"I'm supposed to be biased about my husband." It still feels like a gift to be able to say that aloud and not worry about anyone being offended. No one would hurt them for being together. No one in town cared that it had been forbidden in New York. Smiling softly at Magnus, his chest almost ached with happiness. "I'm glad we decided to stay here. I'd fade away if I wasn't able to have this with you."

That wasn't quite true, but Alec knew he wouldn't be the same without Magnus. Some important piece of himself would fade even if he continued on.

"The view had better be all mine since you're wearing my ring," he teased before his tone became more serious. "We only give them to the people we love most." Alec's parents would probably have a fit if they knew he'd given it to Magnus. It was against... something. It'd been part of the reason why they'd had to leave but Alec didn't understand what it meant.

"It would have been better if I had practiced before." At least Alec assumed it would be but he'd remembered it with nearly perfect clarity. Had he been right about the 'photographic memory' he'd mentioned to Pepper?

That detail was forgotten when Magnus mentioned the runes. The words and the hand on his chest seemed to cause some fragment of memory to become whole. He could imagine the sweeping curves of the wedding rune, knowing exactly how they would curl over his heart. "But you can't have runes. I won't have one if you can't share the set with me."