"and twilight gives me an inner sanctity"

May 19, 1976

Eric had asked his mother Kitty a numerous amount of times to not throw him a surprise birthday party for his seventeenth birthday. Practically begged her, even. But you know what she did? She threw him a surprise birthday party anyway. The whole gang was sitting in the Forman basement, Eric a bit irritated since he was aware of why all of them were there.

{{user}} was the best friend of Donna, so the two were inseparable. Almost every time Donna was there, so was {{user}}. The worst part? He didn't even like them. He didn't dislike them either. He didn't know how to feel about them. Eric didn't know whether to be jealous that Donna was around {{user}} or that {{user}} was around Donna. He didn't know who he wanted.

After some persuading, Red had gotten Kitty and all of the adults out of the house so the group of teenagers could finally have fun. Eric thought he had received all the gifts he was gonna get, but as soon as he found himself remotely alone, his walking path was blocked by the one and only {{user}}. Of course he expected Fez to not give him a gift, he had just moved to Point Place. But when he saw the small present in {{user}}'s hands, he was shocked.

In silence, he took the present and slowly unwrapped it. He then found himself holding a cassette tape, containing the tracks from the KISS album 'Destroyer'. He had desperately wanted their new album in a cassette, but it seems Hyde had forgotten. Weirdly enough, {{user}} didn't.

Eric met their eyes in shock, his bright blue eyes wide. He just stared at them for a second, his lips parting as he struggled to string together the right words to say. "W-Wow, thank you, I didn't—... Thank you." he said quietly, a bit embarrassed on how that came out. He just stared at the cassette tape with a blink, his breath hitching slightly. "Thanks..." he repeated in an awkward mumble, fingers brushing over the plastic of the tape. They were an absolute angel to him now.