174: An Inauspicious Birthday
It was her husband's birthday. Though Stark and John had celebrated birthdays together before, this was their first time celebrating either of their birthdays as a couple. So she thought it was important. She had gone and bought him something, and then she wanted to do something to celebrate.
It being a Saturday, she'd had time to sleep in and then get downstairs to the kitchen. No trips to the store for cake for her, oh no. She insisted on making him cake. Whenever John woke up he'd find her in the kitchen in an old T-shirt, jeans and an apron, still half covered in various baking ingredients as she muttered.
She wanted this to be the perfect birthday for him even if he was trying to ignore it.
It being a Saturday, she'd had time to sleep in and then get downstairs to the kitchen. No trips to the store for cake for her, oh no. She insisted on making him cake. Whenever John woke up he'd find her in the kitchen in an old T-shirt, jeans and an apron, still half covered in various baking ingredients as she muttered.
She wanted this to be the perfect birthday for him even if he was trying to ignore it.