One Awareness

For a while, Elice seemed to experience what people often describe as the world standing still. Time stopped. Her world stopped. In a moment, she realized that sometimes fate can offer more than she dared to hope for.

Elice never expected that one day a man would kneel before her. Armed with a beautiful ring. With a question full of desire and hope.

"G-Garrett...."

Elice's tongue could no longer find words. She could barely speak. Instead of being able to express her thoughts, she found her body almost non-functional now.

Elice froze. Immersed in a tension she couldn't prevent from enveloping her. All over her body. From top to bottom. And if she could shake off the stiffness in the next moment, it was the visible trembling.

Garrett looked at Elice. Just as the woman had suspected. In a look like a dimmed sun. Appearing calm. And he waited. Though the answer he would get was already certain.

But Garrett needed confirmation. In the form of a