Cafe Fina, Saturday 5/23

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Many years ago (Tim didn't care to count just how many), this was where he and Gwynn had had their first date. If you didn't count going off to save people possessed by an Unseelie Fae and a Vampire.

He thought then, that this would be the perfect place to ask her something very important.

He held the door for her, since he'd gotten to it first and it was just good manners.

[For Gwynn, but naturally open for anyone who wants to dine here.]

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[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Cafe Fina was always going to be one of Gwynn's favorite places in any universe. She had been here with friends so many times and her very first date in this world had been with Tim and he had taken her here.

She loved that after everything that had happened over the years, the things that they had both been through and after every attack on Fandom, Cafe Fina was still here.

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Part of Tim half expected Alfred to appear.

He had no plan for tonight, just figured he'd play it by ear. And hope nothing disastrous happened. Though he never said that out loud so as not to jinx it.

When they were showed to their table, he pulled out Gwynn's chair for her in a blatant show of old fashioned...ness.

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Tim wasn't the only one who looked around for Alfred a little bit wistfully. When he pulled out her chair, she gave him a small smile.

"I'm so glad that this place keeps surviving and being here."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Me too. Maybe later if I'm still feeling nostalgic I'll see if the comic book store is still around." He didn't bother to look at the menu when the waiter arrived. He'd already decided to continue with the nostalgia theme.

"I'm actually ready to order. Do you know what you want Gwynn?"

He wondered if his nervousness was showing.

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She grinned as she looked into his for a second. "Well, definitely the root beer."

Oh yes, she remembered their first date and the fact that he had introduced her to what had become her favorite non-alcoholic drink in this world.

"I also am pretty sure that I know what I want to eat, too."

His nervousness was showing a little and Gwynn was wondering what was wrong. She hadn't seen any danger when they arrived.

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Well you could never tell in Fandom could you.

Tim ordered a cheeseburger and fries as well as a root beer. Then, after Gwynn had ordered and the waiter had left, he began his carefully rehearsed, but not written down, speech. So naturally whatever he'd composed in his head went mostly out the window.

"So...uhm, Gwynn...I've been trying to figure out...uh, stuff."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

She listened to him, tilting her head in confusion. She reached out a hand to gently touch one of his.

"Tim, what have you been trying to figure out? Is there anything that I can do to assist in this?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Gwynn to the rescue once again! His entire speech had gone right out of his head except for one line, and she'd just provided the perfect context for it!

He laughed, and reached out to take her hand. "Actually Gwynn, there is. See, the only thing I'm sure about at this point in my life, is you."

With his other hand he held out a small box, which he opened (yes he'd practiced that, shut up), revealing a ring. "So...Gwynn Hood, will you marry me?"

Oh shit he'd meant to get down on one knee for that part.

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn's smile got wider as she looked from the ring and then back to Tim again. It was taking her a few moments to remember how to speak, so she just nodded a few times and squeezed his hand.

"Yes," she finally managed to get the word out. "Yes and yes."

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim hadn't actually had much doubt as to the response. He'd mostly been worried about making a damn fool of himself in the process of asking.

Which he proceeded to do as he actually did go down on one knee, then changed his mind so he could kiss her, and then changed his mind again so he could at least attempt to put the ring on her finger. Praying it was the correct hand. It was supposed to go on the right hand right?

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn would put the ring on her left hand later when he wasn't paying attention to her that closely. She stopped his moving back and forth trying to decide on things by pulling him to her and kissing him.

"I love you, Tim."

She was pretty sure that right now, she couldn't get any happier than she already was in this moment.

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

He would eventually notice, and mentally kick himself, and be glad she hadn't made a thing about it.

"I love you too. You've had my back right from the get-go, and you continue to be the most amazing woman I've ever known. You're my hero." Oh, there was some of the speech anyway.

I'm very sorry, I never got a notification for this reply. I only saw it now that I was looking for the post to link to it :P