Cricket One Shots- Extremely Short Stories

Good Lords, Not Here

"Dada, no. You can't do this", said Rahul Dravid

"Why not, Jammy?", Sourav asked.

"Because it's the Lords", Rahul replied

"So?", asked Sourav.

"So many people are here, Sourav. It's a full stadium and the whole world is watching this live", said Rahul, trying to make dada see sense.

"That's exactly what I wanted", said Sourav, going down on one knee.

"Jammy, we started our international cricket journey together in this very ground. From then, you have stood by me like The Wall, through my ups and downs. You have been the ice to my fire, the sanity to my madness and the voice of reason to the constant chaos that my mind is. You make me better in every way, Jam. Will you do me the honour of marrying me and becoming my better half? I promise to cherish you every single moment that I live in this world", Sourav asked his long time boyfriend.

"Yes, yes a thousand times yes, dada", Rahul replied, still shocked that the man would make a public spectacle of his proposal. But that was Sourav- there were no half measures with him- 'go big or go home' was how he worked. "By the way, there is no way that I am wearing this ring daily- that's a bloody huge diamond, dada. You know how clumsy I am", he complained.

"Come on Jam, you are marrying the Maharaja- get used to it. Just kidding, we are getting matching wedding bands made- this one can stay in your locker", said Sourav slipping the ring onto his fiancé's finger, while the whole team applauded their work-parents.