status: closed for @mvxsinc ( surprise !! ) setting: max & teddy’s apartment, the day after christmas
TRIP ARRIVES AT MAX’S APARTMENT sometime around mid - afternoon with a pep in his step and a small bag in his hand. after giving a quick rap against the door, he slides out of sight next to the doorframe and waits for the moment max steps out. when she does, he coughs to make his presence known before stepping forward and pulling her into a spinning hug from behind. ❝ surprise ! ❞ he laughs, the sound warm and rosy and rumbling against her back, then he sets her down with a little twirl to face him. ❝ you, my dear maxine, are the luckiest girl in woodstock. why’s that, you may ask ? well— ❞ the shiny, yellow material of the bag he’s been carrying catches in the warm light of the hallway as he holds it out to her. ❝ —because i’m your secret snowflake this year, and that hug wasn’t the only thing from your wishlist that i got ya. ❞ he pushes the bag into her hands, bouncing on his heels with notable excitement.