[ To think Alberto wouldn't go all out for Luca's Christmas gift would be ridiculous. They didn't exchange birthday gifts necessarily, true, but they'd focused on the gifts of experiences, and while traditions were different on land and undersea, at least both boys knew about birthdays. Christmas, though? That's new and exciting — and confusing. He's still not totally clear on the whole "sneaking into people's houses to leave presents" thing (or the bearded man who does that, for that matter?) but that's what he did for all his friends — m-maybe missed the mark slightly, um, trespassing, but the thought was there. And the effort. He put so much effort into hand-making gifts for everyone the past few weeks. A lot of Shrinky Dink action in their kitchen this month... But the real challenge was managing to make Luca's gifts without him seeing them. He's stuck on the idea that the gifts are supposed to be surprises on Christmas morning, so his hands felt tied, both being home more often lately on Christmas break from school and hiding from the snow. What's more, Alberto of course wanted to spoil Luca more than anyone, so ended up with a nice mix of handmade and store-bought items for a fully themed gift — and still one that was experiential, an important theme for them in itself.
Christmas Eve he'd produced several parcels of various sizes from who knows where he's been hiding them, one of them in fact rather large to boot... but he did his very best job wrapping them (which still wasn't very good) in the brown paper from their sketch roll, doodling all over it to make his own wrapping paper with prints of little Vespas, sea creatures, foods, space, all their favorite stuff, tied with— well, he tried to tie a fancy bow like he's seen around town. And he's more eager than ever to hand them off, spunky and peppy even before their morning coffee, seeming very much more "himself" than he's been acting since Bruno disappeared. Coffee's ready with cupcakes for breakfast (the rejects from baking a huge batch for Luisa's gift) as they settle into their pillow nest, Alberto having put on some appropriateChristmasmusic for added human-y festivity. ]
Heh, here. Merry Christmas, Luca~
[ The first gift Alberto hands off to Luca is the smallest one, beaming at him as he does. It's a tiny handmade envelope, messy and crumpled for trying to make it perfect, with a Christmas card attached inside — more proof of the extra effort he put into Luca's gifts. The gift itself, though, goes with the same theme Luca's seen him playing with for weeks: more Shrinky Dinks... But after so many ideas for literally everyone on his list, Alberto's shrink film art became pretty elaborate and creative. It's been a very shrinky, dinky Christmas for all... ]
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action; Christmas morning, very backdated lol sorry...
Date: 2023-01-06 08:44 pm (UTC)Christmas Eve he'd produced several parcels of various sizes from who knows where he's been hiding them, one of them in fact rather large to boot... but he did his very best job wrapping them (which still wasn't very good) in the brown paper from their sketch roll, doodling all over it to make his own wrapping paper with prints of little Vespas, sea creatures, foods, space, all their favorite stuff, tied with— well, he tried to tie a fancy bow like he's seen around town. And he's more eager than ever to hand them off, spunky and peppy even before their morning coffee, seeming very much more "himself" than he's been acting since Bruno disappeared. Coffee's ready with cupcakes for breakfast (the rejects from baking a huge batch for Luisa's gift) as they settle into their pillow nest, Alberto having put on some appropriate Christmas music for added human-y festivity. ]
Heh, here. Merry Christmas, Luca~
[ The first gift Alberto hands off to Luca is the smallest one, beaming at him as he does. It's a tiny handmade envelope, messy and crumpled for trying to make it perfect, with a Christmas card attached inside — more proof of the extra effort he put into Luca's gifts. The gift itself, though, goes with the same theme Luca's seen him playing with for weeks: more Shrinky Dinks... But after so many ideas for literally everyone on his list, Alberto's shrink film art became pretty elaborate and creative. It's been a very shrinky, dinky Christmas for all... ]