"Phew," Adrian said, jokingly, swallowing so as to stop himself from almost-crying, "Good thing," he said, "As I've already started turning my building into a potions lab," he laughed.
"It's not too much? Too soon?" He looked her in the eye, straightening them both up a bit, "Alicia," his demeanor grew more serious, "I want the twins to grow up in that place. I want to bring magic there and I want to do with it you. If you don't want me to be part of it, just say the word, it's your home either way if you want it, because you deserve the palace of your dreams." He took a breath, "When we came here last year, I knew that this was bigger than anything else I'd ever done in my life, I knew that being with you would change my life, but I had no idea I'd want to share everything in life with you." He stopped himself, feeling other words coming on that he wasn't prepared to say just yet - and, he thought, she might not be prepared to hear just yet. But the sentiment was the same - he wanted to share his entire life with her, no matter what that looked like.