a running list of ways i’ve been told ‘i love you’ recently:
1. my dad went through the house looking for snacks to send with me on the way home after the holiday
2. his wife saved the fake flowers she used to decorate for their wedding because i said they were cute. she sent them with me on the way home
3. ‘let me know when you’re home safe’ from my dad, my brother, and my sister-in-law
4. my dad makes potato salad every time i visit because he knows i like his and no one else’s
5. my dad’s wife asked a thousand questions about how i like my shrimp because she wanted to make sure i would like how she made it (it was fucking incredible. it was so good. she is a wizard and i want to learn her magicks)
6. ‘i just wanted to check up on you’ from my mom. every time she says this, i know what it means
7. two different friends sent me the same omegaverse shitpost
8. ‘do you want to go to trader joe’s tomorrow?’ from my friend, because she knows i don’t go out much
9. every time one friend tells me about her monster hunter exploits, the kids she teaches, her tabletop games and characters
10. a friend asked me to beta read her fanfic this morning, and said she’d never shared her writing with anyone before
11. my friend made a separate dish without kale at friendsgiving
12. that same friend always makes sure i get to bring the mac and cheese
