he who hesitates is toast

He didn't ask her to marry him before he fell, but it doesn't matter: she'd been as committed to him as if he had, even if she'd never really thought about marriage, and she's as locked in now as she was then. If they had gotten married, it would have been 'til death,' right? And neither of them died. Not really.

Her touch is gentle at his temple, in his hair. "Sweetheart," she murmurs, remembering.