Passenger Princess

by Morgan Elizabeth

He rolls his eyes, tipping his head toward the book still in my hands. "Who's the author?" he asks. Moving it in my hands, I look, unable to find the name on the cover. "Check the end, there might be an About the author page." My brow furrows, and I flip to the back before the world starts to spin. A photo of Jaime and me standing together in Maine—a photo that I found out was his phone icon for me months later. About the author: Jaime Wilde is the bodyguard of a pageant queen and father to Princess Peach. His goal in life is to convince the love of his life, Ava Bordeaux, to travel the world with him for the rest of his life as his wife. He went so far as to commission an entire fanfiction (he lied: he totally knows what fanfiction is, and yes, he liked that Omegaverse you sent him) and dragged her to Washington, where they had their first date, so he could ask her to spend forever with him. "Jaime—" I whisper in panic, but then when I look up again, he's not there. He's down on the ground. Down on one knee, a ring in his hand, a nervous smile on his lips.