Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty

[Read Darleen first, as this is a continuation. And Happy Valentine’s Day!]

“Solved it,” said Steve.
“Do tell. What’s that man doing?” Kristy squirmed.
“I was in the Navy. If you interpret arm positions in the pictures as semaphore, you get: ‘WYMM’.”
Blank stare. “Yeah, maybe.”
Steve turned the camera over, revealing a ring cached beneath. Sat Kristy on a chair as he gracefully took a knee, sliding the beautiful band onto her finger, saying “Will you marry me?”
* * *
Years later: “OK, how’d you do that, Steve?”
“Do what?”
“Rig that proposal camera.”
“How did the car break down just ahead of that Yukon road trip?”
“I’m not telling you that.”
“Precisely.”