He looked up at me from his impossibly long lashes, his golden eyes soft but, somehow, still scorching. "I promise to love you forever - every single day of forever. Will you marry me?"

There were many things i wanted to say, some of them not nice at all, and others more disgustingly gooey and romantic than he probably dreamed i was capable of. Rather than embarrass myself with either, i whispered, "Yes".

"Thank You," he said simply. He took my left hand and kissed each of my fingertips before he kissed the ring that was now mine.