[ he cries when he opens this gift. not immediately. there are a good few minutes of overjoyed gladness, of appreciating the needlework and the lovely look of the scarf, the lovely nature of the note, the loveliness of receiving a secret santa, all the way out here where santa's never been and all his friends are new ones...
it's how touched he feels that gets him. paves the way for a complicated collection of other emotions waiting in the wings, nostalgia an odd background note. with all of these things, all of these memories, he sits in quiet for twenty minutes and cries.
it's a good thing. he should do it more often.
he will, of course, go on to wear this thing everywhere. and also, perhaps, to put two and two together over time. ]
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it's how touched he feels that gets him. paves the way for a complicated collection of other emotions waiting in the wings, nostalgia an odd background note. with all of these things, all of these memories, he sits in quiet for twenty minutes and cries.
it's a good thing. he should do it more often.
he will, of course, go on to wear this thing everywhere. and also, perhaps, to put two and two together over time. ]
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