From a Meme I Can't Find Any More
@bu11seye asked: [ gift ] sender giving receiver a small gift. (thank you!)
The gift sits between them for a second. She might have vampiric senses, but gifts for her still take her by surprise. Finally, gentle fingers take it from Jessica; her smile matches the joy in her eyes. She has been told before that she smiles too much, but now she has an excuse to and she's not going to apologise either!
"You really didn't have to," she states, glancing up from the wrapped present to meet the other's eyes, "I don't expect these things, I just want to be able to help when I can."
That's all Esme ever wants, to help those who need it whenever she can. The memory of her parents denying her help when she needed them most, still haunts her now. If she can be that person her younger self needed, then perhaps eternity isn't as damning as people make it out to be.