It was supposed to be a private event, a celebration of being alive and reunited and in love.

Things started as planned, Oluwande wearing a teal hat just for the occasion and Jim with a stolen orange coat, holding hands under Jim's orange tree and putting up with Nana's impossibly loud, smug thoughts, until an unmistakable sound started to pour into their bubble--the ruckus of the whole crew of The Revenge approaching, half already teary-eyed and not a one with hands empty.

Jim looked back up at their husband suspiciously, and he was just as surprised but a bit teary-eyed, too, looking back at their friends, and Jim reluctantly decided they could stay.