MHA #2 | Wednesday Evening

[knife_bender]

Diego had been sensitive to the fact that Annie had been pretty insular the last couple of weeks, and that throwing her a huge party for her birthday wouldn't have been a good idea. Even if the tub from the rager was still in the kitchen.

So he decided to keep it low-key this year, taking Annie to Baltimore for a fancy dinner that required him to wear a tie for once. There was little chance that could lead to anything upsetting unless a witchy looking redhead happened to be eating there that night.

Luckily for them, no such thing happened. Everyone made it home in one piece with no triggering of any trauma. Well, except for the tie thing. Diego hated wearing ties.

[For the birthday wife!]

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[defenderofdesmoines]

"Exactly. But," Annie noted, shifting to give him a light, playful kiss, "I think I have maybe kinda doomed us both to thinking about this whenever you wear a tie, anyway."

A pause, and, "And I think Jingle Bell Rock is also super ruined."

Just to say.

[knife_bender]

"Ruined?" he repeated. "No, I think it's even better now."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Ruined in a good way?" Annie tried, lifting an eyebrow. "Forever changed, how about that?"

Also, Annie had already picked out next year's rager karaoke number, purely because she knew it would make the two of them laugh and no one else would know why.

[knife_bender]

"I like that," he replied, kissing her again. "The song was kind of boring before anyway."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You absolutely improved it," Annie agreed, winding a hand up to brush her thumb along his jaw. "That's a great birthday present, right there: you have forever changed a classic Christmas song into something that'll make me blush when I hear it for the rest of our lives. Thank you, babe."

Best birthday ever.