[Billy's smile shifts to a smaller, more shy version of the grin he'd worn a moment ago, his gaze drifting to their rings as his fingers tease gently over Teddy's.]
I don't know if you can call it a story, really... but I thought of it a long time ago, I just didn't know how to do it. I was starting to get back into magic, and you'd... you'd done so much for me. I didn't want to ask anyone else to do it, I didn't want to ask them for it- [He's certain he doesn't have to tell Teddy who they are now.] I... wanted to make it. So I pilfered some silver and sapphires from the shops, and...
[He gestures vaguely to their fingers- to the ring. Obviously it wasn't as simple as that, but he's still very cautious about feeling too much pride in his magical accomplishments. It's what led him to all of his past screw-ups, after all, and experimenting with new spells - without help, at that - hadn't done him much good, either.
It's... hard to imagine this being bad in any way, though. With Teddy smiling like that, with the way the ring shone on his finger. It's hard not to be proud of it, that he'd made Teddy feel that way. So he's kind of desperately hoping that it's okay.]
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I don't know if you can call it a story, really... but I thought of it a long time ago, I just didn't know how to do it. I was starting to get back into magic, and you'd... you'd done so much for me. I didn't want to ask anyone else to do it, I didn't want to ask them for it- [He's certain he doesn't have to tell Teddy who they are now.] I... wanted to make it. So I pilfered some silver and sapphires from the shops, and...
[He gestures vaguely to their fingers- to the ring. Obviously it wasn't as simple as that, but he's still very cautious about feeling too much pride in his magical accomplishments. It's what led him to all of his past screw-ups, after all, and experimenting with new spells - without help, at that - hadn't done him much good, either.
It's... hard to imagine this being bad in any way, though. With Teddy smiling like that, with the way the ring shone on his finger. It's hard not to be proud of it, that he'd made Teddy feel that way. So he's kind of desperately hoping that it's okay.]