He looks at her and she looks back before going back to writing in her notebook.
"Pumpkin?" He says quietly, glancing at her profile, her nose, eyebrows, lips and that little frown she makes when she's focused.
"Hm." She answers, not looking up, feeling her hand cramping up from writing too much, changing quickly the pen from her right hand to the left, starting to write with a not nearly as good but legible handwriting.
"Marry me, Pumpkin?" He says, slipping a pretty and simple ring over the notebook she's writing on, making her notice.
She looks at him immediately, the surprise could be seen in her eyes, the frown has now disappeared and a nervousness invades her body. "What?" She says, knowing that she heard right but, wanting to reassure she isn't just making it up.
"Ye want tae? Tae marry me?" He asks her, giving a not so confident look, like if her nervousness had made him feel like he is going to experience rejection in a minute.
"To... To marry you?" She asks. "Why?" Is the only thing she can say at the proposal.
She can only think that. Why does he want to marry her?.
They are best friends, for sure.
They share a bed, sometimes.
They kissed, once, while drunk. They decided to not bring that up again.
They almost live together.
But, does that mean she has feelings for him? She doesn't even think that the things they do are that far from a friendship.
But she does feel a warm sensation on her stomach when he's close. She feels a cozy warmth when he holds her close to him when it's breezy or cold.
He helps with her breakdowns whenever she feels like crying.
He doesn't complain and even takes her out on a few dates. But in a friendly way, right?
Just the way he'd put a strand of her hair behind her ear whenever he notices it's bothering her sight makes her inside flutter.
The way he walks, and the way he sleeps, and the way he hugs her and comforts her whenever she needs it. Is it really just a friendship?
And his face, the five o clock shadow with the mohawk she thinks is stupid but can't live without, his expressive blue eyes and that killer smile that can melt her every ti—me.
Oh.
Oh.
She has feelings for him. She feels her cheeks blush and a sigh gets her out of her thoughts.
"Listen, lass, ah unnerstan' if ye dinnae wanae. Ah ken it's a wee bit unexpected, but please, say something." He says, looking at her.
"Do you really mean it, Johnny?" She asks.
"Wi' a' mah hert, Pumpkin." He answers, his eyes looking for something in her face that gives him something to reassure himself that it isn't gonna be that painful.
"Then, yes. I accept." She says, turning to look at him, taking the ring and putting it on her finger.
The world seems to stop for a second for him, but he quickly reacts and gives her a smile.
"I love you." He says, taking her hand and kissing the dorse of it with a soft and light touch.
"I love you, too." She answers.
Once again, he looks at her and she looks back.
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Hi, erm. This is something. I was reading too many fanfics in AO3 and I wanted to write something.
Johnny Mactavish Is a character I have in my heart, and his accent scratches my brain.
Btw, sorry to all the Scots out there who have to read the monstrosity I wrote as an attempt at a Scottish accent. And I know it's not the best piece of literature you will ever read, but English is not my first language and I tried.
She does have a tumblr! It’s just @taylorswift. She only uses it for official promo now but for years back when she was active on social media she used to interact with fans and like/reblog/post things. It was her most active account for a really long time
Oh... so I'm not making it up. Thank you for the answer, I appreciate it!
Neil Gaiman and Rob Wilkins at the British Library event The Worlds of Terry Pratchett: Neil Gaiman and Rob Wilkins 21.11.2023
Neil about Good Omens Season 2: I kept describing it to people as gentle and romantic. And they're all like, how could you say that, you evil person? And I'm like, I thought it was gentle and romantic. I mean, for me, it was gentle and romantic. I can promise you Season 3 is not gentle or romantic.
I just watched pride and prejudice for the 15th time and I started crying at the end because I remembered that the Ineffables aren't going to be canonically happy until the third season, unless they decide to turn around the happiness (God forbid) of Crowley and Aziraphale.