Epilogue
A few years down the line Wallace would find himself at the top of the contest world, creating a cup in his name due to demand from his fans. Sometimes he'd invite Juan to guest judge alongside him. Winona attended most of them; she was his biggest help in organising them. Steven always went, even if only to discover a new cave. Life had never been better.
"Happy anniversary," Steven said, holding out a small box. "Would you believe it's been five years already?"
Wallace leaned in to kiss him. "And I still love you as much as the first day." He carefully lifted the lid off the box and inside nestled in silk was a water stone. "It represents us perfectly."
Steven smiled. "I thought you would agree. I wanted to engrave our names into it, but I couldn't bring myself to deface such a beautiful stone."
"There are other ways to display our lasting love." Wallace took Steven's right hand and shrugged off one of his rings. He placed it on his ring finger, finding it was a little too large.
Steven watched and sighed when Wallace neglected to look at the ring before putting it on. "There certainly are." He removed the ring and placed it in Wallace's palm. "Look closer."
Wallace held the titanium band up to his face and he caught sight of something on the inner surface. "It's braille. What does it say?"
"My name."
There was a questioning look, but Wallace said nothing. Steven took the ring off of his own ring finger and handed it over. This ring also had braille engraved into it, but it was different.
"My name?" Wallace asked.
Steven nodded. "I hope you think it's an acceptable wedding ring."
Wallace bit his lip, trying to control his smile. "Is that a proposal?"
"I wouldn't be opposed to spending the rest of my life with you."
His heart wouldn't stop pounding as he threw his arms around Steven. "Please tell me you're serious."
Steven hugged him tightly. "Of course."
Wallace was waiting for Steven to make a witty joke about how he wanted this to proceed, but he said nothing more, only holding him close. He guessed that meant he was as serious as could be.
It took until they were lying in bed for Steven to mention anything more. "Can we get married in a cave?"
Not only was he asking to marry into the Stone family, but also into a life of stones.
A/N: A big thanks to cherrytruck on AO3 for helping me to better craft the end of this fic.