Drake doesn't say anything in response to Ephemera's blurted realization, just holds his pose and waits patiently for the other man to process it. The long stretch of wide-eyed staring doesn't seem to bother him but at the first 'yeah' his smile changes, from soft and patient to as broad as it can get.
"You knew what I meant," he replies to the joke, and when Ephemera takes the ring and tries it on he takes that moment to slip his own on, the silver-and-black one still in his other palm. Then his hand settles over his partner's where it rests on his shoulder, giving Ephemera another moment to let it settle while he examines the design.
"We don't have to be that specific, either, like it might depend where we wind up and we've already promised each other more than this but..."
A bit of metal and potential paperwork obviously doesn't actually make their promises more concrete or meaningful, but it still represents something special. At least to Drake, how he was raised to think of things, and from the shock and obvious emotional response Ephemera's having now it seems like even 500 years in the future it's important. He might not have had any doubts about their status if Ephemera had thought it was too much, or even just silly, but hearing the actual answer feels better than Drake had imagined.
"...I'm stupidly happy you actually said yes," he finally finishes the thought, huffing a sheepish laugh. "You like them?"
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"You knew what I meant," he replies to the joke, and when Ephemera takes the ring and tries it on he takes that moment to slip his own on, the silver-and-black one still in his other palm. Then his hand settles over his partner's where it rests on his shoulder, giving Ephemera another moment to let it settle while he examines the design.
"We don't have to be that specific, either, like it might depend where we wind up and we've already promised each other more than this but..."
A bit of metal and potential paperwork obviously doesn't actually make their promises more concrete or meaningful, but it still represents something special. At least to Drake, how he was raised to think of things, and from the shock and obvious emotional response Ephemera's having now it seems like even 500 years in the future it's important. He might not have had any doubts about their status if Ephemera had thought it was too much, or even just silly, but hearing the actual answer feels better than Drake had imagined.
"...I'm stupidly happy you actually said yes," he finally finishes the thought, huffing a sheepish laugh. "You like them?"