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today
There were a lot of days that were ingrained in Michael’s memory. That no length of time would ever dull his recollection of. The day he’d stolen Alex Manes’s guitar and finally had a real conversation with the emo kid who had so fascinated him. The day he’d kissed Alex for the first time at the UFO museum. The day they’d reconnected for the first time after Alex returned to Roswell. The day they’d officially gotten back together after working together to retrieve Max’s pod from Jones. And the day when he and Alex had finally used the words ‘I love you’ in the present tense. A whole series of nearly perfect days.
Then there were the days that were more of a mixed bag of happiness and heartbreak together, but equally embedded in his memory. The day they’d first made love, and the horror and pain that had come after the joy. The day Alex had told him Michael was his family and refused to leave him, immediately prior to the building exploding and taking Michael’s mother and who knew how many other aliens with it. The day Alex had sung to him in a crowded cowboy bar, and then been welcomed into another man’s arms.
Day after day of indelible memories, all tied to one person. The single most important person in Michael’s life.
And today. Today Michael knew would be another one of those days. Today would be etched into his memory in every detail from start to finish. And today would be one of the nearly perfect days. Because today was the day he asked Alex Manes to marry him. And he was going to make damn sure that today was the day Alex said yes.
