[during some odd hour of the night or early morning, three carefully crafted gifts varying in size (medium-small to small) arrive in Nick's room. they appear out of thin air and sit atop his dresser. with the gifts come a small arrangement of snapdragons in an opaque vase.
in the smallest box is a bracelet that pulses with dark magic. really it pulses in general, almost like it's breathing. when worn, it snakes around skin and molds to the shape of Nick's wrist.
the contents of the next box has a worn sweater with a simple note clipped to the collar's tag: 'Since you like this one'.
in the last box has a book on magical gardening from Sol & Scroll, with a printed photo of the two of them between the pages. it's one of the selfies Nick had taken, with his arm slung around August's shoulders and August caught with a rare smile. the garden they worked on together is in background.
the back of the envelope attached to the tiny pile reads ๐๐๐ธ๐ ๐ฟ๐ด๐๐, but when he does eventually read the letter:
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in the smallest box is a bracelet that pulses with dark magic. really it pulses in general, almost like it's breathing. when worn, it snakes around skin and molds to the shape of Nick's wrist.
the contents of the next box has a worn sweater with a simple note clipped to the collar's tag: 'Since you like this one'.
in the last box has a book on magical gardening from Sol & Scroll, with a printed photo of the two of them between the pages. it's one of the selfies Nick had taken, with his arm slung around August's shoulders and August caught with a rare smile. the garden they worked on together is in background.
the back of the envelope attached to the tiny pile reads ๐๐๐ธ๐ ๐ฟ๐ด๐๐, but when he does eventually read the letter:
๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ,
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ต'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ง ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต.
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด,
๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ]