Mid-Winter

What birthday gift do you get the 17 year old boy who only wants items related to video games that any right-thinking parent would abhor?

A flowering plant, that's what!

You laugh, but I tried it.  At first, Finnian laughed too but, as it rapidly grew and changed, I noticed him taking good care of it.  Tending it with tenderness, if I may say so.

Now it is blooming in the most absurdly, outrageously gorgeous manner.  Do I detect a note of pride in his voice when he points this out?