hi! i really liked that one ask about handmade jewelry and the accidental proposals, and wanted to ask about how each of the boys would plan to propose themselves? as well as who would go first, would it be a group ceremony, or maybe separate, etc. would dust and horror plan to propose at the same time?
Monsters in poly relationships will often plan joint ceremoniesāand it's just about the only way you could get married without causing a huge fuss.
However, it takes the boys forever to figure that out. There comes a point when it's obvious they SHOULD propose to you. Many humans like to be joined in marriage after some time, and Dust is fully convinced you're his actual soulmate.... but everyone expects that Nightmare will initiate the planning. He is their sort-of King, and he likes fancy shit like this.
Problem is, Nightmare is under the impression that Killer will initiate the planning. He was your first lover, after all. It would be polite to allow him to propose to you first.
There's a weird back and forth where everyone keeps hinting to each other that they really should start taking some jewelry-making classes, pointing out really nice pieces they stumble on, and bringing home gems from especially rich AUs and insistently showing them to each other. Killer keeps setting Nightmare up on solo dates with you and teasing him, but Nightmare is too in his own head to get the hint.
Horror eventually can't stand it anymore and sits the others down for a meeting about it. They eventually settle on proposing individually, even though the ceremony will be joint, and agree on a set order and timeline (Crossā idea) because they cannot spend another year dancing around each other.
Killer is decided on as the first to propose, and unfortunately that means he steals the most scenic and obvious location: Outertale. He finds a lake that reflects the stars, sets up a little picnic similar to your first date, and proposes in a rare nervous way. You end up spending the night asleep under the stars, and Nightmare has to come get you himself in the morning when you havenāt returned.
He proposes with a necklace inlaid with purple sapphires and pink diamonds. It wasnāt difficult for him to learn to makeāhe has some basic metalwork skills heās picked up over the years, even if he prefers carving.
Nightmare takes you for a fancy dinner in a fantasy-themed AU, then brings you up to his private gardens to propose. He chose to make you a crown of black and violet diamonds, the base formed of silver twisted like branches, with small patterns for flowers representing each of the members of your family. He knows itās impractical to wear all the time, but he doesnāt mindāit will be perfect for special occasions.
Horror ends up going next, because Cross and Dust are both freaking out over their proposal jewelry. He chose to create something simpleāa ring that matches the bands he and Dust gave each other. He had a whole planātake you out to a cute cafe, go walk along a pier with hot chocolatesābut he ended up proposing in the courtyard when you got back. Itās not that he was nervousā¦. Itās just that you were having so much fun he couldnāt bare to interrupt you.
Cross follows, at Dustās insistence. He made you a set of earringsāsmall enough that they wonāt bother you in your day-to-day life, but inlaid with alternating patterns of shards of purple and pink gemstones.
If it werenāt for his constant squirming and reaching into his pocket, you wouldnāt suspect it was proposal day at first. Cross takes you into the Omega Timeline, and you spend a day having fun at the arcades, skating rink, and small amusement park before indulging yourself in a fancy meal. You go to a boutique and Cross buys you the fanciest dress you want before taking you out onto the lake in a boat to share the best desserts from Muffetās. Itās there that Cross proposes to you. Youāre almost worried that between both of your tears, youāll sink the boat.
Nightmare finds you come morning, passed out in each otherās arms and gently drifting across the water. Core thought it was way too cute to wake you themself.
Dust is all ready to go and finally propose when Error shows up to the castle and yoinks you to gods knows where in the multiverse.
Error does not give a shit about Dustās whining texts. Under no circumstances is he going LAST to propose to you. He already was last to date you, for creatorās sake!! And Killer already stole the obvious best proposal spot!
āSo youāre proposing today?ā you tease, because Error is terrible at keeping his thoughts to himself. The destroyer blue screens for a solid twenty minutes before coming too and nervously proposing to you in the anti-void. Itās sweet and private, which is exactly how your relationship with Error is. You cuddle and watch tv for a few hours before Error takes you to the place he was actually planning to proposeāa fancy hotel in the original universe. You spend a couple of days there, and Error is shocked by all the random free gifts you get when you tell the staff you just got engaged.
He proposed with a bracelet woven from his magical strings, with small jewels snugly wrapped up in its threads. That way heās always with youāeven if youāre busy with the others.
Dust finds himself last to propose. He made a bracelet as well, meant to go on your left wrist. It even has a little diamond-studded chain that can connect to Horrorās ring when you want. The main bracelet is a soft rose gold, carved with patterns of the stars and inlaid with jewels in the shapes of lavender and lily-of-the-valley looped together.
Dust is also a really private person, so he takes you to an observatory in Outertale that Nightmare rents out for the evening. You watch a meteor shower and indulge yourself in platters of finger food. Later in the night, he shows you a pair of binary stars through the telescope before proposing to you.
Dust absolutely does not allow you to fall asleep in the observatory. No way is he being found by a bunch of strangers in the morning. Itāll be better to cuddle at home with Horror.
