Subtle Love ~ C.E. (FIRST BOOK)

A Sunday Kind of Love

Chris's POV
It was about 1am when the party ended, and everyone was exhausted. I thanked everyone and got all the gifts in the car before going back in to get y/n. I walk in and she's still dancing drunkly while the cleaning crew cleaned up. "I got a dreaaaaam *hiccup* I got a dreaaaaaaam." Boy, am I glad I only drunk sodas tonight. She held her heels in one hand and a glass of champagne in the other. I shook my head and grabbed the glass from her hand. She reaches out and says, "Noooo, give it *hiccup* back!" "Nope. I think you had enough for the night." "Awww man." She said pouting, "If I give you a kiss, *hiccup* will you give it to me?" "Not a chance love. I won't turn down the kiss though." I put the drink down and hurled her over my shoulder and thanked the cleaning crew for everything before going to the car. "Woah! Put me down Chris! You tall handsome.......giant!" I chuckle and lay her down on the backseat. "Here's some water, sober up."

After about 35 minutes, we got home and I carried y/n inside. "You can put me down now. I'm like only 55% drunk now." She said as I let her down, she stumbled a bit but, reassured me that she was fine. "You think Dodger's asleep?" "Most likely. Otherwise, he would've came running down as soon as he heard the door." She giggled and came in close to me, "Dance with me. One more time for my birthday." "Although it's technically over. But of course I will." She grabbed her phone and put on "A Sunday Kind of Love - Etta James". I pulled her by the arm and twirled her into me. We swayed to the song while one hand was on her waist and the other over hers which was on my chest. And there we were. Dancing in the middle of our living room at 2am. I kiss her forehead before lightly placing my head on the side of hers. "I wish we could stay like this forever." She whispered, "So do I."

Before we knew it, it was already morning time. We spent most of the day just staying home especially after last night. Y/N had the biggest hangover. She was clinging on to the aspirin for dear life. I grabbed a bottle of water from the kitchen and brought it to her over at the couch as she laid down. "Thank you." "You're welcome. Are you sure you're gonna be up for tonight? We could always cancel. I could call Kimmel-" "No, I'll be fine. I'm starting to lighten up a bit so, I should be fine." "Okay. Let me know if you change your mind. How does a nice warm bubble bath sound?" "It sounds wonderful.....you always know what to do. You take such good care of me." "It's my job as your soon to be husband sweetheart." "I have to step up my game then. Because there's no way, you will out do me in this." "Hmm. We'll see." I said before running up the stairs as she chased me.

"And we welcome, Chris Evans and Y/N Bennett!" Y/N and I walked out, waved to the crowd, and sat down waiting for the applause to die down. "Oh my goodness, hi it's been so long since we've heard from you two!" "It sure has." She said before the crowd chuckled. "Yeah, well we all know about the unfortunate event of what happened a couple months back. Do you mind speaking about what that was like?" "Um, yeah. It was.....terrible. I mean I was unconscious for most of it but, I remember leaving the emmys after we won and......we crashed and fell into the cold water." "Yeah it was a very....tough situation. I remember watching her fall and it was a-uh.....very hard thing to see. Watching the one you love almost die. We had a couple scares but, we made it." I said giving a soft smile while squeezing y/n's hand. "Yes, we are incredibly happy to hear you guys are doing better! Speaking of incredibly happy, we heard you two got engaged!!!!" The audience went completely crazy and it made y/n's face light completely up after being a sad state.

A picture of y/n with her ring popped up on the screen behind us and the crowd went even more nuts. "Yeah, I wasted no time proposing to her. I know it might seem sudden and really fast for some people but, after the accident, I realized.....life is short. I love her and I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her." Jimmy awed along with the audience as I looked into her eyes and brought her hand up to kiss. "You guys are the cutest! We also heard that you, Chris, is the type of guy who likes to show out!" The video of the proposal came on the screen and displayed everyone dancing and singing along to the song. "Oh my god." Y/N giggled. I shook my head in laughter and watched the video play out. And what I didn't notice before is the bloopers at the end which was me giving the dance moves and everyone being a complete goof. From Downey dancing on a table to Seb spinning away on the desk chair we had to practice. "Well that seemed like it was a ball! And overall just the sweetest proposal I've ever seen. We'll be back, right after this break." The music played out and we took a small 5 minute break.

Y/N's POV
I grabbed a bottle of water and felt my phone ring. "Hello?" "Oh my goodness, honey! I am so glad to hear your voice again! I'm so sorry for not contacting you after the accident. I tried to find out what hospital you were in but, no one wanted to cough up any info!" I grinned at Kelly's speedy tone and answered, "It's okay Kells. I know you tried." "Yes I did hun. Oh! And you got engaged to Mr Captain America?! You are just hitting every milestone aren't you?" "Kelly, you will always make me laugh with these jokes of yours. But I have to run, I'm actually on Jimmy Kimmel's show right now." "Oh babe, you should've said so! I'll chat with you later!"

After the call with Kelly, Chris and I got back to the show and had a blast playing some games Jimmy had prepared. We came home and collapsed right into bed. "I don't even want to take off these clothes. I'm too tired." "Me too." Chris replied while fluffing his pillow. "Well.....we can.....talk in the morning." I said drifting away into sleep. Unfortunately, my phone buzzed. It's always the phone. I should start putting that damn thing on do not disturb. I groaned and opened it to see who texted me. It was an unknown number. The text said, "So you're engaged to the pretty boy idiot? Wrong choice." This immediately made me swallow a lump stuck in my throat. Nick. My heart sank as I read the words "Wrong choice." over and over again in my head. Why can't he just accept that I'm happy? I tapped Chris to tell him what happened but he's knocked out cold. I guess it can wait til the morning.