"Love is in the air."

[inkandleather]

Who: Jace and Jesse Hartley with everyone else, basically
What: Wedding reception!
Where: The Glasshouses, NYC
When: After THIS

The day had been crazy, but in an amazing way. Jace's face was hurting not just from smiling so much, but from getting his cheeks pinched by his family. Then he was probably not going to be far off having bruises on his body just from the amount of hugs he had received, and his lips were stinging from how much he had been kissing Jesse (and there might have been a little, "quickie" encounter when they stole a few moments alone together). There had been a lot of mingling, eating, laughing, gushing over wedding rings. Jace felt like he was on cloud nine and no matter what, just couldn't stop grinning. He and Jesse were actually married.

It was now time for the first dance, and Jace's head was still spinning. This time, it was just Angel singing on his own. After the first dance was announced, Angel stepped up to the microphone and started to sing Love Is In The Air, but only after telling everyone that the grooms wanted everyone to join them, because it wasn't just their Valentine's Day, it was everyone's. Jace was nearly crying again when Jesse came up to him and wrapped his arms around him.

"Oh my god, don't make me trip," he shrieked with a laugh and then planted a kissed on Jesse's lips, smiling into it. "Are you sweeping me off my feet, gorgeous. Oh, wait, you already did that. I love you. We are totally married now, most amazing husband in the whole wide world."

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[imitationoflife]

"Two, huh? Why do I get the feeling you might have been double the trouble?" Lisa asked with a smile. There was no denying that he was extremely good looking. It was something Lisa had noticed the night she met his twin because he looked so much like Justin, who was a beautiful boy. He was laughing at his bashful admission about his nephew though. "Well, in that case. It's lovely to meet you. I'm Lisa, Caden's sister. Brendan's mother."

She looked at the crowd dancing and it did look appealing. "No date, unless you count my son, my brother and his partner. I haven't been in the city very long. This has been my first social engagement, and I have to say, it's been a truly lovely night. They seem like a very special couple, but alas, I don't know them personally. And I would love to dance, seeing as you asked so nicely," she added, putting her drink down to take his offered hand.

[breakablehearts]

Sam grinned. "I would deny that, but my parents would probably jump on the next plane from Australia just to smack me in the head for the lie. In my own defence, Mark was the troublemaker and I was just usually the collateral damage. I'm very much the boring twin." When he heard she was Caden's sister, it suddenly all made a lot of sense how she had met Mark and Gen, and how gorgeous she was. That whole family were drop dead gorgeous. Exceptional genes. And now he could very much see the resemblance. "Sam. And the pleasure is all mine. Now I feel stupid for not realising the connection straight up."

He was still smiling at her when he lead her out onto the dancefloor, pointedly trying to avoid catching Justin's gaze because he could only imagine the cheeky smirk he would find on his nephew's face... because it completely match his father's. "It has been a lovely night. I work at the hospital with Jesse, so I know Jace by default. I often work with his older brother, Evan, who has been Jace's Best Man today. Well, for your first social New York engagement, you look beautiful tonight."

[imitationoflife]

This earned him a bright smile from Lisa. "I've heard the Aussies are a fun bunch. And one person's boring might be another's charming, so don't sell yourself short. Not every girl wants the bad boy. I've been there, done that. It got me two beautiful children, but it also got me a lot of pain and heartache. The silver lining was that it drove me to be successful and independent. Life's just a roadmap of experiences, good and bad." She patted his arm softly. "Don't feel stupid. It just means we can get to know each other on our own."

His hand went to her waist and she put hers on his shoulder as they started to dance together. It was a slower song, which was nice. She had never been the sort to cut a move on the dancefloor to dance music. "You work at the hospital? What is it that you do there?" she asked, intrigued. But then she was smiling at him again. "Well, thank you, Sam. I have to say right back at you, too. The colour of your suit brings out the colour in your eyes."