SO makes a special gift for character, how about Grim?
Let's see if I can finish these before the new ones post from the queue! End of the month speed run! Woo!
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Grim sat stiffly next to you on the couch. "I still don't understand," he said. "What is the gift-giving occasion?"
"Who says I need an occasion to give you a gift?" you laughed. "I finished this and I wanted to give it to you right away."
"But I don't have anything for you. You should have informed me earlier that you had a gift so that I could have gotten you something." He was pouting! He was actually pouting!
You laughed again and reached up to cup his cheek. "Believe me," you said, "your reaction to this will be gift enough for me." You stroked a thumb over his cheekbone and he leaned into your touch.
"Positive." You patted his cheek one more time and then grabbed the gift bag from the coffee table and thrust it into his lap. "Open it, open it, open it!"
Grim finally smiled, just a little bit, and reached into the bag. He pulled out the leatherbound book and ran a hand over the cover, tracing the carefully stamped gold letters. It just read "Together".
"Open it!" you urged again and watched as he did.
Inside, on creamy pages, were pictures. Any picture he had ever taken of you, any picture you'd somehow gotten of him, all the pictures anyone had ever taken of the two of you together--you had painstakingly arranged each and every one on the pages. You'd written captions and little comments, doodled hearts and funny pictures, and poured your soul into making the most beautiful album ever. You watched your love trace his finger over each page, watched his face shift as he smiled and chuckled, and yes, even teared up looking at it.
Eventually, he reached a blank page and looked up at you. You beamed at him. "I saved space for more adventures," you explained.
Grim delicately closed the book and set it aside. Then he wrapped his arms around you and pulled you to him. "I love you," he said into your hair. "Thank you. This is the best gift I've ever gotten."
"You deserve it," you told him and turned so you could kiss him.