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He turned around as soon as she opened the door;
"They seem happy.", he said while pointing to his friends inside.
She came to stand next to him, facing the view with her shoulder touching his in the slightest;
"You two okay?"
He turned to see her face, still facing the view, "We'll get there."
"That's what he said."
"Cause it's true."
A few seconds passed in silence before he spoke quietly;
"Are we okay?"
The forlorn in his voice made her head turn. She knew what he meant but, an answer was not something she had figured out yet;
"I don't know.", she told him truthfully.
He nodded and turned his head away from her as she continued to stare ahead. Her eyes closed on their own account, suddenly the tiredness of the past year catching up.
He couldn't stop staring, just realising how much exactly he had missed her.
"I don't ever want to let you go."
The thought came out as words as soon as it formed.
Her head turned and found his eyes locked with hers;
"I don't either.", came her soft reply.
He gently ran his fingers on the side of her face;
"What do you want?"
The answer to that question was as simple as it was complicated;
"Ethan...",
He softly pressed a kiss to forehead, dismissing her worry;
"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want to know."
The sincerity in his voice gave her the encouragement;
"What I want...", she paused to run her hand by his face, "...is to be able to stand here and look at the lights for as long as I want."
"What I want is to be able to keep looking at your face...", her finger eased a wrinkle near his eye, "...for as long as I want."
He stayed silent but never took his eyes off her;
"What I want is time."
"But...", she straightened herself, "...when do we get what we really want. Our next mission is in two days."
"What if we didn't go?"
His voice was soft but her head jerked to him rather sharply;
"What?"
He smiled at her abrupt reaction, "You heard me."
The look on his face told her he was serious, but she had to keep the focus;
"Ethan...", she dropped her head on his shoulder, grateful for his suggestion, "...you know we can't, as much as I want to, we can't."
He pressed a kiss on her head;
"Who says we can't?"
"We say we can't.", came a muffled reply from his shoulder.
His chuckle made her look up;
"Why are you laughing?"
He gently put his arm around her waist pulling her closer;
"I missed you."
Her hands came around his neck as the habit they were used to,
"And that made you laugh."
He pressed a quick kiss to her forehead before asking;
"What if we could?"
"Do what, Ethan?", she knew what he meant, but it was too good to be true.
"Leave."
"Ethan..."
"I mean it."
"Ethan..."
"I do."
"What about the team? Benji, Brandt, Luther?"
"They will be fine, Ilsa. You know, they will be fine."
"What if they need us?"
"Then, they'll find us, I'll make sure they can find us."
The silence that followed lasted for a while, but the fact she was still in his arms kept him calm, sort of.
"There's another thing I wanted to ask you about."
The anxiousness in tone was surprising to her;
"What is it?"
"Ilsa, I..."
She couldn't put her finger on it;
"You okay?", she ran her hand on his forehead finding it cold,
"Yes, I'm fine.", her took the hand on his forehead and held it in his own;
"It's something I need to ask you."
Then there was silence;
"Ethan?"
That snapped him out of it;
"Are you going to ask me or not?"
All through his ordeal they didn't notice the door opening and their friends watching them;
"He wants you to marry him."
Luther's voice declared aloud.
Her head jerked back and forth between the two men;
"What?"
He let out breath of relief, "Thanks, man."
She raised an eyebrow, "You're thanking him for asking me to marry you."
His face broke into a smile, "Is that a yes?"
As much as her heart wanted to scream out, her brain was still full of doubt and he sensed that;
"I know we aren't exactly doing things right, but the one thing I have learned in the past year is...", he paused to find the right words;
"...I had a hard time keeping you out of my head than I had infiltrating a terrorist organisation."
Her expression still hadn't changed;
"All I know is I can stop doing this work but I can't be away from you, I can't...I won't."
The verity of his words and frailty of his voice made it hard for her;
"Ethan?"
"Yes?"
"Yes."
It took his brain a few seconds to realise what she had said;
"Really?"
Her face broke into the most beautiful smile he had ever seen;
"Yes."
The single word got a massive response as their friends cheered and whistled.
He wanted to be certain;
"You're sure?"
She softly pressed her lips to his, not caring about the eyes of their friends and didn't let go till she felt his worries evaporate.
"Yes, I am."
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They decided to not make a announcement and to leave the next morning, so the guys made them celebrate to the brim in the night.
The first light of the day fell on their faces as they sat on the balcony after the festivities;
"Well, good morning.", he softly spoke in her ear, tightening his arms.
She leaned back further in his chest and felt him press a kiss to her head;
"Good morning."
"When do we leave?", her voice relaxed and soft.
He pressed his smile on the side of her forehead;
"Whenever you want, we have all the time in the world."
That's it for this one, thank you very much for reading and the lovely reviews.
PS: I'm not sure about a third part, but then again I wasn't planning to write these two either.
