Rafe has been in a haze the past week. Almost panicked. Stressed and paranoid. He took you to the beach and told you he had to leave for a bit. Something with the Pogues. You had always wanted to be friends with them, given you don’t come from much. But they stayed away and when you started dating rafe he kept you away.

I have to go for a bit baby. I’ll come back to you. But… but before I took off I wanted to say something.

before you can respond he gets down on one knee and holds out a silver engagement ring

I wanted you to have it… before I left. So you know what we are. I wanna be with you. If you say yes, no more scraping the barrel. No more Pogue bullshit. I want you to quit your job and I want you to live with me.