February Illustration: Be My Valentine…

Adrian’s never celebrated Valentine’s Day before. He never really understood the hubbub, though in recent years, he’s been looking forward to every V-Day, as his parents usually take a couple-day-long vacation and Adrian gets the house all to himself! But this year, he’s actually nervous about the incoming holiday… since he now has a boyfriend; the incredibly sexy next door neighbor, Dustan. He had to do something for the big dog, didn’t he? This was their first Valentine’s Day together, so a date was must! Isn’t it a bad omen if you don’t? Not that he normally believes in such things, but he thought he heard that in high-school once and he really really likes Dustan and doesn’t wanna mess anything up! Oh man, he’s really nervous now… Should he just ask Dustan what he wants to do? Or, maybe he doesn’t want to go anywhere? Dustan is pretty antisocial… Should he just get him a gift? But what? Should it be a surprise?? Adrian thinks on it for a couple days, but doesn’t get any closer to knowing what to do. In act of desperation, after googling the question didn’t yield any satisfactory answers, he asked his mom she does for dad on V-Day. She mentioned something about making him his favourite meals and getting him sentimental gifts like picture frames, or memorabilia from his parents, (dad was the romantic of the two) but none of that really helped Adrian. He sucked at cooking, despite his best efforts, and even if he did know how to cook well, Dustan is so quiet and reserved that Adrian has no idea what his favourite food was. The few times Adrian made an embarrassment of himself by trying to cook for him, Dustan just ate everything no matter how bad it was and thanked him with a peck on the cheek. And the gift idea wasn’t much better either. He and Dustan haven’t been dating for very long, so he didn’t think there was enough between them to get something really meaningful or sentimental… When he asked his dad for advice, his was even worse... dad went on and on about making sure to pay attention to your partners little traits, listening to them, taking them to places they mentioned they wanted to visit, getting them the things their eyes might linger on, so on and so forth. Essentially, he expected Adrian to read minds. Which is nothing less than a necessity when it came to reading Dustan… The man was so stoic and silent, Adrian had no clue where to even start! Finally, the dreaded day has arrived and all Adrian has managed to do was get his boyfriend a nice watch. Adrian thought it was a pathetic attemp, but he figured it was better than nothing…  He was about to head next door to Dustan’s, when there was a knock on the front door. When he opened it, there Dustan was, tall and handsome in a nice button up and holding flowers. Before he could get over his surprise, Dustan had planted Adrian in his car and they were off. Turns out, the dog had the whole day planned. He took Adrian to the aquarium (Adrian was going to school for his love of marine biology), later, he took him out to eat at his favourite Italian restaurant, and to round things off, they took a stroll down by the peninsula, which had been decorated with heart shaped lanterns and pink lights for the occasion. It was here that Adrian finally remembered to give Dustan his watch, who said he loved it and wore it for the rest of the day, thanking the mouse with a nice long kiss. When they finally made it back to Dustan’s place, Adrian knew he had to do something more for his boyfriend, who had already done so much for him today. He normally doesn’t take the lead or make the first move, as he’s usually too shy to be so brazen, but Dustan’s deeds through the day has fortified his resolution of pleasing his man. He’d make everything about Dustan’s pleasure. He’ll make sure Dustan know just how much he appreciates him…

::Side-note::

I was really hoping to have been done with this sooner buuuuut as of Thursday I got sick…. And I’m still kinda going through it… and to make matters even better, I’m pretty sure it’s covid! Yeyyyy…. I’ve been pretty much bedridden the past couple days and even now, all I wanna do is sleep, but I managed to work up enough strength to finish this up for you all, so I hope you enjoy! Content might be a tad sparse while I’m recovering, so please be patient with me! I’ll be back on my smutty bs in no time!