Page 53 of I Dated a Holiday Hero
She turned, and he was kneeling, naked, with his green hair ruffled and a ring box open in his palm.
“Hever, will you marry me?”
She cocked her head. “Um, I would, but I am under contract.”
He grinned. “I have a union waiver from Zera. If I book my wife’s time, you have to drop what you are doing and go out on a date with me.”
“If I accept it.”
“I get priority override.”
She smiled. “Are you serious?”
“When it comes to you, yes.”
“What does your family think?”
“Mom is going nuts getting ready for you and your mom to come over for a chat as to how large the wedding will be.”
“Oh. That is odd. I hadn’t thought of that. Mom will go nuts. We know a lot of people.”
“It doesn’t matter. Might need to find a wedding planner and a venue. Doesn’t matter how big.”
“Yeah, that’s what all the boys think.” She smiled.
“Is that a yes?”
“It’s a yes. Yes, Krix. I will marry you.”
He grinned. “Good. This ring is from my father’s family, so it has a bajillion trackers in it.”
She laughed as he slid the ring on her finger. She smiled and leaned down to kiss him, her wings balancing her.
He chuckled. “I am going to make an entire set of figurines with you and me and your wings, and we will leave them up every year until the children start to ask why you are persistently naked.”
“Children?”
“I would like three if that matches your ideas.”
“I think my mom would like three. I will try, but I might have to purchase an incubator.” She pointed at herself. “Lab grown. No idea what my body would do.”
“Right. Well, we can try. I am willing to try over and over again.”
She laughed. “I am glad you are enthusiastic about the prospect. First, we wait to see if my mom can hook up with Nautilus, and then we can get that little procedure reversed. Oh, where do you want to live?”
“Well, my family has a place at the edge of the city.”
“And there is my mom’s estate. Sgoth lives down the road, so you can work out barbeques or baby tips or something. Though you can’t use tentacles.”
He laughed. “No, but I can make toys out of household objects.”
“Great. If you can change diapers, you will be my favourite hero ever.”
He got to his feet, and he closed his hand around the ring box, opening it to show her a coin with the image of him proposing to her, with her holding his hand. Both of them were naked. He grinned. “This one is for me. It goes into my uniform.”
She blushed. “The guys are going to nag you about it.”
“Don’t care. If they get on your nerves about it, let me know.”
