| Shrake
Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Rohan
Posts: 12,678
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Louis Bracken
Gryffindor Sixth Year
Ministry RPG Name:
Daphne Richardson
International Cooperation
Ministry RPG Name:
Natalie McKinley
Environmental Protection
  x3  x1
|  Sardines ♥ BHB ♥ Dallie ♥ Grumpy ♥ MY SUN AND STARS ♥ i love julia
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz  He kept hold of the small box, grasped between finger and thumb as she leaped up and Angelo was unable to keep the grin off his face, slightly crooked tooth on display. She'd known it was coming, and he'd wanted the moment itself to be a surprise and not a repeat of someone else's heard-it-before story.
"Actually, that's exactly what I'm doing." And since she was up, he slid off the dumpy couch onto one knee.
Might as well do it right.
"It was here I first saw you, Evangeline. This place, this hovel of a shop, is where my whole life changed in one moment, just because a pretty, intelligent, curious girl, decided to be a little bold and explore Knockturn Alley.
I could have taken you anywhere in the world to ask this question, to any dazzling place, somewhere luxurious, classy, elegant - these are things that you know by now are the norm in my life, in my family. I take them for granted sometimes," He admitted, "But you make me see the whole world with fresh eyes. You are resplendent in any setting." Like a flawless diamond for instance, set in a ring. He didn't say that part, but Angelo did open the ring box to reveal exactly that. A veritable rock. Oval cut, platinum.
"I will gladly kneel in the dirt for you, Evangeline. I would give it all up for you." Though there was no chance he'd be presenting her with a ring like this one if he'd only had his Auror paycheck to go from. There were undeniable perks being from money, to being Angelo Toussaint. Still, the sentiment was true. Even with how important his family was to him, he truly would give it all up for her. And being here, kneeling on a rickety, dirty floor, under eerie green lights, he hoped she would understand that, that she'd feel it in the way he looked at her now, that as long as he was with her, any place was perfect, because she was beautiful and she changed everything for him.
"Evangeline Shacklebolt, will you take my name and all that comes with it? Will you marry me?" Yes, he was doing it, wasn't he? Right here in this dump of a shop. In Knocturn Alley. The exact place they had met ten years ago because she was stupidly curious and wanted to wander into Knocturn Alley by herself. It was good that he was there that day, to look out for her. And look at them now. A lot had happened between them in those years. A lot of things she regretted and a lot of heartache... but she supposed that it was all worth it in the end, wasn't it? Because it brought them here, back to this shop, where he was now on one knee, proposing to her.
Evangeline laughed a little, but it really just turned into a little choke of a sob and she quickly covered her mouth to keep it in because, really, she wanted to hear what he had to say. She had been WAITING, after all, for what seemed like a very long time.
It was perfect, really. Angelo could have proposed to her in any fancy, great hall in the world. He had access to it all. His name gave him privileges that 15 year old Evie could have never imagined. Evangeline had seen a lot of them now. His name... His name meant a lot of things, including a lot of things she didn't even understand yet. But all that mattered was that she could be with him forever. Sappy and gross, yeah, but that was what she wanted. It was what she had always wanted.
Her eyes had started to tear up when he finally asked. Take his name? "You know that's asking a lot, don't you?" she said with a teary laugh, her one last attempt at a tease before she gave her answer. "Of course I'll marry you. Of course, yes, yes." And now she knew he HAD seen that ring catalog she dropped because the ring... It was perfect. |