Dated to June 2nd

[thewordofweb]

My day hasn't exactly been anything incredible thus far. I'm not sure exactly what I expected of twenty-four. There's no great milestones that come with this day and I'm not getting large checks from my family nor am I getting a large celebration of any kind, which is for the best because large crowds still make me entirely too uncomfortable. My nose is in a book as I push my way into the back of the Homestead and head into our room, dropping the clothes I've laundered down and still reading while putting graded papers on the desk and turning to hang up my light coat.

It's just another day. That suddenly I'm older does mean something. It means I'm grateful to be alive in order for it to happen, but I never did expect fireworks. Eventually, I mark the place in my book and duck into Joe's room to check my hair in his small mirror, fixing it with a wrinkle of my nose at my distaste over the way it's been curling in the heat.

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[soldier-singled.livejournal.com]

Joe's been busy. He's spent the day cooking, getting things sorted, and then he'd taken a shower and actually gotten dressed in something presentable, shirt and tie, vest. Everything's ready by the time he hears Web come in through the door.

Perfect.

"Happy birthday, baby," he says, sticking his head through the door between the adjoining rooms.

"You hungry?"