Hawi, Hawaii, Sunday Early Evening

[vanillajello]

One of the good things about living in Fandom was getting to use Portalocity. So, when an obnoxious dude happened to stumble upon incriminating videos of a dark part of your life you would have rather buried and never thought about again, and you ended up punching him in his stupid face, and then found yourself anxious to get off the island because it was making you feel pukey and bad... You could hit up Portalocity for a package deal on portals to a cottage in Hawaii.

Kate had portalled out ahead to set some stuff up in advance before Bod got there. Those things included mundane stuff like getting groceries, but also special things like a hammock fit for two between two trees in the yard. It was important to have one. Right now, it was.

And there were one or two other things as well. Since the portal was not too far from the cottage, Kate had just texted Bod the address and a picture of the building, and was waiting for him on the kitchen, wearing the dress she'd not gone to a party in not too much earlier. She was resting her elbows on the railing, and beside her there were an empty jar, and a quickly made sign that said 'KISSING BOOTH'. Because she was a dork.

A dork who really, really felt like she needed to be with her boyfriend right now.

[ooc: NFB. For her partner in BDE-fleeing!]

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[therewaslife]

Bod smiled at her and when his eyes fell on the small box, the smile widened some. He didn't try to take it though. He'd wait for her to offer it.

"What's this?" he asked quietly, moving to put the juice down on the counter.

[vanillajello]

"This," she said, smiling down at the box in her hand, almost a bt shy, "is another one of those things that aren't a proposal. But a promise. Definitely a promise."

[therewaslife]

"A promise?" he asked, stepping closer to her now. "Tell me. Show me."

[vanillajello]

"A promise, that... I'm in this seriously," Kate said, softly. "That I really, really want to make things work even after I move away, and that I'm really doing my best to keep from fucking up again."

She popped the box open and held it out for him. Inside there was a silver ring, slightly domed, and engraved with the words 'CRUSTUM ANGLICUS' which... she figured wasn't even halfway correct Latin, and was kind of closer in meaning to 'Anglian pastry' than what she'd originally wanted, but it was the thought that counted, right?

And she was watching his reaction nervously right now.

[therewaslife]

If she was watching, she'd be able to see his grin widen at her words and stay that way when she opened the box. He ran a light finger over the engraving and even if the Latin wasn't completely correct, Bod knew what she'd been going for and it made him laugh.

"It's beautiful," he said quietly, sounding both awed and warm. "It's gorgeous, Kate."

[vanillajello]

"Well, good," she replied just as quietly, though grinning at him. "It's yours."

[therewaslife]

"Thank you," Bod said, not reaching for the ring just yet. Instead, he cradled one of her cheeks with his hand and just looked at her. He just looked and smiled. "Thank you."

Then, he finally did reach for the ring and slid it onto the ring finger of his left hand. He bent the finger a few times and then held it up for her to see. "Does it look all right? It's the first ring I've ever wanted to wear."

[vanillajello]

"It looks amazing." And also a lot like an engagement ring, but maybe she was going to let him deal with all of that on his own. "And so do you."

And she felt stupidly happy.

[therewaslife]

Bod knew very, very little about customs involving rings and how they were to be worn so he had yet to deal with how the ring might look to others. He just loved that she'd gotten that for him and had said all of that.

"This," he said, reaching for both of her hands and rubbing a thumb over the ring she wore, "deserves a kiss. It deserves a kiss, some of that champagne and then awhile in the hammock."

[vanillajello]

"Mm, in that order," Kate agreed, already leaning in towards him. "A nice kiss, champagne, hammock."

[therewaslife]

"Kiss first," Bod agreed and touched his lips to hers softly. He kept it soft and light for awhile, lingering and teasing and lingering again. It was the barest touch of skin to skin before he deepened it and stepped closer to her as he did.

Hopefully this made for a good start to a good kiss.

[vanillajello]

Kate was pretty sure it did. Pretty sure. Once he stepped closer, she let go of his hands to get her arms around his neck and lean in some more. All the while responding to his kiss with an eagerness that she was putting her leftover energy from her nervousness of earlier into.

[therewaslife]

Bod slipped his own hands around her waist and pulled her flush against him, front to front, mouth to mouth and trying to touch wherever he could. Her eagerness matched his and that meant he was quickly getting lost in this kiss, letting himself get dizzy and lightheaded and blind to everything else but her.

[vanillajello]

He sure wasn't alone on that. Kate was already pleasantly lost in the kiss. It had been a long, weird day, and she didn't want to be aware of anything but him, and she wanted that to go both ways.

The fingers of one hand slipped into his hair, while the other idly, lightly, scratched at the back of his neck. It had to be done. He'd agreed to wear her ring!

[therewaslife]

Bod wanted to melt right at that. He did moan against her lips and leaned into her more heavily. His neck was just that sensitive and having it scratched like that just made it more apparent.

He didn't falter in the kiss though and he considered that an accomplishment.

[vanillajello]

He was so easy. So easy. And he was lucky Kate knew how to take advantage of that. When he moaned, she made an amused little 'mmm' sound against his lips and pressed her nails a little more firmly against the skin at the back of his neck.

She liked it when he made noises.

[therewaslife]

That drew another moan from him and this time, he did falter a bit. His lips left hers momentarily but he stayed close to her, breathing a little raggedly. He blinked a few times to get some focus back and reached up to kiss her again, a little lighter this time.

[vanillajello]

Kate made another amused little sound at his reaction. "Too much?" she murmured teasingly, against his lips.

[therewaslife]

"Of course not," Bod said, resting his forehead against hers and exhaling slowly. "I've just a very sensitive neck and you know that."

[vanillajello]

"I do know that." She demonstrated that knowledge by slooowly dragging her nails up the back of his neck again. "I learned that early on."

[therewaslife]

"You did," he said shakily, suppressing a shiver. "I think -- I think we should have some champagne now before I end up writhing on the floor."

[vanillajello]

"You say that like there's something wrong with writhing on the floor," Kate snickered, though her touch got lighter. "We used to be fond of floors."

[therewaslife]

"Later," Bod said and smiled deviously at her. "Later, we can get reacquainted with the floor. How does that sound?"

[vanillajello]

"Well, I don't know about how it sounds, but that smile is amazing," Kate replied, and kissed said smile before smirking and pulling away. "Later. Okay."

[therewaslife]

"It's amazing?" he asked, reaching to grab their juice again. "Thank you. I'll try to use it more often."