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okay...so i have an idea for the photobooth piece...

imagine the reader and vinnie have been married for a long time - they have children and grandchildren, and are still in love with each other as if it is the first times they are dating.

one day, their grandchildren are having a sleepover at their house and the older grandchild finds these old family photo albums in a closet. inside the album are strips of the photos from the photobooth and the grandchildren are in awe of seeing their grandparents so young and beautiful/handsome and in love. they ask the reader and vinnie to tell the story of that day, which brings us to the past and we read about the day when vinnie and reader find the photobooth on the street and take photos in it.

since the photos are in that vintage, not-exactly-black but black & white colour, i thought it would be fitting to have a nostalgic and romantic feel to the piece as well <3

a.n. thank you, thank you, thank you livie for this incredible idea !!! that beautiful mind of yours is always cooking up the best ideas <3 i hope that i did this justice and you, along with everyone else reading, enjoy what i came up with. also everyone reading this, go give livie some love because she is amazing, and also just so happened to put out a new fic for the first time in a while and you all need to go read it immediately if you haven't already !!! it is one of the most beautiful things i have read and she deserves a lot of love on it so go give her some right now 😠 also credit to @beauperalta for the header image i used below !!!

a picture is worth a thousand words || v.h.

it had been many years since you were once that young and in love kid living in the city of angels, pursuing your dreams.

you and your husband of forty years were currently settled in a little cottage on the outskirts of seattle, washington. a home the perfect size for just the two of you, along with enough play space in the back for your adventurous grandchildren to run around in.

life was perfect. well, if there ever was such thing as perfect, this was as close to as you were getting.

you were just as in love with vinnie as the day you had met him all those years ago at the mere age of eighteen. and that love only expanded as he gave you your very own family, three lovely children, who weren’t quite children anymore. in fact they had a few of their own.

your once little family had grown larger than you ever expected, and with that, your heart as well.

it was the night of your grandparent and grandkids sleepover you held at the house at least once a month. you loved your family dearly and wanted to spend as much time with them as possible, giving your grandchildren the best childhood they could ask for, just as you did with their parents.

the kids would be arriving any minute, although knowing your daughter they would most likely be running late.

✧ ⋆ ࣪.* ࣪ ♡ ࣪.* ࣪ ⋆ ✧

you were setting out some extra blankets and pillows, having just finished renting the newest pixar movie you knew the kids had been aching to see, when the doorbell rang.

“they’re here!” you squealed, running over to the entry way to let them in, never once not as excited to see your babies like the day they were each born.

“careful, darling. don’t want to break a hip.” vinnie teased from where he was lounging on the lazyboy all morning.

“oh shut it. these hips work just as good as they used to and you for one should know that.” you cheekily smirked back at him before throwing the front door open with the biggest smile on your face. “hello, my loves. come in, come in!” you announced, giving each and every one of them a big squeeze as they walked through the doorway.

after everyone was settled in and the kids said their goodbyes, which was always a bit harder on the little one, you brought out some coloring pages so they could draw and “surprise mommy with beautiful pictures when she picks you up tomorrow”, which caused your youngest grandchild to perk right up.

while she was at the table, focusing all her attention on making a masterpiece for her mother, the rest of the kids were rummaging through the closet to pull out some games to play.

reaching for a game board tucked away on the top shelf, your grandson lost his balance, knocking over a box full of photo albums, hundreds of pictures spilling out as it hit the ground.

one photo in particular caught your granddaughter’s eye as she leaned over to pick it up. she had seen many photos of you from your younger years, but had never seen you look so happy as you did in these four little images.

she walked over to where you and vinnie were sat with her younger sister, wanting to ask the story behind her new favorite photo of you.

“whatcha got here?” you asked as you saw her approaching with something that definitely did not look anything like a board game in her hands.

“i found these old pictures of you guys in the closet,” she explained while handing it to you.

you smiled once you caught a glimpse at the photos she was talking about. you almost teared up at the sight, having not seen these photos in a long time. the fond memories of that night, and others like it, flooding your mind in an instant. those really were your happiest days.

when the youngest saw you all awing over something, she began to feel left out and quickly moved out of vinnie’s lap to see what all the fuss was about. “grandpa that you?” she asked, pointing to the much younger vinnie in the photo.

“yeah, bub, many years ago.”

“so pretty! you and grammy,” she giggled before crawling back into his lap and picking up her crayons to color again.

“she’s right. grandma, you were so beautiful.” your eldest granddaughter complimented, still staring at the photos in awe of your beauty, now knowing exactly where her mother got it from.

“wasn’t she? the most beautiful girl i’d ever seen, still is.” vinnie beamed, looking at you with the same amount of love in his eyes as the very day those photos were taken.

“how old were you?” your granddaughter questioned, pulling you out of a daydream, it was always so easy for you to get lost in vinnie’s eyes for a moment.

“we were both freshly twenty at the time…”

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it was hot august night, too hot in your opinion. you didn’t know how vinnie could bear wearing a leather jacket in this heat. although when you questioned him on it, he claimed “you just don’t understand fashion.” whatever that meant.

you had just left the birthday party of some tiktoker you didn’t even know the last name of but vinnie apparently had to make an appearance at.

after an hour of pushing through an endless amount of drunk, sweaty kids just to find a single familiar face, which was a failure by the way, you and vinnie decided to get out of there and have your own fun. which ultimately meant going to the rundown arcade around the block.

you spent the rest of the evening there competing against each other in ski ball, air hockey and every other game they had. not without taking a snack break to slurp down a cookies and crème milkshake along with the biggest basket of cheesy fries you’d ever seen, it was heavenly.

by the time you had made your way through almost every game there, to which vinnie cheated and won most, you were the only two left. you were having so much fun to even realize three hours had gone by and the only other person there was a worker begrudgingly sweeping the place up and yelling at you both to get out.

you quickly listened, grabbing ahold of vinnie’s hand and shuffling out of the arcade before you had to deal with the wrath of the old man and his broom. something you knew was probably best not to mess with.

on the walk back to vinnie’s car, you stumbled upon an old photo booth. you honestly weren’t too sure the thing would still work, but when vinnie entered a couple quarters, the machine began to light up, much to your surprise. vinnie promptly took your hand, pulling you inside the booth before sitting you on his lap.

you had thirty seconds before the first photo was taken and you were a giggling mess trying to come up with a pose. at the very last second, you placed your hand on vinnie’s cheek, quickly bringing him into a kiss until you heard the click of the camera.

you were too caught up in your own world after the kiss, you didn’t have time to pose, and the next picture captured you and vinnie basically staring into each other’s soul with so much adoration in your eyes, oblivious to everything going on around you.

you start giggling even more once you realized you missed the second photo and before you knew it, the third was being taken, showing you and vinnie with the biggest smiles on your face in a fit of laughter.

“okay, serious time.” you said to him, but mainly for yourself as you couldn’t stop the laugh that escaped you. “we gotta make the last one count.”

and with that, you wrapped both your arms around vinnie’s neck, pressing your cheek to his as you smiled at the camera. there was still time left so vinnie swiftly turned, giving your cheek a quick peck that the camera caught at the perfect moment.

once the last photo was snapped, you faced vinnie, your soft lips practically touching from how close you were. you leaned in, closing the small gap between you. vinnie deepened the kiss as you ran your fingers through his hair, playing with those curls you loved so much.

you moved in sync, as you always do, for a few minutes before pulling away to catch your breath. a smile spreading across your face as you did. “i love you,” you whispered in his ear.

“not as much as i love you,” he cooed back, placing one last kiss on your lips for good luck.

you snatched the copies of the pictures on the way out, handing one to vinnie which he immediately placed in his wallet for safe keeping.

you, however, held yours close until you made it home. running up the stairs and straight to the desk in the corner of your bedroom, you pulled out a sharpie, writing the date and a little message on the back before sticking it in a box of more photos and knickknacks from throughout your relationship that you only hoped to add on to.

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now here you were, all these years later, holding the very same photo in your hands. turning it over, you grinned at the words scribbled on the paper.

8/22/22

my love for you is forever, sweet vinnie <3

and that it always will be, you thought.

a.n. hey god. it’s me again. when is it my turn ??? 😭

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