can i request some soft fluff for heatherharringrove :o
Hello Bb!!! Of course you can! I hope I did them justice <3
It was a week before Heather’s birthday, and Steve was freaking out.
“Billy, I don’t know what to get her, I’m just all out of ideas!,” Steve whined, “Nothing sounds right, and I want it to be perfect.” He flopped down on the bed in defeat. Billy sighed. It was the fourth time in two weeks that they had sat down to figure out something to get her. They had gone through the idea of clothes, jewelry, and most other generic gifts, but Steve wanted it to be as amazing as she was always able to pull off for them, and Billy was inclined to agree.
After all, they were the only two who knew about The Closet, a closet in the second bedroom of their apartment, which was originally designated as extra storage, but slowly through their four years of living together it had become the resting place of every ugly christmas sweater, obnoxious piece of jewelry, and tacky decoration Heather had received from various friends and relatives. She was the only one to use The Closet, as Billy didn’t have too many random aunts and uncles who send ceramic angels and crap and Steve had no qualms about throwing away terrible gifts, but Heather couldn’t, and thus has filled The Closet.
Steve didn’t want to end up adding to The Closet, so the gift had to be perfect. And then inspiration struck Billy.
What did all three of them love almost as much as each other?
“Steve, what about something to do with the ferrets?” Billy asked as he sat down next to where Steve had flopped down, and began to rub between his shoulders.
“Tha- I think that’s actually perfect, Bill-Babe, you genius.” He sat up and smacked a wet kiss to Billy’s cheek.
“Okay, but what should it be?”
Steve paused for a minute, looking up and away as he contemplated. After a few silent moments, he suddenly bounced up and down.
“Bill! I’ve got it! Do you remember that one night where none of us got any sleep because Princess and Mr. Ferret decided to have a competition on who could take up the most room in the bed?”
“Yeah, it was terrible and we were all cranky.” Heather had been particularly grumpy all day after that, as she took most of Mr. Ferret’s kicking and squirming.
“What if we made a separate bed for the ferrets?” Steve seemed so excited, he couldn’t possibly stop him when he got like this, even if he had doubts that the stubborn bastards would actually use the thing.
“Sure, sounds doable. I’ll make it, and you can paint it?”
“Deal!” Steve sealed their agreement with another kiss, and then they went to find their third, working on another outfit commission in the living room, drowning in tule and plastic diamonds.
Heather had never felt happier. That wasn’t actually true, but it felt like it in the moment. Her two boyfriends had somehow planned the perfect birthday, showering her in affection and great food, and even let her pick her favorite movie, Sleeping Beauty. They had just finished eating the cake the two had tried to bake, which somehow succeeded in looking exactly like the cake the three fairies had made, and Steve was practically vibrating in his seat.
She raised her eyebrow and shot Billy a look. “Steve, hun, what’s got you so wired?” She asked gently.
“We got you something,” Steve said as he nodded at Billy to go grab the wrapped gift they had stowed away in The Closet under a pile of particularly heinous Christmas sweaters.
Steve started talking a mile a minute, something he only did when he was especially wound-up. “So, it’s kind of not for you specifically, but we thought you’d appreciate it the most, and we wanted to get you something you’d actually use and-” Heather stopped Steve’s ramblings with a gentle hand on his mouth and a small smile.
“Sweetheart, I’m sure I’ll love it.”
Then before he could pick back up, Billy sat the box down in front of her and sat back in his seat. With no preamble, she began to tear open the wrapping and the box they had stored it in, pulling out the small bed frame. It was simple in design, a plain rounded headboard and footboard, with two higher sides to keep all of them safely on the bedding.
Despite the simple design, Steve had gone wild with his paint job. The back of the headboard held a beautiful design that held all four of the ferrets’ names and the rest was all covered in a pink and blue swirling pattern.
Heather instantly loved the thing. She knew exactly why the boys had made it, and beamed at the idea of a ferret-free bed. She loved her fur babies, but having all four of them together sometimes felt like herding cats.
She got up from her chair and raced around to place a tender kiss on both boys’ cheeks before racing off to set up the new addition in their bedroom.
Unfortunately, as amazing as the bed was, only Pancake and Mrs. Ferret actually used the thing. Mr. Ferret and Princess were simply too cuddly to be contained, and continued to worm their way between the three.
tagging @blurbwitch bc I know you love these three too!
