#ft: gio

[11oh1]

[valentina--ricci]

The Ricci Family Playbook | A Self-Para

Valentina had assumed she would have felt more emotional in this moment. Like the sight of her father being carted off in handcuffs would suddenly unleash this well of empathy for the man who had helped bring her into the world. She thought that the softness she had once felt for him would rise to the surface. Maybe she’d get flashbacks of her childhood, when he’d actually sit and read with her or take her for ice cream after a good grade. 

But all Valentina felt was relief as she sat in a car with her mother further down the block. 

It had happened fast for something that had taken her years to plan. She had thought several times about finding a way to kill him but that would just be using the same playbook he had. The man cared about nothing more than his reputation so killing his reputation seemed to be the only way for her at the moment. She knew she had to be smart. She had to build a case, she had to find things that were so severe, so sturdy, that not even his lawyers could talk their way out of this one. 

His targeting of Mikayla Beaumont had sent her over the edge, an urgency rising up in her chest as she watched him act like the Godfather once again. As she watched the town almost get swept away in sand and realized that maybe she cared about the people here. Maybe. But she had to draw the line somewhere. He was out of control and even worse, he was a likely winner for Mayor. She knew that if she didn’t stop him now, or at least deter him for some time, then they would never be able to turn back. 

So she set the wheels in motion. Left breadcrumbs for the ATF agents and local cops. Enough for them to take Mikki’s article to heart. And then came her final move. 

Valentina could feel the stress leaving her body as she got out of bed and pulled on her robe, glancing back at Roman on the bed before she let him know that she had invited him over for more than letting him attend to her beautiful body. She pulled a thick folder from her dresser and dropped it down on the bed next to him. She knew he’d ask questions and she was ready for them and clear that he needed to be as quick about this as possible. And with another kiss to his cheek, she sent him on his way before going to see her mother and brother to let them know what she had done. 

And Roman had of course delivered as she knew he would. Or else she wouldn’t have trusted him with it in the first place. 

So Valentina put the car in drive as they dipped her father’s head into the police car. She was slow until the car turned down a larger street and pressed her foot to the gas so they could pull up beside the police car. She kept her speed steady as she and her mother turned to look at Gio in the back seat. And as they set their eyes on him, they both smiled. Beatrice even blew him a kiss before they sped past them and turned down the next road,  in search of an appropriate celebration.

[secondhnd]

@impervicus // Oliver

To say that Gio was a fan of Narcotics Anonymous would be an exaggeration. It would be a lie, even. He didn't want to be there, yet he was. Every morning, 9 am. Rather, he was supposed to be there at 9 am, but he'd slept through his usual meeting time - leading to him at the 12 pm meeting for the first time. There were far less older people, which he kind of liked. When he was with the older people, most of them had been clean for far longer than he had. Six months felt like nothing to them. To him, it was his longest stretch of sobriety. It was a big deal if you asked him. Nobody did, mind you, and he didn't volunteer a whole lot of information to anyone outside of his sponsor, the person who'd texted him about the noon meeting when he'd failed to show up for the 9 am one.

He sat in the uncomfortable, metal fold out chairs and listened to people drone on about their own addictions. He didn't listen, not because it was triggering - though that would have been a good excuse. He didn't listen because he didn't see the point in it. Hearing other people's stories didn't affect him. Usually didn't affect him anyway, until he heard a voice to familiar to mistake for anyone else's ring out. His eyes immediately darted up and he watched the person speak. Oliver. The other looked good, said he had three months and that was when Gio zoned out. He couldn't help it; he would always blame himself for Oliver's relapse. If he'd gotten clean a week earlier, things would be different. He knew that, knew it all too well.

The rest of the session was spent with him not paying attention to anything being said. When they were dismissed, he poured himself a cup of coffee. The table that held the coffee and some cookies was close to the exit. To get out, Oliver would have to move past him. Logically, he should be getting ready for his lessons for the day. Logic didn't matter right now. When the other tried to walk past - whether he'd seen him standing there or not was a question he wasn't sure that he wanted the answer to - Gio reached out to grab his arm gently. "Ollie," was the only thing he managed.

[awalkoflife-arc]

@veritasetamor + for betty's REAL husband.

kyle's fallen asleep beside her, so she quietly sneaks out of her seat and walks a little further up the aisle, making her way through the first class cabin until she finds johnny. ❝ hey hubby. mind if i join you while my fake fiancé naps? ❞ she greets, sliding herself into the spot beside him. their flight has been smooth so far, but they've got at least another four hours left of their journey. ❝ on a scale of peaceful civility to committing bloody murder, where do you think har and austyn are sitting right now? ❞ it's a joke, mainly, still there's a part of her that's lowkey concerned about her little sister and their best friend. kyle's best man and her maid of honour, alone at the resort right now, sharing a room while also having to spend the night together. what could go wrong?

[secondhnd]

🙊💬 + Edgar (for Gio)

"I don't... I don't get him. Am I supposed to? I feel like that's his thing. That he wants to be elusive, you know? Doesn't want people to know him. Or he doesn't want me to know him. I like him though. I don't think he likes me, mostly 'cause I fuck with Marco. But what else am I supposed to do? Just let him live? He makes Marco happy, except when he doesn't. I like him for Marco though. They're... good together. If they'd figure that out, I think they'd be a lot happier. What do I know though?"

[reminiscingtonight]

The Thing About Families (Arsenal Style)

Alessia Russo & Russo!reader (Lia Wälti x Russo!reader)

Word Count: 1.5k

A/N: A Russo sisters + Lia ft. Kyra story that wrote itself after that picture came out

And The Things You'd Do (Part Two) // That's How You Know It's Home (Part Three)

[WOSO Masterlist]

“I need your help.”

Growing up as the oldest kid in the family meant you’ve heard this line quite a lot. For your brothers it usually meant helping them sneak out of the house or cover for them as they did god knows what, but for Alessia it usually meant one of two things: organize her laundry or organize her life.

Given that you’ve done all the washing and have neatly stacked her already folded clothes on the edge of her bed, you have a sinking suspicion that this ask has more to do with the latter.

“Rat. What’s up?”

Alessia frowns at the nickname, an insult perched at the end of her tongue. But she seems to think better of it, batting her eyelashes in hopes of seeming more innocent as she latches onto your arm. 

You’re not amused, instantly trying, but failing, to shake her off. “Less, let go!”

“I need your help,” she whines again, digging her heels into the ground. 

You try wrapping your arm around her neck to pull her into a headlock, but the height difference between the two of you means Alessia has no trouble heaving you over her shoulder and onto the couch behind her. You let out a disgruntled yelp, trying to wrestle her for dominance. Alessia simply sits on top of you, hands locking your arms across your own body. 

“Alessia Russo I swear to god, get off!”

“Your baby sister is trying to ask for a favor! Will you just,” she huffs, pinching your side when you try to buck her off of you, “calm down! Just hear me out!”

“I’m kicking you out before Lia gets home. Off!”

How your mom talked you into housing your sister when she moved to Arsenal, you will never know. Lia jumped at the opportunity to help her out, but since she isn’t home right now…

Alessia cringes a bit at your girlfriend’s name and you instantly stop moving. Your eyes narrow dangerously. “What?”

Family is important to you. There’s nothing you wouldn’t do for Alessia, but there’s also nothing you wouldn’t do for Lia too. You haven’t ever had to make a choice between the two of them, but if you’re going to have to you’re not sure if sisterly love will be enough against how much you love Lia.

“If you don’t tell me what your problem is I will actually kick you out. Talk.”

It only takes two seconds under your glare for Alessia to break. “Kyra won’t stop bugging me!” 

For a second you’re taken back to your childhood, a tiny Alessia sat in your lap, saying the same exact thing about Gio. You had given her a comforting pat on the head and then socked Gio as hard as you could in the arm. But now that you’re in your thirties, you don’t think punching Kyra would be taken as well, by your girlfriend or the other Aussies on the team.

“That sounds like a you problem.” 

And Kyra’s hilarious, you’ll give her that. The younger girl had instantly taken a liking to your sister since the day she arrived. And by liking of course you mean a liking to bothering Alessia. 

But as long as the young Australian keeps bothering Alessia and not you, you don’t really see a problem with her behavior.

Call it karma for everything Alessia has put you through growing up.

“And I love Lia, you know that.”

Your lips pinch into a thin line. “I don’t think I’m liking where this is going. If you’re about to be rude about my girlfriend--”

“Lia needs to stop babying Kyra! Sometimes I just need some peace and quiet at the Colney, and I can’t do that if Kyra keeps bothering me and Lia keeps letting her get away with it!”

Right. That.

It’s not like you haven’t missed it. 

Any time Kyra’s running wild your girlfriend can be found nearby, always quick to soothe any ruffled feathers from the Australian’s adventures. At first Steph was set on Kyra duties, but when it became clear that anyone outside of her chosen Australian/Swedish family were ill-equipped to handle her, Lia was quick to step in. 

You’re not sure what it was that drew Kyra to your girlfriend but Kyra lived for the praise and affection Lia gave her and Lia lived for the adoration from Kyra.

So yeah, it’s cute the way Lia has taken the young girl under her wing. If anything it just makes you want to ask her to marry you and start a family faster.

“Don’t be jealous, rat. If you want Lia to baby you again you can just say so.”

Alessia’s too busy scoffing and objecting to your claim that she’s not expecting it when you dump her off of you and right onto the ground.

---

It only takes a week.

It starts when Lia cancels date night. Kyra’s feeling a bit homesick so Lia invites her for a movie marathon at your place. Of course you’re a little bummed, but it’s not something you can’t reschedule so you just let it go. You find Lia and Kyra teasing each other throughout the night cute enough to replace any hard feelings. 

The next strike comes when you have Lia pinned under you in bed, the two of you making use of an Alessia-less house for the night. Alessia had gone out with Vic for the night, telling you with a wink that she would be catching a ride from the Dutch to practice the next day. Your clothes had gone flying off the second you got home from dinner, but before you could really go down to business you hear the unmistakable sound of your doorbell going off. You pause, lips stilling upon Lia’s neck. 

“Maybe if we don’t do anything they’ll go away.”

The doorbell ringing again has you sighing as Lia gently pushes at your shoulders. “Babe, off,” Lia laughs. She gives you a kiss on her way out but she does in fact leave you in bed to see who’s come to visit so late at night.

You’re off daydreaming about what you’re going to get up to when Lia returns when you hear the unmistakable sound of an Australian accent coming from the living room. 

The pillow isn’t enough to muffle your cry of frustration into it. 

You’re already sighing and throwing on a hoodie when Lia pops her head in, apologetic look on her face.

“Do you want to pop the popcorn or me?”

The last straw occurs when you wake up in the middle of the night a couple days later. You’re not really sure what’s woken you up, but you do find yourself at the edge of the bed. There’s barely a sliver of blanket covering you, but Lia’s warm body wrapped around your back gives you all the heat you need.

Humming, you shift as softly as you can so to not jostle your girlfriend. The original plan is to gently shift the two of you back towards the center of the bed, but when you reach over Lia to make the transition easier, your hand hits the undeniable form of a third body. 

You freeze. 

Hazily opening an eye, you raise your head to look at the other side of the bed. Next to you is Lia, like you expected. What you don’t expect is the snoring Australian sprawled out over Lia's half of the bed.

You have to bite back your groan.

You let out a disgruntled grunt when you settle back onto the tiny piece of the mattress left to you. 

You’re not sure how long you lay there awake and thinking through the best way to go about ridding yourself of the new girl in your bed when a sleepy hand comes up to pat at your cheek. 

“Why are you brooding?”

Although you’re a bit grumpy, the sound of Lia still half asleep brings a smile to your face. 

But when you hear a snort, gurgle, and then snore from the other side of your girlfriend, the look is quick to fall off your face.

“What is she doing here?”

Lia frowns, sleepily rubbing at her eyes. She reads your pout easily. “Kyra was tired.”

“So you let her in our bed? Baby, we have a couch. A very comfy couch.”

Lia raises an eyebrow at you.

After spending the next night sleeping on said couch you come to two conclusions. First, the couch is not as comfortable as you initially thought. Second, Alessia was right.

You corner your sister at training the next day. She looks surprised but follows you when you pull her into a storage closet.

“Okay, how do you want to do it? Should we kidnap and ship her back to Australia?”

Alessia grins, not even needing you to say anything further. “Nah, we can keep her local. I think it’s time the other Aussies get custody, don’t ya think?”

[pedriscroquettes]

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[therealalexhera]

'Out of Game: The Slenderverse Aftershow' -- now available

I am happy to announce that all episodes of 'Out of Game: The Slenderverse Aftershow' are now available -- only a few months late! Enjoy 7 and a half hours of analysis of the Slenderman, discussion about art, and unregulated chaos.

Night 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdzZ-KIucXU (ft @nick-nocturne [Night Mind], @timsutton[Marble Hornets], Evan Jennings [EverymanHYBRID], and Doctor Cairo [compileTRUTH])

Night 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK6kCQSEAh4 (ft. Chris Hammarberg [DarkHarvest00], @heatherm00ch-dh00 [DarkHarvest00], @no-more-blogs [DarkHarvest00], Lee Esposito [Whispered Faith], Marissa Botelho [Tulpa Effect], Dylan Sindelar [MLAndersen0], Austin Harris [MLAndersen0], Gio Kraska, and @vluisasantiago [Stan Frederick, redredhat])

Night 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrGSf-Ua0bY (ft. @timsutton [Marble Hornets], Marissa Botelho [Tulpa Effect], @vluisasantiago [Stan Frederick, redredhat], @jckielantern[Marble Hornets Comics], @michaelo2k [A Wreck In The Dark], Mabry [WORKDESK54LEAKS], PenThePoet [Recollect: Records of the Other Side], @whyhellomynameismary [hiimarymary], and Theo Wish [TheSunVanished]

Complete 'Slenderverse' playlist (in case you want to rewatch the docuseries + aftershows for the FULL 13 hour deep dive experience): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKXjYv6codp4o00S4Gn3aU85y60Q2Dssc

I'm so honored to have hosted these with Rain and had such sprawling, meaningful, absurdly fun conversations celebrating the Slenderverse. Those three weeks were among the most memorable of my career! Thank you all so much for participating & supporting the project. (And apologies for the VODs coming out so late -- I was a little busy shooting a feature film and working on two other projects. Won't happen next time there's an Out of Game stream, I promise!)

[marzimars]

Doodles✨ I love the idea of SBR Gio 🥰 ft. Baby Riki because I do what I want

[pinkpcny]

he's tempted, extremely so, to make a joke about getting free club entry, but he's overthinking even that. shakes his head instead, bites it back with a dimpled smile, foolish little glint reflected in his eyes. " anyone ? " he questions with a subtle raise of his brow, feels a slight stir of something he isn't quite sure of. jealously, perhaps. " and do you want that, something real ? " deep down he's sure everyone does, himself included no matter how much he tries to deny it. sets free a nervous laugh, topic at hand one he typically tries to avoid. " uh, no . . . not really. i never learned to take the leap, or whatever, " he teases, attempts to make light. but smile falters just a little. long breath exhaled. " i guess you could say i've yet to resolve my childhood trauma. so while it sounds nice in theory, i'm just not there yet. " let down by both his parents in ways he'd never really moved past. abandoned by one, never valued by the other. the presence of his mother likely doing more damage than the absence of his father.

he gets it. the parties, the clubs, and while there may be some truth to what ace says, all of it feels superficial. a low laugh splits his face into a smile because of the way ace stumbles. gio finds the tint at his cheeks endearing, but mostly cute. he inwardly fights the urge to poke at them. "sure. yeah. it's easy to get anyone in my bed at the end of the day, but - nine times outta ten they just want free entry to the next event. it's not anything, uh ..." his brows furrow, "real. i guess." his nod is slow, appreciative to the compliment. it's something he needed to hear from ace, because it's often that gio looks to him for more than just his honesty. "why not? have you ever tried?" he scratches at his temple, "you're a great guy too. you should try, like, taking a leap or whatever."

[secondhnd]

🙊💬+ Ace (for gio)

"I'm not going to lie. He's kind of odd, right? He seems like he has a lot going on, but he doesn't talk about it. Does it make me a hypocrite to say that? Probably, but there are worse things I could be, I think. I don't know. He puts up with my bullshit. I think I'd call him my friend. I don't know if he'd say the same thing about me, so I'm definitely not saying it out loud."

[pinkyhaert]

Artfight 2024 Attacks

《 Didn't do as many as I planned but still had fun! Here's the lineup ♡ 》

1. Stardust Mass attack! Ft. Banshee.

Ocs Featured: @visinox / @youronlydrpepper / @vinnybox / @crowbobot

2. Attack on @chytag

ft. Quincy @quincysmansiondaily

3. Attack on @/Lumiinori on toyhouse ft. Conner

4. Attack on @springtime-creations

5. Attack on @/PrussianGator on Instagram

Ft. Quincy @quincysmansiondaily

6. Mass attack! Ocs featured: @daleespringdraw / @/gooeybird on artfight / @/DexDexadilion on Instagram / @anipwrites

Ft. Daylight & Knightlight @fnafsb-truecolorsau

7. Mass attack again! Ocs featured: @mizzymaren / @fenydreamz / @memoriesofwonderworld / @/MaccaGemDiamond on DA / @/Fizzy_Froggy_ on Twitter

Ft. Screenplay

BIGGEST MASS ATTACK OF ALL!!

Ocs featured: @gio-scrabbles / @artscheese / @oneiikin / @ignotarts / @visinox / @lookdem / @chaoseclips / @lucentkat / @coziroses / @chewyena

Ft. Scriptwriter & Screenplay

---

《 I just realized that I did ALOT of mass attacks this year no wonder I got eepy. 》

[dionooooooo]

I christen this blog with a shitty redraw of an image I found on pinterest ft. Gio and Mista

A friend, seeing the outfit and the fuck ass bob, said this has to be redrawn with Bruno and Diavolo and the rest is herstory. Who will win place your bets

[secondhnd]

"That's a blatant lie!" he said with a bit of a huff. He wasn't surprised she was being dramatic though. It was just the way that she was. Gio groaned. "You're not always right! If there was an ideology that made you always right, then it would have to be wrong!" he insisted as he shook his head. "No offense though. You're just wrong a lot!" So was he. It was something that they had in common. He hummed. "Maybe we shouldn't disappoint Marco." That was a lot of work, he thought.

"No no! You say it all the time. That's like every other word out of your mouth." Okay so maybe that was far from the truth but Ripley had a point to make. Did she know the point? Also no. But she's sure she'd find it eventually if she kept talking. "I can't believe you're arguing with me, a woman, about what feminism is." Ripley saw her opportunity and took it. "But I am so sad, you know I have some good ideas! There's not all bad." She frowned slightly. "Okay that's fair. I am always worried that I'm about to go into hurt feelings territory. Most of the time I don't want that but it just kind of happens because we both know I don't think sometimes."

[leonsliga]

At the request of the wonderful @realmadrider, here’s some of my comfort footy vids 😁 happy watching!

All things DFB and Bundesliga:

Bayern Summer Games 2022 (especially the Guess the Song challenge)

Agility Challenge • Kimmich vs. Goretzka (AKA Kimetzka being an old married couple for nearly 7 minutes)

Wer kennt mehr? Leon Goretzka & Joshua Kimmich

Stadt, Land, Fußball - Thomas Müller and Leon Goretzka

Thomats Challenge: Bundesliga Edition

The big FC Bayern quiz with Manuel Neuer and Sven Ulreich

Google Autocomplete Challenge with Serge Gnabry and Leon Goretzka

Servus, Leon Goretzka!

Leon Goretzka vs. Julian Brandt: Buzzwire Challenge

Bundesliga Stars Try to Draw Their Team Logos - Witsel, Goretzka, and Co.

Mats Hummels vs. Thomas Müller: Me or Him Challenge

Pro vs. Pro:Direct with Thomas Müller

Read My Lips: 🇩🇪 vs. 🇫🇷

Close-Up with Leon Goretzka

60 Seconds Challenge: 🇩🇪🆚🇫🇷

Neuer, Müller, and Lahm making fun of Kramer’s memory loss during the 2014 World Cup final

One gotta go with Marco Reus and Julian Brandt

Manuel Neuer and Bastian Schweinsteiger dancing on the beach

Don’t get distracted! With Julian Brandt and Marco Reus

Müller & Co. Decorating the Christmas Tree

Hummels & Brandt: Which of You…

FC Bayern Teammate Insights

Neuer, Martínez, and Hernández Carpool Q&A

EURO Taxi with Thomas Müller and Mats Hummels

Manuel Neuer vs. Thomas Müller

New Season, New Berni ft. Müller, Neuer, Sané, and Davies

So feiern die Bayern das Triple

Neuer, Piszczek & Co. Try to Draw - Who is the Best Artist

Take it easy | BVB-Challenge with Marco Reus and Julian Brandt

Kimmich vs. Gnabry | Copy the Penalty Challenge

Chunkz vs. Neuer | YouTuber vs. Pro Keeper Penalty Shoot Out Challenge

Manuel Neuer im Interview

Who am I? BVB-Challenge with Mats Hummels and Marcel Schmelzer

Manu lifting up a jar of Nutella like it’s Simba

DFB Nutella Commercial

Will Grigg’s on fire! Is Mats Hummels terrified?

Bayern Summer Games 2021

Thomats Christmas Challenge

Serge Gnabry: Unlocked feat. Yung Filly

Who knows more? Marco Reus vs. Mario Götze - 2018 edition

Who knows more? Marco Reus vs. Mario Götze - 2019 revenge

Netradio Newcomer with Marco Reus and Julian Brandt

Best of Radio Müller

Thomats dieses Mal olympisch - eng subs

Don’t get distracted! With Mats Hummels and Marcel Schmelzer

Cow-Milking and Welly-Throwing | Team-Building Fun at FC Bayern

Shell Game w/ Manuel Neuer

Pantomime w/ Manuel Neuer

Drawing w/ Manuel Neuer

Marco Reus vs. Mats Hummels - Buzz Wire Challenge

Manuel Neuer reveals the results of his doping test (spoiler alert: it was urine)

Thomats Basketball Challenge

Thomas Müller “JAAA” compilation

A Spanish Lesson for Neuer with Thiago - Repeat after Me Challenge

Fußball-Dart: Goretzka gegen Burgstaller

You Have to Answer - Marco Reus

Bayern Team Photo Vlog

Who knows more 2.0: Brandt vs. Hummels

Thomats Tangram Challenge

FC Bayern wish you a Merry Christmas

Mario Götze’s Most Famous Picture

Mats Hummels pranks Gio Reyna

DFB Water Polo Teambuilding

Erling Haaland being a funny guy for 3 minutes straight

Bromance: Manuel Neuer & Leon Goretzka

Manuel Neuer, Per Mertesacke, & Arne Friedrich - Sky ad

Neustädter vs. Reus

Literally anything else:

50 most shocking moments of the 2010 World Cup

Jose Mourinho explains football to a baffled Ted Lasso

Timo Werner being the funniest German for 2 minutes (because he’s an adorable bean)

Lingard and Rashford | Roommates

Ney…freezin innit

Wingmen: Bruno Fernandes and Jesse Lingard

Manchester United x Stone Roses

I am Jose Mourinho 😎

Sergio Ramos drops the Supercopa under the bus

Marcelo, Bale, Ramos, & Co. joking around on a plane because why not

Lies | Toni Kroos & David Alaba

Kroos & Modrić | Teammates

Toni Kroos’s fantastic interview after RMA beat Liverpool in the UCL final

Luka Modrić taunting Gerard Piqué like the girlboss he is

Real Madrid x NFL with a heavy dose of Modramos

Roy Keane’s angriest moments discussing Manchester United - very validating as a United fan in the modern era tbh 😭

THE Kunessi stream - eng subs (55 minutes in all its glory)

When Kun met Leo

Kun calling Leo on stream

Sergio Agüero interviews Lionel Messi

Honestly every episode of the Champions

[swimmingismywholelife]

Minecraft Christmas

Summary: When you are unable to visit Gio for Christmas, you decide to spend it together in an unconventional way.

Warnings: lots of fluff

WC: 1.4K

A/N: 🎶 On the first day of Ficmas my writer gave to me, some fluff with Giovanni 🎶 Hi everyone and welcome to Ficmas! I thought I'd start it off with someone I've written for before, Gio Reyna! This fic is inspired by "Minecraft Christmas" by Area 11 ft Simon. This song is fire no I will not apologize for using it lol. I hope you guys like it, and I hope you stick around for the rest of Ficmas!

Link for the Song: Minecraft Christmas

"Cause it's a Minecraft Christmas time

Chilling with my buddies everyone is online

There's a whole world of joy and cheer

That's a very very very nice Christmas you're having-

A very, very, very nice Christmas (Woo-ooh)

A very, very, very nice Christmas we're having this year."

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"No baby, get away! Don't look it's not time!" your boyfriend said, punching the air around you in an attempt to get you away from his house.

"But Gio, I'm impatient!" you whined. "I wanna see it now!"

"Babe, it's a Christmas surprise. You have 10 minutes left. All you gotta do is wait 10 minutes!" he said, punching holes in the ground right below you.

"Okay, okay! Stop trying to hit me I got diamonds on me, my guy!" you grumbled, turning back to your house as Gio punched the air triumphantly.

Christmas had been your favorite time of year since you were a kid. Something about the atmosphere just brought life and joy into your life. And Christmas with your boyfriend was even more magical than you could've dreamed of. Your families grew up in neighboring towns coincidentally, so once the two of you began dating, you always spent it together. And if Gio wasn't able to go home, you'd travel to him instead, celebrating the holidays in whatever city he was playing in at the time. You'd decorate his home with stockings, Christmas lights, and of course, a tree with whatever quirky ornaments you'd collected over the years. When it snowed enough, you'd have snowman building competitions followed by snowball fights of epic proportions. Gio was the perfect addition to a holiday you already treasured, making it all the more special to you.

Unfortunately, this year you weren't able to spend Christmas together. You tried your hardest to align his schedule with yours, but your job was horrendously understaffed and couldn't afford to have you off for the last few weeks of the year. It was aggravating considering how much extra work you'd been putting in specifically for the holiday off, but your manager just wouldn't budge. However, Gio was more than understanding, especially considering how much you traveled to be able to see him.

So instead of allowing this to dampen your Christmas spirit, the two of you were playing on a Minecraft server together. It was a pastime the two of you often indulged in as a way to combat the time zones and do fun things together. With a controller in your hand, headphones over your ears, and his face appearing on videochat on your PC, it was an unconventional yet fun way for you to spend Christmas together.

"If you blow up my house again, I'm gonna kill you," you grumbled, spinning in circles to kill the time.

"I wouldn't do that for Christmas. Maybe New Year's. You know, for fireworks or something," He retorted, making your jaw drop.

"That's so rude!" you said offended.

He shrugged his shoulders. "You call it rude, I call it festive."

You pinched the bridge of your nose. "What am I gonna do with him?" you muttered to yourself.

"Hey, your life would be much more boring without me in it," he said nonchalantly.

You rolled your eyes, but you knew he was right. It had been a few years since you'd caught Gio's eye at a US friendly. He found you so breathtaking he literally fell for you, accidentally tripping over his own feet in front of the whole stadium. Despite the embarrassment he felt, it was worth the moment Gio saw the bright smile on your face. He was the cause of it, and he wanted to be the cause of it for the rest of your lives. He tossed you his jersey at the end of the game, along with his number, and the rest was history.

"Please," you scoffed, "you're the one who fell for me, not the other way around."

"We said we wouldnt bring it up anymore!" he whined, making you giggle. "It's Christmas, baby, you can't be doing this to me!"

"Technically, we have 2 minutes until Christmas," you smirked, making him pout on your screen.

"I spent all this time on your surprise and this is the thanks I get."

"And I'm the dramatic one he says," you rolled your eyes.

"Oh baby, you can come back now! We have one minute left!" Gio said excitedly.

You traveled the short distance, passing through the rainy area of the island you lived on and entering the snowy one of your boyfriend's. It was fitting considering it was Christmas Eve.

"How come your side gets snow and mine gets rain?" you asked him, making your way to his house. "That's so unfair."

"You're the one who decided to build aaaall the way over there, dude," you shrugged. "I told you to build right next to me but noooooo, you 'needed space.' Why do you need space?"

"Because you'd probably create a huge ass system to blow up my house every day, Giovanni," you said flatly, arriving in front of him. "I know you too well."

"Okay, I need you to start that Christmas playlist now." You rolled your eyes but complied, the music playing through the speakers for the both of you to hear. "Are you ready for this?"

"Give me all you got," you answered.

Gio checked the clock, beginning his countdown. "Three, two, one, Merry Christmas! Welcome to my humble abode!" He said proudly, opening the door to his home.

To say you were stunned was an understatement. Gio had really gone all out despite it only being a video game. His entire house was decorated as best it could with Christmas decorations: stockings on his little fireplace, Christmas light arrangements, dinner set on the table. He even went out of his way to make a Christmas tree. Just the way that he knew you loved to decorate your house.

"Wh-what is this?" you asked in shock, a smile forming on your face.

"It's a Minecraft Christmas!" he exclaimed, loving how happy you looked.

"When did you find all the time to do all of this?" you asked again, spinning around to really take in his work.

"I made time," he smiled. "I figured that if we can't spend Christmas together in person, at least we can do it in our house here. It's not the same, but the spirit is here all the same!"

You stared at him through the screen of your computer, touched that he went through the effort of doing all of this just to simulate Christmas together.

"Oh, I even got you a present! Open the chest!" he said excitedly.

You opened the chest to see a full set of armor, weapons, and he even went as far as making plenty of potions for your monster hunting and mining adventures, something the two of you frequented quite often.

"And I did it all myself. No creative mode necessary," he bragged.

"No way! This chest is full, G. This must've taken you weeks to get all the supplies!" you said in disbelief.

You could see him shaking his head. "Yep. I grinded for weeks to get all this stuff. But I don't care about that. I only get the best for my girl. It doesn't matter whether it's a present in Minecraft or the present I sent to your house. You deserve it all, baby."

Your eyes widened as you understood what he just said. "You sent a present to my house?! I thought you said you wanted to give me my present in person once I went to Germany again!"

Even through your phone screen, you could see Gio's eyes twinkling with excitement, just like a little kid opening his presents.

"Oh, you're still getting that present when you come back. But I saw this one and I knew I had to send it to you. It was meant to be here by tonight, but you know how shipping can be sometimes," he explained. "Either way, I'm glad I had this ready for you. I know how much you love seeing the house decorated. I even have snow blocks to build snowmen together in case it didn't end up snowing so we can still have our snowman friends!"

Christmas was indeed your favorite season. And having Gio was truly the best present that you could possibly ask for. He went above and beyond for you despite it only being in a video game, and it just showed how lucky you were to have him.

"Thank you for all of this. I love you, G," you said sweetly, smiling brightly at him.

"I love you too, Y/N. Merry Christmas," he replied, returning your smile. "Now let's eat this cake. I gotta regenerate my health before we fight off these creepers tonight!"

"What have we said about explosions on Christmas?!"

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