2 ½ years since they met.
1 ½ years since their first kiss.
5 months since they moved in together.
No amount of time could have prepared him for that moment, the moment that changed everything.
"Marry Me."
This wasn't exactly how he'd planned to ask her. He was going to wait a few more days and ask her at the annual Langley Christmas party. But here they were, curled up on the sofa in their new apartment, watching 'Silent Witness'.
"What?!" She had responded, a shocked expression adorning her face.
He took a deep breath, reached into his pocket and pulled out the ring that he'd been carrying around for over a week, so that she wouldn't find it.
"Carrie Mathison, will you marry me?"
Peter Quinn was almost shaking with nerves at this point. In all his life, he couldn't think of a time where he'd been anywhere close to as nervous as he was feeling now. Then again, he'd never asked the love of his life to marry him before.
Carrie sat there in a state of shock, staring at him like he'd grown an extra head or something. Suddenly a huge smile appeared on her face and her eyes shone.
"Yes." She whispered and pressed a gentle kiss onto his lips.