Jakey's POV

One year later...

I looked at my map again. This had to be the place Bryan said to meet, right? It was his exact description of the place. A wide-open meadow, a couple miles outside town, next to a massive oak tree. Yeah, this was the place.

I sat down on one of the tree roots and scratched my neck. I instinctively reached up to my shoulder to pet Oliver before I remembered what had happened to him. I sighed and took a cookie out of my pocket. I munched on it a couple times and wiped my mouth. I missed him. A lot. 

I looked up and saw a flash of black and red in the treetops. I smiled. That was familiar. I nonchalantly stood up and leaned against the tree. I reached up, grabbed one of the branches, and pulled down, hard.

Sure enough, Bryan came tumbling out of the tree and landed on top of me, straddling me. Unfortunately, he was in his dragon form, so his chest was exposed. Even though I'd seen him like this a million times, I still blushed red when I saw him like that.

He smiled sheepishly. "Was I that exposed?"

"Do you mean your chest or in the tree?"

"Uh, the tree."

"Yeah, you were pretty obvious. The red, orange, and black stood out against all that green."

Bryan chuckled. "Yeah, should've known."

"Also, can you please change out of your dragon form? You look way too attractive."

He rolled his eyes. "I like to think you think I'm attractive, but fine."

He ducked behind the tree trunk to change. Once he was done, he sat down next to me again.

"So, what do you have in mind this time?" I asked.

He didn't answer, but cuddled closer to me instead. His warmth was so nice, I fell asleep. Sometimes, I wondered if he didn't know sleeping magic.

Third Person POV

The fire dragon slayer waited until his lover was relaxed and sleepy, then he sprang into action. He grabbed a small black box out of his pocket and opened it. He took its contents out and slipped it onto the other man's finger. Smiling to himself, he hid the box and shifted so his lover would wake up. And wake up, he did.

"Bryan?" Jakey asked. "Did you make me fall asleep again?"

Bryan nodded. "Yep. You always fall asleep whenever I cuddle with you."

"You're really warm and comfy, I can't help it!"

The fire mage laughed. "Touché, touché. You wanna sleep somewhere more comfy? Say, my bed?"

Jakey grinned and blushed. "Are you joining me?"

"Only if you want me to."

"Then, yeah, let's head back to your house."

Without hesitation, Bryan scooped Jakey up bridal style and started back for his mansion. Jakey yelped.

"H-hey! I-I can walk, you know?"

"Yeah, but I wanna carry you so you're not exhausted when we sleep, okay?"

Jakey grumbled and folded his arms. Bryan chuckled at his boyfriend's fake grumpy nature. He knew he liked this. Plus, Jakey was gonna like it even more when he noticed the engagement ring on his right hand.