closed starter for emerson tulach ( flashback ). ( @ragingemerson )
It had taken Teddy months to plan their trip— bouncing back and forth between destinations, activities, ways in which they could make their trip a relatively quiet one even when he was determined to make his girlfriend’s birthday something she would be able to remember for the foreseeable future with nothing but the utmost fondness. Traveling, in his experience, wasn’t difficult so much as it had the potential for him to be mobbed by reporters of all kinds and that winter he’d taken to dyeing his hair a dark brown as though that would somehow change the fact that he had fairly recognizable features and no shortage of coverage on any given day where the tabloids were concerned. Still, actually traveling to Samos had been far easier than he’d planned and Teddy found himself equal parts elated and relieved by how easily they’d gotten to the little beach house he’d rented for two weeks for the pair of them.
“What do you think, my love? I haven’t done too bad, eh?” He asked, glancing over his shoulder with a broad, easy smile as the bag on his shoulder slipped away to settle at his feet with a soft noise. He turned on his heel to study Emerson with bright eyes-- the smile on his face still broad and warm as he reached up to hold Emerson’s face in his hands and press their foreheads together, adoration seeming to bleed from his every movement. “Happy birthday, my darling. I love you.”