☆𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬☆

ℳ𝒶𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝒻ℯ

merry christmas! i hope your day is wonderful and that you are grateful for everything. give love and happiness and i wish you best in the new year, happy holidays

-𝒅𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒚♡

it was christmas eve. the air was cold but cherry. christmas lights lit up the house, and snow landed on the window sills giving them white beards.

downstairs where the lightness of christmas music played, and a man and a little boy, age six, and a teen girl, age seventeen, sat face to face.

"before i take this big step. i want to ask for your permission" ben, the boyfriend of the love of his life whose name was y/n. he slid a diamon ring on the table showing the kids—who were from a previous relationship of y/n's.

the girl, belle, who wasn't fond of ben but gotten used to him, gave him a hug of happiness—happiness that her mother found love again. "she's totally going to freak" belle commented about the proposal he planned to do. ben smile and let out a small laugh. "freak huge" he replied used the odd teen-slang.

"do i start calling you dad?" jax, the little brother said. ben chuckled and looked at the both of them. "if she says yes. not only am i marrying her but i'm being apart of what she brought with her," he closed the small box and put it in his pocket. "but of course she'll say yes so practice" he joked. "zon't be cocky" belle shook her head looking up at the tall male. "zon't? is that a word?" he repeated the word over in his head.

"it's nicki minaj, of course it's a word" belle laughed and left out of the living room taking jax with her. "zon't...zon't...zoooon't—teens are weird these days"

it was next day. the day of the year, christmas. everyone gathered around in the living room eager to open the presents they got each other. y/n came from her bedroom after going back to get a present for her kids.

"alright, who's first?" she asked rubbing her hands in excitement. "i think you should go. you seem the most excited out of all of us" belle said handing her the gift she got her. y/n playfully rolled her eyes at her daughter and opened the box. she pulled out a painting. it was a painting of a picture when she was just a toddler.

"i had to face my fears and go up to the attic for the photo album" belle said scanning her mom's reaction. "do you like it?" she asked curious. "i love it—you're so talented where do you get it from? because it certainly not from me" she laughed giving belle a hug.

"alright keep it going, i'm hungry" she clapped her hands. everyone went out giving each other gifts. when it was time for ben to give his final gift, belle jumped up and took out her phone. "everything for tik tok" belle mumbled opening up her camera.

"what are you filming?" y/n could tell what she was doing even when her eyes were covered. ben got on his knee and prepared himself before telling her to uncover her eyes. y/n looked around for a second before looking down at ben. see him hold a ring in his hand and down on her knee brought a sensation to her eyes.

"woah" she said not ready for what was about to happen. "the day i met you was one of the best days of my life. how you suddenly came in was like you were meant for me—you're the perfect match. you brought this light that i didn't know i need. the kindness and love-the way you being a positive vibe to everything is what makes you, you. and that's why i'm here right now, on my knee and asking you to be my wife"

y/n covered her face as tears fell. she wiped them and held her face. "really?" she asked warning a small laugh from ben. "yes really"

"mom, say yes! i'm running out of film time" belle said looking down at her phone. "yeah. i have been practicing my 'dad's all day long" jax said.

y/n smiled and nodded her head at the proposal. ben let out a breath of relief as he stood up and slid the ring onto her finger. "you almost gave me a heart attack, i thought you were going to say no" he chuckled and kissed her.

"zon't zo it" belle repeated the sentence for the hundredth time to ben. "zon't zo it" he said copying how she would say it. "you're accent is messing it up!" belle whined.

"i'm sorry for being British!"
ben looked over at y/n hearing her laugh from the other other couch. "he's not going to get it anytime soon" y/n told her. "but it's time for bed, especially for him" she pointed down to jax, who fell asleep on her lap. she picked him up and carried him to his bedroom. belle jogged upstairs after telling them goodnight, even though she'll be up on her phone all night.

ben and y/n met up in their bedroom to get ready for bed. y/n hugged her future husband looking at the ring in her finger. "this was the best christmas i could ever ask for" her head laying on his shoulder. she looked at him with a soft smile on her face. "i love you with all of my heart and i am too happy that you are in my life. you make everyday count"
her smile got bigger when she seen his. he laid her down on the bed and held her tightly in his arms.

"merry christmas" she said trying to wiggle herself out of his grip but it didn't work out. "merry christmas...you're not going anywhere"

"yeah. i kind of figured that out when i couldn't move"