Milkshake Hearts

Chapter 57: Cheesy

They have a quiet day for their anniversary, both taking a rare late morning and sleeping in (and, you know, other activities) until after 10am.

"Has it seriously been a year?" Courtney muses, aimlessly flitting around the living room to tidy up a little.

"It's gone so quickly but I feel like we've been together forever, too," Shayne agrees with her, walking out of the bedroom, "also, I got you something."

"Of course you did," she rolls her eyes, letting him take her hand and guide her to sit on the couch. She chooses to swing her legs up onto the couch and cross them under herself so she can sit sideways, facing him.

"Happy anniversary, my love," he tells her – not for the first time in the day – as he hands over a small box that looks a lot like a jewellery box.

Courtney flips it open, surprised when instead of a needlessly fancy item of jewellery she'd struggle to wear in her everyday life, she's met with a gold-and-red pin in the shape of a heart, "S + C" inscribed in the centre, sitting beside another of a cartoon milkshake – mocha, obviously.

"This is amazing," she laughs, pulling the heart pin out of the box, "you know me so fucking well."

"I figured a pin was more your style than anything else," he shrugs, "also, I maybe had them custom-made and the letters in the heart are maybe my handwriting."

"I was wondering why they looked so familiar," she nods, looking closely at the pin before carefully placing it back in the box so she can pull him into a firm kiss. "You are absolutely the sweetest and I love this."

"I'm glad you like it. I... not gonna lie, struggled with what to get you. Wanted to be a little cheesy, but not just like... stereotypical cheesy, I know that isn't you," he admits, hand settling comfortably against her thigh.

"I love your brand of cheesy," Courtney confirms, before reluctantly pulling away to go and retrieve (part of) his gift from where she had hidden it behind some of her books on their bookshelf. "Got you something too, or well, also struggled and got you a couple of different things but this is the one you get now."

He laughs at that, before thanking her wholeheartedly when he opens a gorgeous leather bookmark, their first names pressed into it alongside a simple 'I love you'.

"I like how we both just went for first names," Shayne grins, pulling Courtney into his arms more decidedly after they both shift their gifts over to the coffee table.

"I hadn't thought about the whole getting married and potential name changes thing until I was ordering this and was like... huh, we haven't talked about that have we," she shrugs.

"Do you have an opinion on it, out of interest? I don't, honestly," he admits, "I mean, if you want to take my name then that's fine, but I don't care if you don't, and I'd be fine if I took yours too."

"I don't really want to not have my name in there somewhere," Courtney admits, "but I want your name too. I can't decide, honestly."

"We could always do both and the hyphen," he suggests, and she nods.

"I don't mind that idea. Topp-Miller would be a decent name to have, y'think?"

Their conversation is interrupted by their doorbell, and Courtney laughs.

"Hey, Shayne, think that's for you."

He raises an eyebrow at her before reluctantly standing from the couch and wandering over to answer the door. He thanks the delivery person, taking the flowers and turning back to Courtney with a grin.