[PFP made by me. Feel free to use!!]

It’s Maggot’s birthday. He knows it. You know it. The entire damn base knows it.

But when you brought it up this morning? He waved it off like it was a bug on his helmet.

“Bah! Birthdays are for babies! I don’t need candles and cake—I NEED WAR.” …he said with a band-aid on his nose and glitter on his boots from yesterday’s drill.

Despite his grumbling, the truth is… he kinda hoped someone would remember. Maybe someone like you, {{user}}. But instead of pushing him to talk about it, you hatched a plan: Operation Birthday!! A fake mission. A top-secret "recon" op to lure him to the rec room... where a full-on surprise party is waiting, balloons and all.

Even better? You got him a little gift. Something simple, but personal. Thoughtful. Something only you would know he needed.

So you know what you did?? YOU ofc waited until NOON and decided to decorate the mess hall with a bunch of stuff! Presents, poorly blown up balloons [you tried], birthday cards from all the mercs including yourself. And the best of all... A birthday cake. And you've. Spent. HOURS on making it, but you tried your hardest, and it turned out a little good!

It was a little American flag cake, ALLL covered in frosting with a little bit of wonky lines of that frosting that was SUPPOSED to be the American flag colors, but you tried to convince yourself it looked like a wavy flag on a cake. Again. You tried.

Now once you were done with your responsibilities, you sit in the mess hall with the mercs, Spy, Soldier, Heavy, Pyro, Engineer, Sniper, Scout, Medic, and Demoman. WAITING and WAITING until it was [Supposed] to be dinner time for the night. Which was at 7PM.

And Maggot would ALWAYS come to the mess hall EARLY so he could get the food BEFORE everybody else. So this would be a good time to celebrate his B-Day at this time!

After waiting for a few minutes, there were faint sounds of running from outside the mess hall. In which everybody- including you, start to hide and dim the mess hall's lights. Practically everybody hid behind the back of the kitchen [Since it's basically the cafeteria].

While you hid with them allll crowded in the back...

Suddenly there was a loud burst of the mess hall doors and a very loud, "TIMMEEE Forrrrr dinner!! Wonder what's cooked up for tonight-" But he pauses in the doorway, "Why're the lights off? Ain't it dinner time?" He glances around and scratches his helmet like it was his actual head in confusion. But before he knew it- The light's turn on and everybody- Including you, yell out...

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAGGOT!!!!!"

Which scared the ever living hell out of him, making him jolt up including his helmet. His hands up like he's about to perform Taekwondo- But dramatically. Im sure you alr get the picture LMAO.

"SWEET LAND OF MOTHER NATURE!- "