After the Fact. -Ethan winters x Fem reader-

May 8th

May 8th, 2021

((We don't know Ethan's real birthday it only says he was born in 1983 so imma make it May 8th. Homeboy is def a Taurus bro))

Ethan's birthday, the one day of the year he let you buy him stuff, so here you were, out shopping for your husband. What did he like? Barley anything. So you got the basics, Roses, His favorite ice-cream, some supplies for his favorite dinner. The basics.

Now onto the hard part. Gifts. He would not tell you what he wanted this year at all, he only said.
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"Oh I don't want anything"
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so you decided to take matters into your own hands, you started by going on his computer and seeing what he searched up. And you made a list.

Cologne
Haircut
New robe
New Apartment (couldn't help out with that one)
Coffee maker

And then the rest was boring engineering stuff. So you didn't have much to go off of. You got what he wanted, the cologne, which wasn't pocket friendly, but he pretty much died for you and rose so the least you could do is buy him a $65 dollar bottle of cologne. You scheduled his haircut, got his robe, the boring engineering stuff, which wasn't cheap ether.
Bought the coffee machine, and with that you were done for now. You'd obviously buy more stuff after his birthday was done.

After you checked out, you were putting the bags in your trunk when you realized something.

You can buy Ethan a new jacket! You rushed back in and found the exact jacket, in his size and it was brand new. The color difference between his old one you had on and the one you have in your hands is crazy. That jacket has been through hell and back.

You put his jacket in the back with the rest and went home. He wasn't home right now , Chris took him out to brunch. You got home and saw Rose with a soldier, they were playing. You knew her, she went by tundra. So that's what you called her. You smiled at her and went to your room, where you began wrapping the gifts.

His jacket was one thing you wanted him to open first, so you horribly wrapped it, so he would have to open it. You set all of his gifts on the bed and began cooking dinner.

-later-

Ethan had arrived home and dinner was done, you had Mia (who you were on okayish terms with) watch Rose, and you set up a candle lit dinner, with wine, his plate, and his gifts all set up nicely. "Hi birthday boy!" You ran up to him hugging him. He gave you a kiss and looked around. "What's all this?" He sniffed a bit. "Oh nothing, just ya know dinner.. the usual " you went back to the kitchen to finish dishes. "For me?" He asked, kinda shocked. "Ethan I always do something for you on your birthday? Always have since we were kids!" You laughed and began sweeping.

He looked around once more. "Go shower and then meet me out here?" You said to him, giving him a kiss after you emptied the dustpan. He nodded and went to shower. You lit candles, turned on his favorite movie. And got the living room ready for him. Placing his gifts on the couch next to where you two would be sitting.

Soon enough you heard the shower stop and the curtains slide open. You got everything prepared.. again. And held the remote. He came out in his plaid pants and a black shirt.

You patted the couch and he sat next to you, looking amazed at the chicken spaghetti you prepared him. "Eat!" You unpaused the movie and got up to dim the lights.

-gift unwrapping time-
You took his paper plate and threw it away. And grabber his presents. There were a lot so it took you some trips. You eventually got them all with him and told him to pick one to open first. He chose the jacket.

He opened it, and he dropped it and looked at you. A big ass smile on his face. Fun fact, you were the one who gifted him the jacket last time, so the look on his face made your heart melt.

"Where'd you find this?!" He got up putting it on. "Not tellinggg! Now open the rest!" You sat across from him and watched him open the rest of his presents.

-after-

After he was done, tears were shed, you two shared a long hug. "Thank you love, it was super sweet of you to get this all for me." You shake your head. "You're literally my husband, this was the bare minimum.. plus I have more stuff coming in later this week.." you said, the last part kinda hinted with guilt. He laughed and kissed you, and then turned the tv back on.

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"I love you Ethan, happy birthday "