“holy shit.” the words are let out as a whisper against her lips and then he’s kissing her again, arms wrapped tight around her waist and not willing to let her go even when he does pull back to suck in some air. his chest tenses and his mouth opens like he’s going to say something, tell her again how much he loves her, tell her that he wants to spend every day of the rest of his life with her or something else like that but instead all that he manages to do is let out a noise somewhere between a laugh and a sigh, some mixture of disbelief and relief at the same time. so instead of trying to talk again he kisses her, nearly lifting her up in his arms before catching himself in that movement.
there’s still dinner on the table and probably things they should talk about but right now that can wait and he lets his calloused hands move her her waist to cup at her cheeks gently and when he pulls away from the kiss he knows there are tears in his eyes but he can’t find it in himself to care at the moment. “we’re getting married.”