Forum Block
Stacked With: MC4A (Shipping War; SI(N); StL; BAON; FPC; FR)
Individual Challenges: In a Flash; The 3rd Rule; Yellow Ribbon; Yellow Ribbon Redux; Gryffindor MC (x2); Seeds; Summer Vacation; Rian-Russo Inversion [x2](Y); Flags & Ribbons [x2] (Y); Old Shoes (Y); Times to Come (Y); Shipmas (Y); Themes & Things A (Y); 3rd Rule Bribery (HP Edition) (Y)
Representations: Katie Bell/Alicia Spinnet
Bonus Challenges: Lovely Coconuts; Second Verse (Clio's Conclusion; Nontraditional; Ladylike; Not a Lamp; White Dress)
Tertiary Bonus Challenges: Satisfaction
Word count: 303
Katie looked at the clock for the tenth time in as many seconds. Alicia wasn't technically late yet, but she was definitely cutting it close; five minutes until they needed to leave and no sign of her girlfriend yet. Hopefully—if Alicia arrived in time and she said yes when Katie asked her—Katie would be able to call Alicia her fiancée as well as her girlfriend.
The front door opened and Alicia rushed in, pecking Katie on the cheek as she passed by. "Sorry I'm late," she called over her shoulder. "There was a lead on a case that I needed to follow up."
Katie grinned. "Not technically late, Al. You promised you'd be here, I believed you."
"I know you, Katie, you were looking at the clock and fretting." Alicia popped her head out of the bedroom, threading her arms through the sleeves of her shirt.
"Guilty as charged," Katie admitted. "But I didn't doubt you'd be here before we had to leave. You keep your promises, no matter what."
Alicia stepped out of the bedroom, ready for their date in an old, worn, and soft t-shirt and faded jeans. She matched Katie in her Weird Sisters band shirt and cargo pants perfectly, as she always did. Katie grinned and held out her hand which Alicia took gladly.
"Come on, the sun's about to set."
"Lead on."
Katie kissed Alicia and then led the way out the door to the small grassy knoll that was already set out for a picnic. There was a blanket with cushions sitting on it, warm blankets sat to the side for when the sun set and took the warmth with it. Inside the picnic basket was an almost exact replica of their first picnic—a ring hidden in a small box being the only difference.
