That's what Karen wanted out of a proposal and that's what John is going to give her. Something simple, something private, and the best place for it is in the privacy of their apartment without anyone else around. He hasn't tried to make some grand plan, knowing if he did, she would see all this coming a mile off, knowing she still might, even without candles and wine and an expensive dinner. There's champagne cooling in the fridge and he'd gone to her favourite bakery to pick up the cheesecake he knows she likes so much, but besides that, it really is just the two of them.
He's had the ring for a week now, the delicate rose gold band that twists around a diamond and two tiny pearls, and it's in his pocket now, the box nestled safely inside the jacket of his suit. Karen has only been home from work for fifteen minutes and John lets her get changed, lets her settle in before he calls her out into the living room.
His hand is on the box in his pocket when the lock to their apartment door is blasted off. In the next second, John has his handgun out, safety off, trained at the door.
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Date: 2019-06-22 02:24 am (UTC)That's what Karen wanted out of a proposal and that's what John is going to give her. Something simple, something private, and the best place for it is in the privacy of their apartment without anyone else around. He hasn't tried to make some grand plan, knowing if he did, she would see all this coming a mile off, knowing she still might, even without candles and wine and an expensive dinner. There's champagne cooling in the fridge and he'd gone to her favourite bakery to pick up the cheesecake he knows she likes so much, but besides that, it really is just the two of them.
He's had the ring for a week now, the delicate rose gold band that twists around a diamond and two tiny pearls, and it's in his pocket now, the box nestled safely inside the jacket of his suit. Karen has only been home from work for fifteen minutes and John lets her get changed, lets her settle in before he calls her out into the living room.
His hand is on the box in his pocket when the lock to their apartment door is blasted off. In the next second, John has his handgun out, safety off, trained at the door.