Hurray for the US Supreme Court ruling! It's about time!

Finally Official

Note: There WILL be a sequel to this story. But I'm going to build my own Drew and Rick's family backgrounds to make more fun for me. :)

Now on with the show...

They eloped to Santa Fe, New Mexico because their home state of Texas wouldn't perform, or even recognize their union. Now three days later and a married couple for 24 hours, They had just come from dinner.

The headlight was all over the YAHOO! homepage on Drew's laptop as Rick opened it up to check his e-mail to see if his new boss had received the documents he had sent earlier.

U.S SUPREME COURT LEGALIZES GAY MARRIAGE NATIONWIDE

The two burst into laughter.

They had been resigned to the fact that even thought they were married here in New Mexico, they were prepared to be not recognized as so back home in San Antonio. It was the best that could be done at this point in time.

Or so they thought.

Now, they likely still couldn't have tied the knot at home, thanks to some judges and magistrates refusing to marry gay couples claiming religious freedom rights, or some just to be pricks, Rick and Drew thought. But at the very least, even big Texas had to abide by the Federal court and treat them as any other married couple. It was a kick in the teeth for the bible belt state and it felt good.

The two still got stares and glares when they held hands or hugged or kissed in public. This went entirely ignored now.

The problem was other people's, not theirs.

"Too bad life can't always be like this," Drew sighed.

His head was resting on his new husband's chest.

Yes, his husband.

"Yeah," Rick lamented.

Tomorrow evening they would be back in San Antonio.

The next night Drew would be on shift at the ER.

A week after that Rick would be starting his new job with the police department.

"But you know what makes going back to real life easier for me?" Drew asked, placed a kiss on the other man's bare chest.

"What's that?" His husband smiled.

"That when I say I'm going home to my husband, it's true."

Rick grinned. "Me, too."

"You look happy," Topher said to Drew before they began shift. "I take it that Rick's not moving?"

Before Drew had left for the long weekend he had been worried–as he had been all week that Rick would decide to take the job in South Carolina–and it definitely showed to his friends.

"Nope," Drew grinned. "He took a job here training state police and SWAT. We went to Santa Fe for the weekend."

"Nice," Topher replied.

"And we got married."

"What? Whoa. Congrats, man!"

"Thanks. Funny, we did it the day before the Supreme Court ruling. We had been expecting to come here to the same ol' thing. It was great timing."

Before they could discuss the topic more the first flow of patients arrived. It wasn't like he wasn't going to tell Topher, or even Kenny or TC about the parking lot proposal. It wasn't a guy thing. However, he did tell Krista and Jordan later that night when he had the chance to chat with them.

Both thought it was sweet.

Everybody thought that if any couple deserved marital bliss, it was these two.

After all they'd been through, splitting up and coming together again, it seemed Drew and Rick could whether anything.

Rick smiled, Drew enter their home that morning.

Drew. His husband.

"Hey, how was your shift?" He asked as they shared a kiss.

"Not bad. Everyone was happy with the news. I told them we didn't want a party or anything but you know Jordan. I think she's planning something already."

Rick chuckled. "Well, she always throws good parties."

"I suppose I can't argue there."