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It had become a tradition of sorts. Magnus would whisk Alec away to a different country at a moment’s notice, and Alec would pull him over to the first photo booth that he saw. Ever since their trip to Tokyo a few years back, where they had first taken the photos together, the act would grow even more.
After a while, they decided to make it their thing. It didn’t take long for there to be a collection of them growing. Magnus had bought a scrapbook for them to keep every strip of photos in, so that they could look through it and remember all their trips from around the world.
It was another one of those days, where Alec had a free day, and Magnus took advantage of the fact that they had a day to themselves. They had woke up early, and gotten ready, Alec trying to get out of Magnus the truth of where they were going, but his boyfriend was determined to keep his lips sealed.
Once they had stepped through the portal, Alec couldn’t contain the grin that grew on his face, a twinkle in his eyes as he looked over at Magnus. He had taken them back to Tokyo, like the very first time. They hadn’t been back since, opting to visit as many places as possible, but Tokyo held a special place for them, as the beginning of their relationship.
They had spent the day revisiting all the places they had been to before, and visiting some new sites that they’d wanted to see. They laughed and held each other close, not caring about any of the other tourists or residents as they would steal kisses whenever the opportunity arose.
It wasn’t till later in the night, when they were on their way to their hotel that Alec spotted it. It was the same photo booth that he had pulled Magnus into when they first visited. He knew Magnus had spotted it as well when they both caught each other’s eye and grinned, both changing the direction they were walking in to go into the booth.
Alec sat down, watching as Magnus put the money in and went through the options so they could take the normal four photos that they always opted for. And while watching, Alec felt a warm wave of nostalgia rush through him, and he knew, in that very moment that, this is what he wants for the rest of his life.
“Okay let’s start this off with funny faces.” Magnus sat back and the two of them pulled ridiculous faces towards the camera.
The next photo ended up being Magnus facing Alec with a confused expression on his face, while Alec was mid sentence.
The next photo was Alec holding a ring box in his hands, a grin on his face and tears in both his and Magnus’ eyes.
The last photo turned out to be Magnus kissing Alec, his hands on either side of his face, and a new ring on his left hand.
It had become a tradition of sorts, for them to take photos in a photo booth wherever they went. It had started out as a pinpoint for the beginning of their relationship. But now it was something more.
It was the beginning of the rest of their lives. The beginning of their forever, trapped inside a photograph.