Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, nor do I completely own Nick and Jeff (although I'm pretty much creating their personalities myself since we haven't gotten to know them too well on the show).

A/n: So I've written Married!Niff several times… but I haven't used this word yet (since I haven't made myself write these in any kind of chronological or alphabetical order – or even all of them within the same AU universe – I can put this wherever the heck I want). Hope you all enjoy.

Engagement

Jeff was nervous. He had been planning this date for weeks, and now it was finally happening. There were butterflies in the pit of his stomach, making him feel sick to his stomach as he waited for Nick to finish getting dressed to go out. "You look amazing… if you don't hurry up we're going to miss our reservation."

"This shirt doesn't fit right…" Nick began. Jeff sighed, smiling and walking over to wrap his arms around the shorter boy's waist.

"That would be because it's mine… and I think it looks great on you." Jeff kissed the side of Nick's forehead. "Now either change shirts or let's go, because I don't want to miss this reservation. It takes too long to get reservations there." Jeff watched as Nick sighed and nodded, before he smiled.

"Okay. Yeah, let's go." Jeff smiled, taking Nick's hand and leading him out to the car.

"You did not get us a reservation here… Jeff, this is one of the nicest restaurants in town!" Jeff smiled at Nick's reaction as he drove up to the valet stand to drop of the car. "Jeff… can you really afford this? I know it's your turn, but I hate to make you pay for this when the last date I paid for was Five Guy's…"

"I've been saving up for this one… I wanted to make tonight special."

"I didn't forget our anniversary or anything, did I?" Nick asked. Jeff squeezed his hand briefly as he put the car into park. He could tell that the other man was anxious, and that always worried Jeff; he was constantly on the lookout for signs that Nick might be having trouble keeping his eating issues under control.

"You haven't forgotten anything. I just want to do something nice for you."

Jeff led the other man into the restaurant, where they were quickly taken to their table.

"There aren't any prices on the menu, Jeff…"

"Don't worry about it… pick out whatever you'd like."

"I'd like to know how much everything costs… I don't want to make you spend a whole paycheck on dinner tonight," Nick replied.

"Nick… I have been saving every spare penny from my paycheck since I was working in the library freshman year of college. Blowing one paycheck isn't going to kill me. And it isn't going to be a whole paycheck, okay? Just relax…"

It took a while, but Jeff finally convinced Nick to order whatever he wanted. Finally their food arrived and they ate, Jeff playing with his old claddagh ring the whole time. Jeff smiled at Nick as the waiter cleared their plates in preparation for desert to be brought out. "Hey, Nick? Can I hold your ring for a second?"

"Why do you need it?" Nick asked. Jeff smiled as the other man took off the ring and handed it over to him anyway. Jeff took it, looking at the inside of the ring for a moment.

"I just wanted to look at something…" Jeff smiled, taking a deep breath before he got out of his chair and knelt down to Nick's left, taking the other man's hand. "Nicky… I love you more than anything. I want to marry you. I want to be with you for the rest of my life… will you marry me?"

"I… I…" Nick stammered. Jeff started to bite his bottom lip, until Nick leaned in and pressed a kiss against them. "God, I should have known that you were going to do something like this… can I have my ring back?" Jeff nodded, taking Nick's left hand as he offered it and slipping the ring onto it, with the heart facing outwards to symbolize their engagement. He smiled as Nick immediately did the same with his ring.

"Oh my God… we're getting married…"