#also highkey i left bobby out because i'm tired of all the anons about him

[hopeshoodie]

I don't mean right now, like take your time, but, so you are doing the anniversary thing? 😄 (for a while I thought I was in the A-spec but my previous therapist said no, so it's the depression I guess hsahah)

OOF that’s relatable, I’m constantly asking myself ‘is this a symptom of my autism, depression, trauma response, or just something normal people feel under late stage capitalism?’

I’ll probably make a fic about this in the future because I love the idea of Noah and MC’s or Marisol and MC’s anniversary, so I left them off the list, but here are some basic headcanons:

Carl: MC assumes he forgot because he just gets up and goes to work like normal and she doesn’t hear anything. She doesn’t mind because she knows how he is and it’s not a massive deal (plus maybe he remembered but thought it was a different date- do you count when you first coupled or when you left the show or when you became official). But when he gets home from work he immediately changes into a really nice suit and fixes his hair and is like “why aren’t you getting ready?” And MC is like “???????” 

Carl says “Oh shit- did I mess up the date- is it not our- fuck- I” and MC laughs and hugs him. “You remembered!!” He looks kind of surprised and says, “of course I did. I’m so lucky to have you- why would I forget. Now please go get dressed our reservation is in a half-hour.”

Gary: Lowkey I think Gary would forget. Even if he doesn’t, it dawns on him like the day before and he scrambles to get together flowers/chocolates/a card. He’ll be super loving about it and let MC know that he loves her, but it’s pretty clear he didn’t want to make it a big deal and only went out of his way because he thought she’d make it a big deal. I can see him going way more all out for Valentine’s day though.

Henrik: Not an anniversary day, an anniversary week!! My boy is a massive romantic at heart and loves doing big gestures to make MC feel appreciated (plus he secretly loves when she posts photos online and everyone celebrates how in love they are). MC wakes up the Monday before to a note on his pillow. The note describes how Henrik knew he’d been casted in the show so he specifically watched the first few episodes looking for someone to potentially couple with. It was obviously going to be MC, as much as he didn’t want to put his eggs all in one basket. On the show he reminded himself that MC wasn’t as invested and let himself be disappointed when he got voted off. As excited as he was to see her again, he kept reasserting that it was just a crush and MC seemed happy in her couple. But when she picked him at the recoupling? He was over the moon. 

After reading that in bed, she gets up and finds several pieces of memorabilia he kept from the show- a pressed flower from one of your dates, a coal from the firepit, the blender O ring. He’s printed out several tweets of people recapping their sweetest moments from the show. That surprises MC because Henrik doesn’t use twitter that often, but he clearly went hunting through her likes to find something meaningful. He’s in the kitchen cooking breakfast. She walks over and wraps her arms around him, laying her head on his back as he turns the eggs.

“What’s all this about, then?” She hums, and he sways slightly as he cooks. 

“Our anniversary, darling. It’s been a whole year and you haven’t gotten sick of me yet.” She laughs, “That’s pretty presumptuous, who says I haven’t?” He chuckles and turns after she lets go. “Plus our anniversary is on Thursday.”

“I know.” He kisses her sweetly then walks over and grabs two plates, “but I want to make it special. You deserve it.”

The daily surprises escalate in sentimentality, including things like photos of them, ripped out pages of Henrik’s journal where he talks about his feelings for her and their relationship, and small gifts like perfume/chocolates. It culminates on Thursday, which he asked you to take off for, when the two of you *insert the fic that I’m working on- no spoilers*. 

He keeps giving MC little gifts and a ton of extra affection on Friday-Sun, but that was clearly the highlight. 

((That lowkey became a drabble but like gosh I love my boy so muchhh))

Ibrahim: He goes all out for your anniversary- booking MC a plane ticket to Singapore, giving her his credit card and telling her to pick out whatever she’d like but get something nice for tonight, then flying her somewhere lovely (idc about travel so let’s say… Paris? That’s allegedly romantic, right?). They have a 5 star meal together and then do something luxurious like a jet boat ride or something. Idk what nonsense rich people get up to. Point is that Rahim loves spoiling his girl and would go all out for their anniversary. 

Lucas: Similar to Rahim, but I think it’d be MUCH more personalized to what MC likes as opposed to just ‘women/people like expensive things’. Lucas is very in tune with what MC likes- is she a beach/forest/prairie kind of girl? He definitely rents out a townhouse somewhere she’d love and they take a vacation for their anniversary. He’d still be spoiling her with gifts/shopping, but there’s more time for emotional/personal intimacy (partly because he structures the activities to be couple-based and partly because a long weekend gives you more time than a single date night). 

Rocco: Forgets and if you are upset/remind him he’ll be like “I love you every day, I don’t have to wait until a specific day to show it”. But like… does he really show it? Also that’s his excuse for Valentine's day.