The Valentine's Day Gifts

Will had an idea. Will had a horrible, wonderful, awesome idea.

For the past three weeks leading up to Valentine's Day, he had had no idea what to get Jem. Jem had insisted multiple times that he would be fine with a card and a heart-shaped box of chocolates, but Will insisted on actually getting him something a lot bigger than that. As soon as he said that, though, a problem arose.

He had no idea what to get Jem.

More rosin? Practical, but not very romantic.

A new bow? Jem had said multiple times that he didn't want to buy a new bow until he absolutely needed one.

A Swiffer mop? Will had thought of that one while wandering aimlessly through a store, looking for something for Jem. He had almost bought it, but he quickly realized that it was the most stupid and unromantic gift he could possibly find.

And then the idea came.

Will found the perfect gift on the Tube on the way home from work. He was standing in the car after giving up his seat to a woman holding a baby and was scrolling through Facebook when he saw a post from a friend who was a priest. He almost scrolled past it, but went back and clicked on the picture to get a better look at it. After a few minutes of looking at the picture and reading the post it was attached to, he made up his mind.

He had found the best present in the world. (Besides himself, of course.)

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Jem knew that he wanted to get Will something special from the moment that he realized that Valentine's Day was coming. After all, it was their fifth Valentine's Day together, and their third as a married couple. At the moment, though, he had no idea what he was going to get Will.

Jem went to the bookstore and browsed the shelves for a while (and possibly used Will's lengthy Goodreads to-read list as reference), but he decided that their living room might collapse under the weight of all the books that Will refused to get rid of and he was definitely not helping by buying him more books. After that, Jem had briefly considered looking for a house for them to buy, but that ended when he decided that they should save their money more before doing that.

Finally, after a lot of careful planning and deliberation, he...

Still had no idea what to get Will.

And then he saw The Video.

Jem was scrolling through YouTube while he was waiting for Will to get home from work when something unexpectedly popped up in his recommendations. As soon as he saw the thumbnail, he knew that all of his wishes had just come true.

He went online to do his research immediately.

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Will was practically shaking with excitement as he made Jem sit down on the couch on Valentine's Day. Jem had no idea why he was so excited, but he had a feeling that it had something to do with the reason that he hadn't been allowed in the guest room closet for the past week. His excitement could also have been because Will wanted to find out why he wasn't allowed to go in Jem's office/music room.

"Alright," Will said, "just close your eyes and put your hands out. I'll be back in a second."

Jem did as he said and waited as he heard Will running through the flat and opening and closing doors. After a few minutes of Jem wondering what Will could possibly be giving him, he heard Will run back into the living room and stop in front of him.

"Ready?" Will asked.

"I'm ready," Jem answered. He was a little worried that Will was going to give him something slimy or gross, but he trusted Will. Mostly.