// ext. rooftop - late night. 27th march
@jeremiah-rose
"Told you they're gorgeous now that the city's dead of lights," Ash murmured at a quick glance up to the clear skies, fulfilling a promise he made to Jer a couple of nights ago. The stars filled the sky even with the full moon shining in all its brilliance, as if wishing the other man happy birthday all the same. Still, he couldn't help the nerves of whether he'd even have Jer tonight at all, with other celebrations for him underway and assuming his attention would be elsewhere, Ash was mentally (emotionally?) prepared to not get an answer when he knocked on his door.
Ash took a few steps away from the telescope to sit down by the picnic bench, patting on the space beside him to invite Jer to join, flashing a boyish grin he always had when it came to the stars as he leaned back against the table, "it's a full moon tonight so it's too bright to really see the full extent of it all but, still pretty." Turning his gaze down from the sky to finally face Jer fully, fishing out the sealed bottle of Yamazaki 18 he dug out earlier, "and- this is my absolutely last bottle of whiskey I have." He had said he ran out of his own stash of liquor early on, but this was the one in his drawer locked away from the temptation to ever cave if he was ever in a bad place, ever since he moved here, surprised by his own will power over the years to keep it there. But he pulled this out today, because he felt like he was in a good place, and it seemed like the best way to crack it open - with someone that's been there with him since the start of the bottle's confinement.
"I know it's not the best or most exciting gift you've gotten today but.." Ash chuckled with a weak gesture to the scene in front of them before he handed the bottle to Jer, managing a soft smile and warm words of fondness, "happy birthday."