Tonight~ Tonight~

[longlivesealand]

WHO: Liberty's Cutest Couple
WHEN: Midnight, June 13th
WHERE: Outside Peter's house. Under the starry sky.
WHAT: There's only us tonight~

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[man_nav_naudas]

Not here, the city called back with empty snack wrappers rustling across the street and the lack of footfall deafening. Not yet.

It would take five more minutes until any semblance of life arrived just beyond the scope of observation, a hazy black form on the horizon taking shape as a short, frizzy haired Raivis hands deep in his pockets and gaze trained on Peter's doorstep. He noticeably, predictably, cheered when he caught sight of the boy idling at the edge of the property, lifting a hand to wave, a quiet 'hello' as he approached.

The flicker of a frown at the cast encasing his ankle, Peter could have done without, but Raivis made no comment on it and the affectionate kiss to his cheek was a pleasant one. "I'm sorry, I got held up a bit on the way, but it wasn't anyone bad. H-hasn't been too long, right?"

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[longlivesealand]

The weight vanished from his chest the moment footsteps broke the stillness of the night. He hustled away from the property line and waited for his kiss on the sidewalk. Arms instinctively laid to sleep around Raivis' waist as lips met cold cheek

<333 YOU~

[man_nav_naudas]

It was such a simple question.

A simple, entirely expected inquiry that he had been asked once before with good humored smiles and a distractingly casual atmosphere. The addition of a small piece of jewelry should not have crafted such a drastic change. But it did. With the moonlight and Peter- noble, silly, impulsive Peter- unadroitly balanced on one knee, it took on all the weight it had not carried before. As much implication, opportunity, finality, resonated in that one straightforward phrase as the entirety of his conversation moments, prior. Existentialism under the stars with a blind man who held just as much sorrow in his unseeing eyes as he did in his heart.

Raivis slowly lowered to the pavement. Crouched in front of Peter, never once having tugged his hands away. He leaned in, pressed their foreheads together and laughed into the grazing of their lips. Two parts anguish from all the world crowding in on him, three parts exhilaration at the haplessly romantic act of proposing.

"Yes, Peter Kirkland, I will."

<333 YOU RIGHT BACK.

[longlivesealand]

It wasn't as if Peter was expecting Raivis to say no. But when the words spilled out of the Latvian's lips, Peter had to stare at him for a short second before he widened the grin on his face and quickly captured smiling lips. He did not pull back for a long moment, savoring the taste and the feel of those lips that only belonged to him.

When he did pull back at last, he held on to Raivis' hand so he could not fall over like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. "Here. Let me." He struggled to get the ring out of its bed - almost losing it for a moment - and slipped it on Raivis' ring finger. It was a perfect fit. He lifted up the hand and placed a kiss on the ring.

"There. All done now. Forever and ever, love."