Happy New Year Everyone!
"Since you gave me my gift earlier, I should give you yours too." Magnus said looking at the ring in his hand and smiling.
"For someone who didn't want to marry me, you look quite happy with it…" Alec teased.
"Alexander! I already explained myself to you!" He exclaimed.
The Shadowhunter chuckled softly. "I know… I get, I'm just joking."
"You'd better." Magnus told him kissing the ring. "Because I love it. I love you. More than anything. And here is the proof." He clicked his fingers conjuring a small box wrapped in blue paper the exact shade of Alec's eyes and handing it to him.
"Thank you…" The Nephilim said not knowing what to think. And then he remembered Magnus' previous words and added. "I love you too."
He chuckled. "Go on. Open it. By the way, I should tell you at this point, that the gift was in our room the whole night. I didn't just get it."
Alec nodded. "Of course I wouldn't think that."
"Open first, speak later." Magnus snickered. "I hope you'll like it."
"Yeah, yeah." Alec smiled just before opening it. "You know I'll love it whatever it-"
His blue eyes widened as he stared at the box dumbfounded.
"Mags…?"
"Yeah?" The Warlock looked up from his new ring to smile innocently at Alec. "What is it babe?"
Mimicking his previous movements, Alec gave him the box and then his hand, beaming.
Magnus grinned and took them both, gently placing the ring on his finger.
Alec looked at it, his eyes shining with unshed tears. The ring was black and silver, with two intertwining lines creating the infinity symbol, with a sapphire and an emerald on each side.
"So…" Alec rasped, his voice suddenly raw with emotion, and barely a whisper as if he was afraid of shattering the moment. "What does that mean?"
Magnus took his hand and kissed it. "What I told you before still stands." He whispered too. "I won't marry you till we can get married in gold. And trust me sayang," He said placing a finger on his lips to drown any complaints. "I will do everything in my power to achieve that as soon as possible. I'm sure we can and we will. Together. But until then… Well. I too wanted the world to know that you belong to me. And me alone." He concluded, kissing the ring too.
"Always and forever." Alec smiled at him.
~o~
"Oh, and to clearly answer your previous question sayang, this is an engagement ring. If you want it to be."
"Well…" Alec pretended to think. "We do have two children together. I'll do it for their sake."
"You little…" Magnus said pouncing at him and tickling him.
Alec tickled back and soon they were a mess of tangled limbs, their ribs hurting from laughing so hard as tears of laughter were streaming from their eyes.
Having agreed on a truce they tried to catch their breath still wrapped up around each other, Alec's head resting on Magnus' chest, their hands bearing the rings, intertwined.
"I love you so much." The Nephilim said looking up at him.
"I love you too my angel. More than anything."
~o~
Note: Same as in ch 3, their dialogue:
["For someone who didn't want to marry me, you look quite happy with it…" Alec teased.
"Alexander! I already explained myself to you!" He exclaimed.
The Shadowhunter chuckled softly. "I know… I get, I'm just joking."]
Is another reference to the events of BtEN.