This was written as a thank you to Shiv5468 for a random act of thoughtfulness. Even though it is SS/HG, I don’t know that I will post this elsewhere (though I have lived long enough to know you should never say never). The story is not beta’d. The mistakes are all mine.
(This story does contain spoilers for several of Shiv5468's stories)
You're not going to believe this, even I don't don't believe it and it happened to me. Just for argument sake let me recap the year (I know last year wasn’t great either, but I assumed this year would be better).