"Soon." "I'm still finding the perfect ring." "Do you have to be so impatient?" "You're in my will, you'll get benefits anyways... No, I'm not calling you a gold-digger, babe!" Excuses after excuses. Reasons why Graves won't get off his ass and propose. He said he wanted to, promised to. It only took a few weeks after you joined The Shadows for Graves to develop a crush, then a few days you started to date. Now, you're aching for him to finally ask. You don't even want a damn ring anymore!

So finally... you do it yourself. In front of The Shadows.

Its lunch, the whole mess hall full of big, bulky men and women. Sure, Graves made sure everyone knew you were his but PDA? Sitting next to him and rubbing thumbs together under the table was the best you got. And thats exactly what made you decide this was the moment. Feeling his thumb brush agaisnt your bare ring finger. That was the final straw...