Il libro di Jaylos

Leave Your Mark

taken from: i_amthecosmos on Ao3
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"Hey," Ben said when he got to their apartment. "I haven't seen you two for a while. I like your place!"

"Thanks," Jay said when he met Ben at the door.. They had gotten it after Carlos had gotten a good tech job right out of college. Jay was playing in a minor league Tourney team, and they both helped out at the nonprofit Evie founded to help Isle kids get off to a good start in life. So they had a fairly nice place, not big, but much better than they'd had growing up.

Carlos came over and hugged Ben. "Hey. You two look great." Carlos went back to the kitchen.

"Thanks. Tourney keeps me in shape. You look good too."

"You two stop flirting." Carlos was back with a tray filled with cups of steaming coffee, sugar cubes, cream, and some shortbread cookies. "Here, fix it the way you like it." Ben put in one cube of sugar and some cream. Carlos put cream but no sugar. Jay filled his with lots of cream and three sugar cubes. (He would have put in four, but Carlos gave him a look.)

"So," Ben said. "I know we keep up on the group chat, but you've never invited me over before. Is there a reason?"

"Yep," Jay said, with a big grin on his face. "We decided we're going to get married."

"Really? That's amazing!" Ben was beaming ear to ear. "You're really going to do it?"

"Yeah, we decided now's a good time," Carlos said. "We're doing okay, we have an apartment, and we're already committed to each other. So why not do a really Auradon thing and get married?"

Ben looked slightly confused by that. Jay tried not to laugh. Ben knew damn well that commitment was almost non-existent where they came from, but it still puzzled him. "Well, that's great. So you wanted to tell me in person?"

"Actually," Carlos said. "We wanted to know if you could officiate it. Neither of us is much interested in getting a priest. And a lot of the churches haven't really warmed to Villain Kids, even after all this time."

"Or same-sex couples, even though it's legal thanks to you." When Ben had realized how many of his villain friends were queer, he made some quick changes to Auradon law. That didn't always make him popular, but it was the law all the same.

"Wow. Yes, I'll be honored." Ben looked awed. "But you have to give me a date so I can make the time in my schedule. Are you two planning a spring wedding? It would be close but we could do it." Ben looked truly touched to be asked.

"We're actually thinking of fall. Carlos really loves it when the trees turn colors." Jay took Carlos's hand and squeezed it. "I'd be happy anytime, or just going to a judge, but Carlos deserves a nice wedding."

"You both do," Ben said earnestly. Jay grinned. "So, do you have engagement rings?"

Carlos and Jay looked at each other. "Not really," Carlos said. "We're already getting wedding rings, so we didn't really see why. We might save the money we would have spent on a down payment on a house."

"I don't want a wedding ring," Jay said. "I told you want I want."

"And I said you were crazy." Carlos glared at Jay as he sipped his coffee.

"Uh, what does Jay want? A tattoo?" Jay had already gotten several. He had a nice detailed tribal on his left shoulder, and some smaller ones as well.

"I was thinking of something else. A brand." Ben looked at Jay, bewildered, and then Carlos.

"Is he serious?" He said to Carlos. "I mean-can you even do that?"

"You can if you're stupid enough," Carlos said. "He saw a program about it and now he's obsessed with the idea of getting a brand with our initials on his body. I don't like this one bit."