he smiled a little and nodded. “ten minutes.” he agreed, struggling to hide his own fears and worries about how much trauma Alex was going to be capable of handling. He wrapped his arms around Brax and pulled him tight into his arms, sighing softly as he smiled a little. “you feel good you know.” he admitted softly. “like your right.” he admitted nuzzling him. “sometimes I think that traveling back in time, meeting you...was all fate.” he admitted smiling. “a fate, I gladly accept... after so much nightmare and hell, your like a breath of heaven in my sore lungs.” he admitted, kissing Brax's neck. “so, I was wondering, after all of this is done, when your ready...if you might want to marry me?” he asked hopefully, slipping a promise ring out of his pocket, a beautiful silver ring in the shape of a serpent, the tongue curled around a gray stone so rare, that it would actually store magic. The more you wore it, the more magic it built up, like a giant battery, a wizard constantly leaked bits of magic, that the ring would pick up and store for the wearers use. And like the ring, Draco wanted to always be there.
Tom chuckled a little and shook his head a bit as he sat up a little. “Brax and I.” he stated calmly, smiling a little. “we always wanted big families.” he admitted shaking his head. “Brax is protective over you because he's claimed you as his family.” he admitted smiling again. “it's funny.” he admitted, heading down the hallway. “i started out as an orphan with no family at all and only one friend.. now I have a family of seven, if you include our snakes, and an eighth on the way.” he indicated the egg. “it's all so perfect.” he admitted smiling a little as he paused, pressing his ear to the door. “....oh my god...” Tom whispered his eyes wide. “i think Draco just proposed to Brax!”