𝑵𝑯𝑳 𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑺

𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒍 - 𝒄𝒉𝒊 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒘𝒌𝒔

christmas.

the best time of the year.

it was also time for christmas shopping.

when you have a boyfriend who plays hockey and is travelling around north america a lot playing in the nhl, you have no idea what to get him.

dylan strome's fiancée and a great friend of mine, tayler, and i are going christmas shopping together.

i left a little earlier than i normally would so brandon wouldn't hear me getting ready.

i showed up to tayler's apartment and knocked.

i heard their dog, wrigley, barking and i knew that they were home.

the door opened and tayler was smiling at me.

"hey! ready to go?" she asked.

"yeah for sure." i said back.

"dylan is taking care of weslie today so it's just us." she smiled.

being a new mom like her, i can tell see was happy about getting out for once.

"sweet." i said.

she closed the door and locked it and we set off to the beautiful downtown of chicago.

"water tower mall?" i asked her as we got in my car.

"you bet y/n."

we were now walking into the mall and i was already sure this was going to be fun.

"i have no idea what to get dylan." tayler said as we walked by some stores.

"same with me, brandon is so hard to get gifts for." i said back.

"i mean, i don't just want to get him the simple chocolates and coffee ya know?" she looked over at me for an answer.

"i'll probably still end up getting them though." i laughed and she did too.

we walked past an adidas and my first thought was, 'hockey training + shoes = good present.'

"tay, we gotta go in there." i'm positive she agreed too because grabbed my hand and then we were looking at shoes.

i ended up getting some back and white shoes for brandon and tayler got a pair of red shoes for dylan.

"we really hit the jackpot in there." tayler said as we headed up the escalator.

"yeah we did." i smiled at her.

we were browsing a nordstrom when something in my bag buzzed.

i opened my bag and saw my phone was going off because brandon was calling.

i answered and said, "hey."

"hi, um where are you?" brandon said on the other end of the line.

"at the mall with tayler. why?"

"just wondering, i didn't get my cuddles this morning."

i laughed, "i'll give you cuddles when i get home brandon."

"you better," he laughed too, "when are you going to be back?"

"probably in like an hour."

"that translates to two hours." brandon said.

"hour and a half. tops." tayler came over and mouthed 'brandon?' 'yeah.' i mouthed back.

"well i'll see you when you get back, love you." brandon sighed.

"yeah, i love you." i smiled even though he couldn't see.

"bye."

"bye." and i ended the call.

i looked at tayler and she smiled, "you're so in love."

"he's amazing."

we wrapped up after getting some some things and taking some instagram photos outside. because, necessities.

i unlocked the door to the apartment and walked in.

i made sure to keep the presents in my car so brandon wouldn't see them.

i put my coat in the closet and bag down on the bench but made sure to grab my phone.

i walked into the living room and found brandon sitting on the couch watching something on the tv.

"hello." i said and made my presence known to him.

he looked at me and got up to give me a hug.

"hey." he hugged me for a while and it felt good. it's a good feeling to hug someone.

"cuddles?" i whispered.

"heck yeah."

timeskip to christmas

"babe these are so nice oh my god!!" yeah, he liked the shoes.

@yn.yln

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merry christmas and happy holidays from us to you ❤️🎄

a/n:
(03/17/22)
my hagel bagel was traded today.
this post means a little bit more to me now.
love you so much hags, good luck in tampa.
❤️🥯