Title: Halo Around Your Finger
Rating: PG
Fandom: Green Day
Pairing: Billie Joe/Tre Cool
Notes: Fluff! From me! The horror.
Warnings: None
Word Count: 560
Summary: Billie proposes.
"Marry me." The words leave Billie's mouth and hang in the air between them.
Tre looks at him as if he's gone insane. "What?"
"Marry me." Billie repeats, smiling at Tre.
"Billie, do you hear the words coming out of your mouth right now? Because I don't think you do." Tre gives him a concerned look.
Billie rolls his eyes. "Come on. You know we're endgame. Sure, we can have a string of one night stands and even serious relationships, but, in the end, we always end up back together."
"Did you just say 'endgame'?" Tre is seriously beginning to doubt Billie's sanity.
"Tre, just say yes." Billie smirks at him.
"You're crazy. We can't get married." Tre shakes his head.
"Why not? Give me three good reasons why we can't be joined in holy matrimony." Billie sits down on the arm of the chair Tre's in.
"One: We're on tour. Two: We're us. Three: It's crazy." Tre ticked off the reasons on his fingers.
"One: We can do whatever we want on our tour. Two: I know we're us, that's why I'm asking. Three: When have we ever pretended we were sane?" Billie counters.
"I don't know, Billie. No on really knows about us and the ones that do just think it's for fun or whatever." Tre twirls his drumsticks between his fingers, a nervous habit.
"Who cares what they think? We don't. Come on, just say yes." Billie shakes his head.
"Billie, we work because we're not committed to one another. We work because we're casual and open. Marriage is not something we do well." Tre sighs, drumsticks moving even faster now.
"No, our marriages didn't work because we married the wrong people." Billie points out, reaching out and snagging Tre's drumsticks.
Tre glares at him for a moment. "Why now?"
"Why not now?" Billie counters, tossing the drumsticks off to the side. They clatter against the floor and roll out of sight. Tre stares after them.
"Why do you want this?" Tre asks, looking back over to Billie.
"Because I love you. That's why." Billie says, as if it's something Tre should have already known.
Tre smiles slightly. "You know I love you too, but this is still out of the blue."
"So? Now's the perfect time. Because I'm asking you now. Why are you so resistant to the idea?" Billie raises an eyebrow.
"I'm not. Well, a little. It's just I don't want this to fail because we've always had something I could count on, you know?" Tre says, looking down at his lap.
"I know. Believe me, I know." Billie reaches out and brushes his fingers along Tre's cheekbone.
Tre takes a deep breath. "Yes."
Billie grins and kisses him, hands sliding down to hold onto Tre's.
Tre pulls back slightly. "Do you even have a ring? Come on, Billie. Gotta do this right."
Billie smirks. "As a matter of fact, I do."
Billie gets down on one knee and pulls out a black velvet box from his pocket. He opens it and holds it out to Tre. Inside, a simple silver band lays cushioned.
"Will you marry me?"
"Yes!" Tre pulls Billie up and kisses him again.
Billie slides the ring on Tre's finger and then puts on the matching band.
"So wedding in Vegas then?" Billie grins.
"You know it." Tre smiles back.