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Watch a re-run of How I Met Your Mother
Give each other massages (do a better job this time, no fighting)
Have sex somewhere risky
Build the back patio (this will take more than a night, I know)
I blindfold and tie you up
Wax play?
Make Violet’s first birthday cake together
The list feels exactly right. It’s emotional, nostalgic, sexy, and fun. I’d propose starting on it tomorrow if tomorrow wasn’t Christmas. I glance at Daniel and he’s got on his thinking face again, this time with the pen tucked between his teeth in between bursts of writing.
“Can’t think of anything?” I tease.
“Nah, I’m trying to narrow it down. Creating an A list and a B list. We can use the other one for Mesmerizing March.”
My eye roll is slow and dramatic. “You’re ridiculous,” I say.
“You love me,” he counters.
“I do. Please, can we switch?” I fold my list in half and hold it between my fingers like I’m offering money for drugs or something similarly illicit. He offers his paper freely. His handwriting, neat and familiar, spells out the following:
Blow job in my office, after hours
