hunter had come over to river’s apartment the night before, just intending to hookup and then head back home but she ended up falling asleep. she awoke this morning, finding herself cuddled into him. she wanted nothing more than let herself fall back asleep in his arms but she remembered what day it was, may fifth, river’s birthday. she had only intended to stop by with his gift later on in the day but here she was so she decided to make the best of it. hunter very carefully slipped out of his arms, making sure not to wake him. she pulled her lacy underwear back on, as well as one of his t-shirts and headed out to the kitchen, not caring if sawyer came out or not. pancakes was one of the few things she was good at making so she pulled out the ingredients and whipped up some homemade ones. she made an absolute disaster of the kitchen in the process but she would deal with that later. she plated the flapjacks and brought them in to him. she gently sat down on the bed next to him and placed a soft kiss on his lips to wake him up. “happy birthday baby.”