WHO: Stefan & Rebekah WHAT: Stefan has a big question to ask. WHERE: Their house WHEN: This evening RATING: tbd STATUS: in progress
It had been a peaceful night, not too awfully hot and getting cooler as the sun was setting in the sky, painting it shades of blue, red, and orange. After he'd gotten off of work, Stefan had made dinner and settled outside for all of them to eat, including little Natalia that looked pleased to be in the cool air. He'd even started a fire in their pit to keep them warm out on the small patio. As he picked up the dishes from dinner and refreshed their drinks, Stefan told himself to not get nervous, after all, tonight was the night he planned on finally proposing to Rebekah. Nik and Damon had been telling him to get on with it and Stefan had even had a ring waiting, a simple one with a single diamond, but he'd just been so uncertain.
That was going to change.
When Rebekah got up to put Natalia to bed, Stefan smiled over at her and headed back onto the patio from the kitchen, sitting on the edge of his chair by the fire pit. The box of the ring felt heavy in his pocket and he felt like pulling it out, but resisted, focusing on what he was going to say when his long-time girlfriend returned.