Happy 1st Birthday Orion
The town of Willoughby Falls and its inhabitants belong to @randowaffle and Ethan was created by @thatmangledpheonix
Orion is mine :3
This is a birthday thing for Orion but it it also a birthday gift to my friend.
Happy Valentine’s Day
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February 14th.
Andrew isn’t even surprised anymore. Orion goes all out for every holiday so why would Valentine’s Day be an exception? It’s actually quite endearing to look around the oddities shop and see how much effort his boyfriend puts into decorating. Even for something that will only last a few days.
Rose petals scattered across the floor, leading customers to the gift section. Heart-shaped cards attached to certain items with cheesy lines like ‘Be Mine’ or ‘You’re super!’ The usual cliche decorations one would see for the holiday, with an Orion twist to them. A glass replica of a real heart. A heart shaped candy box meant for those assorted chocolates, instead filled with tiny baby heads, skulls, glass eyes, and buttons. More disturbing cards like ‘Eye Love You’ with an eyeball on the card, a spiderweb drawn over the paper heart with ‘You’ve Caught My Heart’, and more of the ‘Be Mine’ cards except these are spelled out with newspaper clippings. Serial killer cards. Sweet but weird. And a little disturbing.
A small card-making station for people to make Valentine’s Day cards. A board is set up with a few cards pinned to it, all addressed to Orion. Why shouldn’t they write him cards? He’s a popular guy.
But that’s not what Andrew’s here for. There’s another important holiday today that Orion has failed to decorate for. His birthday. Seems fitting that Andrew’s hopeless romantic of a boyfriend be born on the day of love. And Andrew is determined to show how much he loves Orion.
Every birthday, Orion has made sure that Andrew has the best day, the best food, the best presents. ‘I always go all out for holidays’, he says. But there’s more to it than that. And this time, it’s Andrew’s turn to make this the best day for Orion.
The people of Willoughby Falls were more than eager to assist him. Even Noah Woods, despite his longstanding feud with Andrew, is putting aside his resentment, for Orion. It’s quite fortunate that Orion happens to be best friends with the town baker. Noah grins as he carefully packages the beautifully decorated caramel tres leches cake he had made earlier today. In purple icing, Orion’s favorite color, the words ‘Happy Birthday Cheshire Cat’ are written in cursive. Oreos are placed around the top of the cake, knowing Orion will find the joke funny.
Noah’s boyfriend, Sam pins another card to the board in Orion’s shop. The card-making station has been very popular but not for the reason Orion thinks. All the Valentine’s Day cards addressed to him are secretly birthday wishes from the townspeople. His sister Iris and her girlfriend, Elaine meanwhile are putting the finishing touches on their latest painting: a detailed picture of Orion’s Curiosities, even capturing the neon glow of the shop’s sign.
And while the residents of town sneak around with their gifts, Andrew is treating Orion to a night on the town. A reservation to his favorite restaurant, more little gifts than Orion can carry, all under the guise of being Valentine’s gifts. What Orion doesn’t know is that it’s a distraction while Cassandra and Aurora wrap the expensive, shiny jacket for Orion, and while Ethan prepares gifts of his own. A basket with a popcorn bucket, those weird sodas flavors that Orion always wants to try, a bag of candy corn and chocolate covered raisins. Everything they need to watch a new horror movie in theaters the next day.
“You sneaky little-“
Orion practically tackles Andrew, peppering his face with kisses, his lips gently kissing each of the businessman’s freckles. That big, bright smile of his never leaves Orion’s face as he tries to spoon-feed a slice of cake to Andrew and Ethan. This has truly been the best birthday yet.