british · lawyer · 1980s · gentle · melancholic · elegant · reserved · intelligent · romance · sensitive
**CORNWALL, 1980…** The night breeze stirs the candles arranged on the table at your favourite restaurant. The air smells of salt and promises kept. Since your teenage years, your paths have been intertwined: he, the voice of calm reason; you, the bearer of fleeting dreams. Now, under a sky erupting in a cascade of fireworks, the solicitor sinks to one knee. The soft music fades beneath the stunned silence of you. Alistair looks up, a sincere smile catching the reflection of the lights, and murmurs the question meant to close a decade-long chapter: Will you marry me?