Warning: This story contains Jack/Aster, move on to the next one if you don't like that.


Aster glanced nervously around the room. Everything cleaned? Yes. Dinner? Check, Jack's favorite. Those weird fake candle things? Lit and ready. Ring? Still there. Now all he needed was for his soon-to-be fiancé to get home. Oh God, he was really doing this. He was really going to ask and wasn't that just a terrifying thought?

Okay, calm down Aster, this is Jack. You love him. He loves you. You've been dating for four years. He's going to say yes.

Familiar footsteps were heard rushing outside the door and Aster's heart began to pound. This was it. Oh God, oh God, oh God…

"Did you clean?"

Of course that would be the first thing Jack would notice. Not that Aster could blame him since their apartment normally looked like an art shop exploded.

"And are those candles?"

Jack was smiling his "I-love-you" smile now as he hung up his coat and came over to greet his nervously shuffling boyfriend. After a quick kiss, the albino asked, "So, what's the occasion?"

"Nothing! I just wanted to do something nice for you."

Jack's smile only grew bigger as he leaned in and gave Aster another kiss before saying, "Well, I love it and is that a home cooked meal on the table? Where did you find the time?"

Aster just smiled and kissed his boyfriend, trying to do his best to calm his nerves. So far, so good. Kissing definitely helped.

Apparently kissing time was over, though, because Jack was pulling away and heading towards the table which was good because the sooner they ate, the sooner Aster could… oh God.

He'd never been more grateful for his lover's talkative nature than he was during that meal. All Aster had to do was ask the occasional question while Jack babbled about classes and skating club practice between bites of food.

Food that was disappearing way too fast, like a ticking time bomb, because as soon as they were done… Okay, breath Aster, breath. He'll say yes.

"Aster are you okay?"

The Australian looked up as his boyfriend placed a comforting hand on top of his and gave him a worried smile. Jack, God, are you perfect.

"I'm fine, Frostbite, just thinking, that's all."

"Oh, what are you thinking about?"

"Us," Aster replied, turning his hand so that their palms were pressed together now and making Jack smile.

"Us, huh? Anything specific or just the general awesomeness that's the Wilder-Frost world?"

Wilder-Frost… If things went as planned, that would be a legal reality, not just something they said.

"Something specific, yeah."

Jack got up now and came around the table. After leaning down and kissing Aster he whispered, "And what would that be?"

Aster licked his lips and took a deep breath. It's now or never, Wilder. You'll never get a better set up.

So he reached into his pocket, took out the ring, and said, "Jack, I love you and I want nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?"

Jack stood there in frozen silence, staring at the silver band in his boyfriend's hands in shock for what felt like forever before he replied with a dazed, "No way!"

Aster's heart stopped beating. No? What had he missed? God, he was an idiot and now he'd mess up everything.

It must have shown on his face because Jack immediately backtracked. "Yes, I mean, no, not yes I won't, I mean… oh, just wait here!"

Aster watched in confusion as Jack raced into their bedroom. Wait here? No way. He needed to get out of this place and go have a good, long cry. Preferably at Nick and Ana's because he didn't think he should be alone right now.

With that thought in mind, he got up from the table and grabbed his coat from the coat hook by the door, then reached out to open said door and leave, only to have his path blocked by a very nervous looking Jack.

"Frostbite, just… it's fine. You don't have to say yes, but I can't be here…"

Jack shook his head and almost shouted the word "no!" Then he took a deep breath and spoke again.

"No, I will marry you! It's just," and here Jack opened up his clenched fist, revealing a golden band that glistened in the candle light. "I was kind-of annoyed that you beat me to it. That's why I said 'no way.' That wasn't my answer! It was just a reaction! My answer is yes, if you'll still have me…"

The question was broken off by warm lips as Aster practically attacked his fiancé's mouth.

Several minutes later, after they'd finally stopped kissing and had both caught their breath, Aster said, "Couldn't you have picked a better reaction than 'no way?'"

He tried sound mad, but he was smiling too hard and Jack was smiling and, okay, so it hadn't gone like he planned, but it was perfect anyway!

Jack seemed to have the same though, because he kissed Aster again, though he pulled back before it could get too good and said, "Wait, here, you have to put this on before I drop it!"

Put on… oh! The ring! Right!

Aster let Jack slip the golden band onto his finger and then they were kissing again. He was about to push Jack back against the door when his fiancé broke off the kiss once more and asked, "Can I have my ring?"

Aster nodded and pulled the silver ring out of his pocket before slowly sliding it on his fiancé's finger.

Engaged. They were engaged! What did engaged people do, anyway?

Based on the look that had just come into Jack's eyes, Aster had a pretty good idea that it was going to involve a lot of time spent in their bedroom. That suspicion was confirmed when surprisingly strong arms dragged him there.

They didn't leave for quite some time.


"Morning!" Ana said as she took her customary seat across the table from Aster at the little café they always got breakfast at. Then she noticed the way her friend was smiling and raised an eyebrow. "What's got you in such a good mood?"

Aster's smile only grew as he asked, "What do you call a female best man?"

Ana blinked in surprise at the question. Was this some kind-of joke? "A maid of honor, why?"

Aster leaned forward, resting his chin in his hands as he gave her a wink and said, "Do you wanna be my maid of honor?"

Ana's mouth dropped open and she glanced at his hand and yes! He was wearing the ring!

"I though Jack wasn't asking you until next week?"

Aster blushed. When Jack had told him about the plan to ask him at the spot where they'd had their first date, he'd actually felt a little bad about asking first. "Well, I kind-of forced it out of him when I beat him to the punch…"

"What?"

"I asked Jack last night, so he asked me back after he'd turned me down."

Ana's eyes widened and Aster quickly added, "Well, he didn't say no, but I though he did."

Violet eyes narrowed and pink lips quirked into a wicked smirk as Ana said, "Details, Aster! I need details!"

For the first time in their friendship, she didn't have to pry to get them.


Yeah, I don't count this one as a spoiler since, you know, they're obviously going to stay together forever. Duh.

Anywho, where did this idea come from? Well, since you asked and I just love telling, this came about because I was trying to figure out which of our boys was the one to actually pop the question and the answer I kept coming up with was both of them. So I went with it and made this! Coming up soon: Nick and Aster get tattoos, Jack and Aster's first interaction after the Christmas fiasco of 2011, how Aster met the gang, and many more fun little stories!

~Miki