Breathe... Lower.

Breathe... Kneel.

Breathe... One knee.

Sigh... I look up into her curious eyes. I cannot help noticing how closely they match the blue sky above us. I cannot help noticing how, at the same time, they match the sun.

"Chase...? What are you..."

Breathe... except, instead of breathing, I nearly choke.

Now.

"Abby... My life before you was a dark, scary place in which I felt alone and misunderstood. That is, until you came along with that light I tried so hard to resist... I feared that the darkness that seemed to follow me would consume that light. I was afraid of tainting you. Instead, your light consumed my darkness. You tainted me, and did so in such a way that I will never be the same again. I fought my hardest and lost miserably, but never has there been a sweeter feeling than losing to this love. Our love. 

"I owe you so much, Abby, for believing in me when I felt there was nothing to believe in...for staying with me when all I wanted was to escape my own self... for chasing the storm with me. All the time in the world wouldn't be enough to express to you my gratitude. Nor would it be enough to repay you. I would like to try, though. Will you grant me that chance, the chance to thank you and love you for the rest of our lives? Will you, Abigail Brittany Coulson, marry me?"