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barrygeuse · 11 months

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hello! your maitlands headcanons are literally the cutest ever and I was wondering what you think their engagement was like? asking for a friend lol

what a treat it was to see this in my inbox oh my gosh. i've never thought about this before (very surprisingly) so i had a great time writing it

maitlands engagement headcanons below the cut! i've done this because there are some ring pics and the post got a little bit long hehe

barbara dropped hints for a really long time. and by hints, i mean very blatant statements about how she couldn't wait to settle with adam and start a family together

(he can be a little oblivious, so she had to make sure he got her drift.)

he was a nervous wreck about the whole thing. consulting his friends, family, barbara's family, keeping himself up stressing about it as the days got closer

definitely went and asked barbara's parents for permission to marry her. they love him, so it wasn't a problem. though they didn't say it out loud it was sort of like a "finally!" moment

very supportive, eased his worries, were very very happy for him and for barbara because they were certain she'd say yes of course

she knew it was coming. or she knew Something was coming, anyways, and she definitely had her suspicions about what it was

they went out to dinner somewhere nice. adam didn't want a lot of people to see it (the idea of being clapped at just overwhelms him. he's mortified if restaurants happen to sing to him on his birthday.)

asked her to dress up, and they both did, and they had a lovely dinner that he paid entirely for even though she pushed really hard to at least split the cost with her, come on, honey!! don't be silly!!

they took a walk afterwards, and it was dark by the time they did. stopped at a little ice cream place and ended up on a bench in the park

adam was so obviously anxious. looking back on it, barb teases him about it, but thinks it was so sweet of course

he told her how much he loved her, and after they finished the ice creams they walked home, hand in hand. barbara almost started to think that she was mistaken about something happening until he told her to close her eyes and she heard him pop a bottle of champagne

he was a little bit too vigorous with it and it got all over the floor. making distressed noises while barbara giggled, eyes still closed

he handed her a glass of champagne, and told her to open her eyes, and he was down on one knee with the ring.

she was ecstatic. gasped, immediately teared up. started laughing out of nervousness! she had to put her champagne immediately down (which was part of the reason she started laughing)

he stuttered on the words but asked her straight out, starting with saying that he loves her and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. and of course, she said yes.

the ring was simple. nothing gaudy, but very nice. an emerald as the centerpiece stone, with maybe a few small diamonds as accent stones, and a gold band. she showed it off for weeks. he picked perfectly.

they sat on the couch and drank the champagne and cried a little together and didn't stop touching each other in some way for the rest of the night, just keeping contact.

here are some rings that fit with what i imagine he would've chosen:

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