards, it had taken them forever to find one another again. And then they had to deal with reporting to the police and making sure that everyone else was all right.
Neither of them had been given permission to leave yet, so they were waiting for the officer in charge to let them leave. Jyuushiro had a shock blanket around his shoulders, and there was oxygen ready if he needed it. The smoke inhalation had not been good for his lungs, and while he had not yet had an episode, Retsu was still worried that it would trigger his illness.
"What are you thinking about, love?" Jyuu asked. "You seemed kind of far away."
She shook her head and smiled at him. "Just thinking about expectations and plans, and how while what really happens might not match, but it works out for the best anyway."
"Oh?"
Retsu shifted her grip so she was holding his had instead of measuring his pulse. "Marry me, Jyuushiro."
He kissed her. Retsu was going to call that a yes.
Rating: PG
Fandom: Bleach
Spoilers/Warnings: AU.
Pairing: Jyuushiro Ukitake x Retsu Unohana
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or its characters.
Theme: #25 - Do It Right the First Time.
Summery: This wasn't how she had imagined it.
Popping the Question
Retsu had to admit that she was a romantic at heart. For all that she was very practical when it came to everything else, in her love life, she liked more than a little romance. Which meant that she had given more than a little thought to what she wanted in a proposal. Her actual proposal was turning out to be nothing like any of those imaginings.
For one thing, she had expected a proposal to come in a quiet moment between herself and Jyuushiro. It didn't matter to her if it was during a fancy evening out on the town or a quiet night in, but she had expected it to be just the two of them. It would be a moment just for them with nothing else going on. There would a romantic mood, and Jyuushiro would have a ring picked out. She trusted him to pick out some thing that she would like. Jyuushiro had good taste in jewelry, so she was not worried about him picking out a ring that she would hate. It would be simply, lovely, and romantic. There would be no need for romantic comedy antics or do overs.
The actual proposal was nothing like she had imagined. And to be completely honest, she still did not know entirely how it had happened. It had been in the heat of the moment that it had al come out. Sitting in the back of an ambulance while emergency workers scurried around them, feeling Jyuushiro's pulse steadily thrum against her fingers, Retsu found that she very much needed to be engaged to this man. The two of them had just been throw two and a half hours of hell. They still did not know what had caused the fire at one of the clinics where Retsu worked. Jyuu had been there to pick her up for dinner.
They had been very lucky all in all. Every one had been evacuated safely from the building, and there had only been minor injuries. But Retsu had spent nearly two hours after the fire alarm had first been pulled not knowing what had happened to him. They had gone in different directions to make sure that everyone got safely out of the building, and in the chaos afterwards, it had taken them forever to find one another again. And then they had to deal with reporting to the police and making sure that everyone else was all right.
Neither of them had been given permission to leave yet, so they were waiting for the officer in charge to let them leave. Jyuushiro had a shock blanket around his shoulders, and there was oxygen ready if he needed it. The smoke inhalation had not been good for his lungs, and while he had not yet had an episode, Retsu was still worried that it would trigger his illness.
"What are you thinking about, love?" Jyuu asked. "You seemed kind of far away."
She shook her head and smiled at him. "Just thinking about expectations and plans, and how while what really happens might not match, but it works out for the best anyway."
"Oh?"
Retsu shifted her grip so she was holding his had instead of measuring his pulse. "Marry me, Jyuushiro."
He kissed her. Retsu was going to call that a yes.