HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELENA OMG HAPPY BIIIIIIIRTHDAAAAAAAAAY!



ELENA, LIGHT OF MY FUCKING LIIIIIFE. CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING OLDER! I WILL LOVE YOU EVEN WHEN YOU'RE SO OLD YOUR HAIR FALLS OFF AND YOU START YELLING ABOUT HOW I PUT CATS IN YOUR TEA, MOTHERFUCKER, AND WHERE THE HELL ARE THOSE BLUEBERRY DEMONS HIDING ANYWAY? EVEN THEN, I WILL LOVE YOU!

Anyways, yeah. *clears throat* You were one of the first friends I got when I first tumbled into fandom like a little ball of tumbleweed, and since the day we first spoke I have been hobbling along, staring adorlingly at your ankles and muttering pledges of allegiance under my breath. You are, without a doubt, one of my closest friends in the world and I am so incredibly lucky to know you. I am the cheesiest motherfucker in the world, but you know I mean every word of that cheese! SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY I CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE OF THIS SCHMOOP OR I'M GONNA START BAWLING, JEEZ! I LOVE YOU BEYOND WORDS.