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[laminae]

Uh, I'm probs fighting some donked up monster and can't come to the phone. Leave a message.

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[droptheious]

[Varian would absolutely drop-kick Finn into the Spirit Realm and pretend he knew nothing about it. In a heartbeat.

He brightens considerably when Fern receives the gift well. He knows he hasn't been able to work on it as well as he'd like. It's not perfect and that rankles him a little- but things have been what they have, and this is as good as it's got.]

You really do?

[laminae]

Sure! It's a great sword! It reminds me of one of my first swords I had back home.

[He'll even do a little spin with it in his hand, before lowering it so he can step over to Varian and scoop him up into a hug. He's spinning him, too. As he does, yarrow and nightshade and anemone are sprouting in his hair.]

Thank you!

[droptheious]

It does? Really?

[That's pleasing, that he's been able to give Fern something of a nice reminder of home- he doubts there's many of those for the other boy. The sudden scoop surprises him, and he lets out a soft squeak, which quickly dissolves into laughter as he's spun around. ]

You're welcome. Happy birthday, Bärchen.

[laminae]

[The nickname makes him blush deeply and after another moment he sets Varian down, but it's so he can pull him into a deep kiss. Yep, excellent birthday, a sword and his boyfriend, what more could anyone ask for?

When he pulls back he's looking just so, so happy.]

This is the best birthday ever, V. Seriously. I wouldn't want to have it any other way.

[droptheious]

[Oh, wow, he sure does return that kiss, and when Fern pulls back, he looks a little dazed. After a few moments of owlish blinking, a doofy, lopsided smile crosses his face. He's definitely blushing up a storm. ]

I'm really glad to hear that. [His hands shift up to play with Fern's hair, you know, while he's so close and all.] I really wanted you to have a good birthday.

[laminae]

[Fern can't help but blush at Varian's reaction when he pulls back. The lopsided smile of his is so endearing.]

To be honest, I never expected to have another good one. [The last one had only been good in a terrible kind of way. It hadn't been the genuine, sincere kind of good that came with all of Finn's birthdays. As Fern he didn't have those friends and family anymore - so as far as he was concerned, no one was going to get him gifts. No one was going to bake him a cake. No one was going to care.]

So just having one that doesn't suck is really, really great.

[droptheious]

[He's very enamoured right now, the smile is definitely sticking around for a little bit.]

Well, I'm just gonna have to make sure that every one is going to be great now. I might not be able to outdo myself every year, but boy, will I do everything I can to make sure they don't suck.

[laminae]

[Oh wow. Outdo himself? That's a lot.]

You don't gotta do something big every year. As long as I can spend it with you I'll be happy.

[droptheious]

Oh...well, that's good. [He's way too much of an overachiever to NOT try and outdo himself but still-] I mean, I'm really happy spending time with you, too. I just think you deserve to have something really special.

[laminae]

Geez.... [He opens his mouth to argue that no, he really doesn't, but he knows Varian won't put up with that. So he just blushes and reaches up to scratch a hand through his hair.]

Can we settle for something not terrible? It's not like there's a high bar to clear there.

[droptheious]

[Fern is very correct, Varain would not put up with that. Still, this seems a fair compromise so he nods.]

Okay, not terrible sounds like a reasonable goal.

[laminae]

Okay cool. [It's a start, and who knows, maybe this time next year he'll want to bump it up from 'not terrible' to 'good.']