JustPrompt: The perfect moment
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It was believed that there is one perfect moment for certain moments in a person's life, and if those moments aren't used they slip away never to come back again. But if Peter learned one thing about moving through space and time, it was that there was no such thing as a single perfect moment. Yet knowing that didn't stop Peter from trying to make a perfect moment.
He started early in the day while they still had a few moments alone. Time alone with his lover was precious since normally they were forced to hide their relationship. These moments were the only time he could express his feelings.
When Gabriel woke up he would see a single rose on the pillow next to him. Peter rose before his partner and managed to slide out of bed without disturbing the other. Peter waited with his hands behind his back so Gabriel wouldn't see the black box he clutched tightly. He bought the ring a while ago and now, in this moment, he could feel the perfect time was approaching.
"Peter?" Gabriel stepped into the room, a hand sleepily combing through his disheveled hair. "Oh, you're still here," he said in pleasant surprise. "I thought you might have left already."
"No." Peter moved forward, taking Gabriel by the hand and leading him out onto the balcony of their apartment. No matter what time period they stayed in, the two always tried to pick a place that had a view. "I didn't want to miss the sunrise with you."
"It is beautiful," Gabriel agreed. They stood together in silence drinking in the morning air. Peter clenched the black box tighter in his hand, his heart pounding loudly in his chest. He cleared his throat and took the plunge.
"Gabriel, you know I love you more than anything in the world, don't you?" Gabriel turned to him, smiling and nodding in response to Peter's question. "Being here with you and sharing all of this has been the best time in my life," Peter continued. "I want us to keep doing this for the rest of our lives."
"So do I," Gabriel agreed.
"I mean more than that." Peter swallowed hard, slowly moving his hand around front so Gabriel would see the little black box. "I meant... will you marry me?"
It was believed that there is one perfect moment for certain moments in a person's life, and if those moments aren't used they slip away never to come back again. But if Peter learned one thing about moving through space and time, it was that there was no such thing as a single perfect moment. Yet knowing that didn't stop Peter from trying to make a perfect moment.
He started early in the day while they still had a few moments alone. Time alone with his lover was precious since normally they were forced to hide their relationship. These moments were the only time he could express his feelings.
When Gabriel woke up he would see a single rose on the pillow next to him. Peter rose before his partner and managed to slide out of bed without disturbing the other. Peter waited with his hands behind his back so Gabriel wouldn't see the black box he clutched tightly. He bought the ring a while ago and now, in this moment, he could feel the perfect time was approaching.
"Peter?" Gabriel stepped into the room, a hand sleepily combing through his disheveled hair. "Oh, you're still here," he said in pleasant surprise. "I thought you might have left already."
"No." Peter moved forward, taking Gabriel by the hand and leading him out onto the balcony of their apartment. No matter what time period they stayed in, the two always tried to pick a place that had a view. "I didn't want to miss the sunrise with you."
"It is beautiful," Gabriel agreed. They stood together in silence drinking in the morning air. Peter clenched the black box tighter in his hand, his heart pounding loudly in his chest. He cleared his throat and took the plunge.
"Gabriel, you know I love you more than anything in the world, don't you?" Gabriel turned to him, smiling and nodding in response to Peter's question. "Being here with you and sharing all of this has been the best time in my life," Peter continued. "I want us to keep doing this for the rest of our lives."
"So do I," Gabriel agreed.
"I mean more than that." Peter swallowed hard, slowly moving his hand around front so Gabriel would see the little black box. "I meant... will you marry me?"