Who: Benjy and Penny What: Special Moments, date night When: Just some random day/date night Where: Their flat and then... somewhere else
Benjy had been preparing for this moment for a while now. He'd known the time was coming, and as busy as he had been recently, trying to get everything at the office back into some semblance of order, he'd made sure he had this day off, or at least a few hours free. There was no specific value to this day, it wasn't an anniversary or anything, but it felt big. It felt important. And Benjy was going to use that to his advantage.
He'd left work a few hours early to get everything ready at the flat. He was taking Penny out for a great night. They hadn't had a proper date since before Newt was born, and they were very much in need of just that. He spelled a few candles to float in the air and dinner was being made in the kitchen, a McEwan family recipe that he was actually pretty decent at. The smell wafted through the small place and it was actually intoxicating. He'd even set aside a little extra to give to Rose and Jimmy if they wanted it. He had asked about a week ago if Rose felt up to watching Newt, as well as dealing with her own new baby, for just a few hours.
Benjy was going to ask Penny to marry him tonight. Not here in the flat, but this was a set up, leading up to the moment he had planned in advance.
When Penny came into the flat, he smiled widely and moved to kiss her by the door, taking her belongings from her hands to help out.