Winter Proposal

NC 17 Ficlette - Jason & Elizabeth

Elizabeth pulled her winter wool coat upward to fit snug against her neck as she stepped out into the brisk air.  Winter certainly was upon Port Charles, as she looked up towards the sky and she felt snow was in the air.  She scurried along the tiled patio and towards the docks, heading home to her studio to work on some paintings she had started last week and hadn't finished.  Her hands chilled to the bone, she fumbled with her key as she tried to unlock the door.  As she did, she noticed it was already unlocked and turned the knob cautiously.  She didn't think she left the door unlocked when she left that morning, so she stepped in hesitantly.

The darkness hinted an amber glow as she was greeted by Jason who had apparently arranged an evening for the two of them.  Relieved to see him, she fell into his arms.  He embraced her with his strong arms, an overwhelming feeling of love and comfort rushed over her as he closed the door and pulled her inside.  She gazed around the room, filled with many lit candles, bottle of chilled wine, and the scent of fresh cut flowers filled the air.  He assisted her with removing her coat and he hung it on the back of the chair.  She effortlessly glided across the floor, breathing in deep to take in the aroma of the red roses, he watched her from across the room and admired her beauty as she turned and smiled at him.

He asked if she would like a glass of wine before dinner as he opened up the chilled bottle.  She accepted his offer and reached for the glass of wine he just poured for her.  The lightly scented wine tantalized her palette as she took a sip from the crystal glass.  She took a seat on the couch as he poured a glass of wine for himself.  

"So, how many more surprises do you have planned for me tonight?" she asked as she caught him staring at her.  "Surprises?  You'll see." he replied as he set his glass down on the coffee table in front of him.  He took the wine glass from her mid sip and set it down next to his.  He rose from the couch and asked for her hand.  She a little hesitant, she took his hand and he lifted her towards him.

"Dance with me." was all he said as she listened to the silence.  "We have no music .. " she replied as he began swaying with her in his arms.  He didn't say anything but he pulled her closer to him and wrapped her up in his arms.  She leaned against his chest and listened to the beating of his heart as the music he spoke of was the music they created between them.  She wrapped her arms around his neck and danced with him in a slow rhythm.  He released her from his arms and brushed her cheek with the palm of his hand, he looked deep into her soft brown eyes and smiled.  "I love you, Elizabeth." he whispered as he leaned in closer so he could feel her warm breath on his lips.  "I love you too..." she replied just before her mouth met his in a deep and loving kiss.  His mouth took in her bottom lip as the kiss became passionate.  He pulled away with ease and their eyes met as she brushed her top lip with her index finger.  

He reached for her coat and scarf, he handed them to her and said "Let's go..."  As she put on the wool coat and wrapped the scarf around her neck she wondered where they were going.  "Jason, you do know it's like 20 below outside?" she remarked as he smiled and replied "I'll keep you warm".  He escorted her down to the docks and towards the Harbourview Towers.  The snow had just begun to fall lightly as they approached the high rise building.  To her surprise there stood a beautiful white horse drawn sleigh with a single driver waiting for them.  She shrieked with happiness as she ran across the street and in awe glared at what Jason had done for her.  Jason came along side and assisted her into the sleigh and he followed as he leaned forward and gave the driver instructions.

The freshly fallen snow from the night before still lay in the street as the sleigh made it's way through the dim lit avenues of Port Charles.  Before she knew it, the sleigh was meandering through the snow covered limbs of trees down a narrow path that for what she knew led to nowhere.

To her surprise they came up on a iced over pond in the middle of a clearing.  She gasped at the beauty of their surroundings as Jason squeezed her hand in his.  She smiled as the sleigh made it's way down towards the pond.  It had come to a full stop before Jason jumped out and helped her down.  She walked a few feet from him, far enough that he snuck a reach into the front of the sleigh and pulled out 2 pairs of ice skates.  He had not skated in a long time, so he was sure to be a little rusty, but Elizabeth loved to skate and this evening was all for her.

She shrieked with glee as she noticed the skates he was carrying.  She rushed him and pulled a pair for herself.  "You got to be kidding?  Jason Morgan in ice skates?  You holding out on me, Morgan?" she giggled and he just smiled.  "There's a first time for everything, Webber.  Remember that."  he chuckled as he passed her heading down towards the pond.  She followed and caught up to him as he was lacing up the skates.

She watched him from the bank of the iced over pond as she giggled at his wobbly form.  "Nice form there, Morgan." she smirked as she whisked by him on one leg with the other extended behind her.  "Funny, Webber ... funny." he commented as he tried to keep up with her.

A few laps around the pond and just enjoying each other's company, they hadn't noticed the winter snow fall was getting worse.  He had yet to pop the question and she had asked about getting something to eat.  So with a quick whisk by her, he scooped her up in his arms.  Not being so graceful on skates and with her in his arms, he quickly lost his balance and they both fell to the ice, her atop of him.  She laughed as she hid her face against his chest and he wrapped his arms around her.  At least she thought the not so romantic exit from the ice was funny, he thought as he rubbed his hand across his backside.  He knew there would be a bruise there tomorrow.

She helped him up onto his feet again as he wobbled and almost brought her down again with him.  She giggled and so did he as he got his balance once again.  She took his hand and skated along with him to the edge of the bank.  He fell back into the snow and lay their exhausted.  She fell back too and smirked at the sight of him on skates.   "Okay, Morgan.  What's next?  Any other surprises yet in store for me to remember?"  he could here her giggling as she walked up the bank towards the horse drawn sleigh that waited for them.  He quickly removed the skates and followed her closely behind.

He helped her into the sleigh and she took a seat as he put the skates back up front with the driver and boarded the sleigh himself.  He gave the driver instructions as to where to go next and sat back as she nuzzled up against him once again.  The snow was falling quite heavily now, as he reached for a blanket that was stored underneath the driver's seat in front of him.  She kissed him on the cheek as a thank you for laying it down across her lap and draping it over her trying to keep her warm as they made their way back the way they came.

As the sleigh made it's turn onto the main road back to town, he got up the nerve to ask her.  He had wanted to do this right, but he wasn't one for being a romantic.  "We've been together for a long time now, right?" he asked as she turned to him all snuggled up in the warmth of the wool blanket.  "Yes, Jason.  We have." she replied as she wondered where this was going.  "And you know that I love you, right?" he asked as he reached into his jacket pocket.  "Yes, I know.  And I love you too, Jason." she answered as she noticed him holding something in his hand that wasn't there before.  Being curious, she tried to sneak a peek at it as he tried to keep it hidden from her till the time was right.  "Okay, just so we have that straight." he said hesitant to asking her the big question.  "Morgan, where is this going?" she asked curious as to why he brought all this up.  "I thought you said you were hungry, so we're going to get some dinner."  he remarked as she playfully pinched him.  "No. All your questions ... what did you have in mind." she asked again.  He had his nerve built up, he was waiting no longer to ask her. 

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Jason turned towards her with the velvet box in his hand.  He admired the beautiful woman that sat before him and took a deep breath.  Nervous, his hands trembled as he opened the box.  Their eyes met filled with love for one another, he was about do something he had wanted to do for a very long time.  In the midst of the pure fallen snow, and the chill in the air, he couldn't help but wipe away the few snowflakes that had fallen on the tip of her nose.

"Jason..." was all she could say as she reached for his trembling hands and held them in hers.  "You know as well as I do, that I'm not good with saying the words I desperately want to tell you, so forgive me if I stumble over a few." She smiled and left him go on.  "We have had a long and bumpy road that we have overcome together, and our love has just gotten stronger because of it.  You have changed my life, Elizabeth.  You have brought to my life things that I would never have without you.  I was never a dreamer, so I shared your dreams with you.  I was never one to be open with my feelings and emotions, yet I share them with you.  You have brought so much to my life and I want you to be a part of my life forever.

Elizabeth began to feel the trickle of a stray tear as it fell from the corner of her eye.  She wiped it away with her index finger and smiled at him.  "I love you, Elizabeth....and I always will.  Thank you for all you have given to me.  I want the way we are to last a life time .... and I'm hoping you do too.  Elizabeth, I want to share the rest of my life with me.  I want you to be more than my best friend and my lover.  I want you to be my wife."  As he finished, he carefully opened up the black velvet box he held in his hands, and a beautiful, shimmering diamond appeared to her.  She gasped as she took in it's beauty.  She removed it from the box and admired it as it glistened in the moonlight.  He reached for it, and held it with his fingers.  "Elizabeth?  Will you make me the luckiest guy in this world?" he asked as she extended her hand as it trembled.    

Tears fell from her eyes as she was in awe of the diamond's luster.  Wanting to scream it from the roof tops that she was to become Mrs. Jason Morgan, she could feel her insides explode with happiness and joy.  She was to say the least thrilled with his proposal and taken completely by surprise.  "I don't know what to say, Jason."  she replied as his fingers held the ring in front of her.  "I think the next thing you have to say is yes." She giggled and said an astounding "yes!!".  "Yes, Morgan I will become your wife!" she was overcome with happiness, she practically jumped into his arms.  He pulled her close to him and held her tightly as the sleigh continued towards the city limits of Port Charles.

She admired the glimmer of the diamond solitaire as the sleigh pulled up in front of the Harbourview Towers.  He stepped out and helped her down onto the snow covered curb.  He tipped the driver and they passed the doorman as he gave him a thumbs up signal.  The doorman nodded with a smile and patted him on the back as they entered the building.

He and Elizabeth waited for the elevator as he noticed the smile had not escaped her yet.  The doors of the elevator opened and they met with Sonny and Carly who were on their way out.  Elizabeth noticed that Carly squeezed Jason's arm and winked as she passed him.  He glanced in her direction as they exited the car and the doors closed.  "What was that all about?" Elizabeth asked.  "What?" he replied not wanting to give her any inkling of what was about to happen.  "You know what, Morgan.  Carly and her little wink." she insisted on knowing what it meant.  "Oh that .. that was nothing.  Don't worry about it." he replied as they had reached the Penthouse floor and the doors opened.  Still wondering what was going on, she and Jason stepped off the elevator as he glanced over towards Johnny who was standing guard at Sonny's door.  Jason reached back with his arm and gave Johnny the thumbs up signal, trying not to give anything away to his new fiancée.  

Jason unlocked the door and followed Elizabeth inside.  She froze her momentum as she stood still in the foyer of the apartment, just in awe of the room.  He hadn't forgotten a thing.  Candlelight dimly lit the room, an elaborate dinner waiting for them on the dining room table, a roaring fire in the fireplace across the room, and as she stood there taking in all of her surroundings, Jason pulled from behind his back a dozen red roses and wrapped his arm around her so she could take in the sweet fragrance.  

"Hungry?" he said as he removed her wool coat and hung it on the back of the desk chair by the door.  She turned into him and his eyes met hers.  "Uh huh..." was all she said as she reached up towards him, as her mouth found his, she kissed him with such passion he was taken back by her forwardness.  She laid the roses down gently on the desk and took his hand in hers and led him towards the stairs.  "Uh .. I thought you were hungry?" he asked as she turned to him and whispered .. "I am."  He followed her up the stairs and to the bedroom where he had again planned a surprise for her.

She opened the bedroom door and was greeted with the scent of logs burning in the fireplace as the glow of the flames lit the darkness of the room.  Rose petals scattered across the hardwood floor and onto the queen sized canopy bed, he followed as she led him in and closed the door.  She began to removed the button up sweater she was wearing as she pushed him back onto the bed.  He fell back effortlessly and her porcelain skin was revealed to him as her sweater fell to the floor.  Her soft mounds propped in a black lace bra that hooked in the front, she hovered over him and he reached up and unhooked it.  He caught her breasts in his hands as she removed the bra from her body and threw it on the floor below.  His hand knead the soft mounds as she arched her back to give him access to every inch of her.  His hands caressed her waist as he pulled her to him and his mouth found hers.  He suckled on her bottom lip and slowly moved down to her collarbone and then to her shoulder.

She fell to his side and began unbuttoning his jeans as he tried to remove his shirt that inhabited him from exploring every inch of her form.  She slowly unzipped his jeans and waited for him to push them to the floor next to her sweater.  His black silk boxers were all that kept her from him, as she slowly shimmied them down his hips to reveal him to her.  She leaned down towards him and took him into the moistness of her mouth.  She could feel him harden with every stroke she made.  Her tongue teased the tip of him as she heard Jason's moans of pleasure.  "Oh God don't stop .. please don't stop." he whispered just loud enough for her to hear.  She moved slowly from him and kissed his washboard abs softly as she made her way up towards his hardened nipples.  Her mouth found their way and suckled on the perky tip.  Her hand still stroking him and feeling him with every caress.

He couldn't take anymore, and he quickly laid her on her back.  She gasped with surprise by his actions and now it was her turn to succumb to him.  His strong hands found the softest mounds as they knead them and he laid soft kisses in between.  His kisses moved slowly down across her vanilla skin as he reached her belly button.  Her hands entangled in his short hair cut, she pushed him into her wanting more.  He reached the top of her jeans and began to unbutton them.  He unzipped them with his teeth and shimmied them down her hips and then her sleek and slender legs down to the floor.  Revealed to him was a black lace panties that she wore high on her hips, leaving only his wild imagination as to what was waiting for him.  His fingers slide up her outer thighs and pulled the panties towards him, her body trembled as he touched her inner thigh.  Her legs fell open and invited him in as he threw the panties onto the floor below.

His strong hands caressed her thighs as his lips softly touched her, she whimpered with pleasure as his mouth moved towards her wetness between her legs.  She arched her back and opened herself as far as she could go to give him more access to her inner most place.  His tongue slid inside of her as his hands roamed the softest of skin around her mid-drift.  His tongue found the sensitive nub and began to tease her so as she whimpered again with cries of pleasure.  He knew what she wanted and he anxious to give her exactly what her body needed.  "Jason ..... I want you so badly." she whispered as he teased her nub with every touch of his tongue.  He hovered over her as she wrapped her slender legs around his waist.  His mouth found hers and kissed her with such passion and tenderness as he entered her slowly.  He could feel her moan of pleasure as it echoed within him.  Slow and easy strokes was what she wanted and needed from him, she knowing he would not disappoint.

He moved slowly down and his mouth found her soft mounds yet again.  He suckled on the hardened tip of her nipple as her fingers entangled themselves in the fine blonde hair at the nape of his neck.  His strokes quickened inside her as he felt her contract against him.  The point of ecstasy was upon both of them as he felt her juices released, her body quivering from the sensation of an orgasm, he knew it was his time.  With one last powerful stroke, he exploded inside of her.  He fell to her side from exhaustion as she reached for his hand.  Interlaced fingers they lie there together on the bed of rose petals hoping the night would never end.  She turned towards him and laid her head against his chest hearing the rapid beating of his heart, she ran her fingers up and down lightly against his abdomen. 

He smiled and chuckled "Are we still hungry?"  She giggled "What's for dessert?"