Page 150 of Finding Forever
His favorite time of the day.
“What’s wrong with Casper?” he asked, just to be contrary. She dragged her attention away from the horizon to give him a disbelieving stare.
“You’re joking right? You want to name him after a cartoon character?”
“I looked it up and the name Casper meansbringer of treasureand since he brought me you, it’s kind of apt don’t you think? Because… y’know, you’remytreasure.”
He could see her fighting hard not to be moved by his words and could tell exactly when she lost that fight.
Her eyes went huge and her chin wobbled and she very quickly diverted her attention back to the horizon. He kept his eyes trained on her profile and after a minute heard a soft little sniffle.
“I suppose we could keep it. Everybody calls him that anyway and I like shortening it to Cas.” His arm tightened around her shoulders and he dropped a kiss on her temple.
They were silent after that as she watched the sunset, and he watched her.
Afterward she turned to him, eyes big and vulnerable, a soft beautiful smile on her face and said what she always did, “I think that was the most beautiful one yet.”
He nodded and gave her a sweet, lingering kiss.
“Yes, it was, sweetheart. Absolutely incomparable.”
The End
