Prompt fromotpprompts:

Imagine Person A of your OTP is a big nature lover and asks Person B to join them on a camping trip or a nature walk. Although Person B is a little weary, they agree. The whole time while Person A is petting ducklings like a Disney princess and chasing butterflies and being one with Mother Earth, Person B gets attacked by bees and chased by crazed geese. The ending is yours to choose.

Kiliane sighed in frustration as she looked at the info EDI had sent her.

"I don't understand why Hackett sent us to this here. EDI's scans haven't picked up anything. No settlements, camps, not even any wreckage. I don't think there are any refugees here."

Standing next to her, James shrugged. "His intel must have been bad. To be honest, I'm surprised this is the first time it's happened, with the state things are in."

She had to admit that he was right. Things had certainly improved in the year since the end of the war, but they still had a long ways to go.

James leaned over her shoulder to look closer at some of the images EDI had taken of the planet's surface.

"Sure is pretty, Lola. Maybe we should take some time and enjoy it. Let's go camping."

Kiliane looked up at James in surprise. "Camping?"

"Yeah. Just you and me, out in the middle of nowhere. Come on. We've been cooped up in the ship with everyone else for too long. I want you to myself. I'm sure everyone else would appreciate a couple days to themselves."

"I don't know, James. I mean, it sounds nice in theory. But we don't even know that much about this planet-or the life forms that inhabit it."

"Come on. Just one night? We'll hike in, spend the night, and then hike back out. It's not like we're helpless."

James was obviously really excited about the idea, and she found the look he was giving her hard to resist. Plus she had to admit that time alone with him sounded nice. He was spending his break between N courses aboard the Normandy with her, and her work didn't allow for much quality time.

She caved. "Fine. One night."

"Yes!" He leaned in and gave her quick kiss. "You won't regret it."

James was starting to regret his grand plan. Everything had started off okay. They'd discovered the planet to be remarkably similar to Earth. Well, Kiliane had discovered and he'd pretended to discover.

The truth was that he'd been here before. On his last N course mission to be exact. At the time, he'd been just as surprised as she was now to discover a planet like this that was not yet inhabited. But the minute he took in the scenery, a grand idea formed in his mind. So he'd messaged Hackett, called in a few favors, and here they were. "Accidentally" assigned to help out non-existent refugees on the planet's surface.

He'd talked her into backpacking into the woods with him, and they'd enjoyed the sights along the way. The animals were relatively familiar, and he'd even found a nest of fluffy little bird-like things, and something that looked like a cross between a dragonfly and butterfly kept hovering over his head.

But that's when he noticed Kiliane running around with a swarm of some sort of buzzing insect behind her. Then, she'd apparently gotten a little too close to the fluffy bird things, as a much larger, much less fluffy, and much meaner version started chasing after her. If he hadn't been so upset that this was seriously killing the mood, he'd have been laughing hysterically.

They managed to get away from all of that craziness unscathed, and had made their way to a small clearing to set up camp. She'd been amazed that they had "stumbled" across it, but of course James had known it was there. It was atop a small bluff, overlooking a creek. As she had spun around, taking it in, she had admitted that being attacked by strange creatures might have been worth it.

But then they'd tried to set up camp. And James realized he had forgotten simple necessities like water and blankets. He'd been so focused on making sure the other items ended up in his bag, that he'd completely overlooked them. They did have their sleeping bags, and the temperature was fairly mild, so they'd probably be okay for the night. They wouldn't die of thirst in one day, and they did still have one canteen of water left. Plus the bottle of wine he'd packed.

Sighing, he sat back and decided that maybe it wasn't the time to go through with the rest of his plan. It wasn't going to be the best memory if she was nursing bee stings and was cold, thirsty, and generally uncomfortable.

"Huh. What's this?"

Kiliane's voice pulled him out of his thoughts, and he spun around to see her kneeling next to his bag with a small, black box in her hands. She stood and started to open it, and he rushed over to try and stop her, but it was too late. She looked down at the contents and then back up at him.

"Uh...well. This isn't exactly how I planned this." James wiped his suddenly sweaty palms on his cargo pants.

"Planned what?" Her eyes widened. "Is this what I think it is?"

"Uh...maybe?"

James knelt down in front of her and gently took the box from her hands, keeping it facing her.

"Kiliane Shepard, the day I met you my world turned upside down. You somehow worked your way through all my defenses and situated yourself firmly in my heart. You constantly scare the shit out of me with your reckless behaviour, but I'm also constantly in awe of what you do. I love you more than I ever even thought was possible. I can't imagine one second of my life without you. Will you marry me?"

She was crying. He hoped that was good. It had never really occurred to him that she might say no until his plan had sort of crumbled around him. Now, he suddenly found himself incredibly nervous.

That was, until she pulled him to his feet, wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply. After a bit she brought her hands forward and cupped his face, pulling back just slightly and looking into his eyes.

"Yes." His very audible sigh of relief made her laugh. "Did you honestly think I'd say no?"

"After the disaster this day turned into? Yes."

She laughed again, and he thought, not for the first time, that it was one of the best sounds in the galaxy.

"This? This was nothing compared to what usually happens to me when I step off the Normandy onto a strange planet. In fact, it's pretty much par for the course." She grinned as he slipped the ring on her finger. "And totally worth it."

Ring: post/95209626633

Funny side note: I was digging through the prompts on otppromts, looking for one that I could use to tell the story of Kiliane and James' engagement. I saw this, and it was perfect because something similar just happened to a friend of mine. He had a romantic camping weekend planned, and he was going to take her out to a spot with a beautiful view and propose. He was so nervous about the proposal, that he forgot most of their necessary supplies. They were miserable the entire time. (But she still said yes.)