A Love Letter: Hold Me Today

Since we’re celebrating Valentine’s Day, I thought . . . what better way to do it than with some love letters - the Nick & Mina way! I absolutely had way too much fun writing this and it made me miss them so, so much. Happy Reading ♡

A Few Years Post Hold Me Today’s Epilogue . . .

To: Nick Stamos <nstamos@stamosrestoration.com>
From: Mina Stamos <mina@agapehairsalon.com>
Subject Line: You Owe Me

Should I count all the ways that you owe me today?

To: Mina Stamos <mina@agapehairsalon.com> 
From: Nick Stamos <nstamos@stamosrestoration.com>
Re: Subject Line: You Owe Me

. . . Is this about the shower? I apologized. Didn’t I apologize?

P.S., I offered to make it up to you. Naked. Wet skin. You up against the wall and my mouth where you want me most. Do the math, koukla.

To: Nick Stamos <nstamos@stamosrestoration.com>
From: Mina Stamos <mina@agapehairsalon.com> 
Re: Re: Subject Line: You Owe Me

Good Sir, you flushed the TOILET while I was deep conditioning my hair. Don’t think that I didn’t hear you snickering when I screamed bloody murder. The water was FREEZING!

To: Mina Stamos <mina@agapehairsalon.com> 
From: Nick Stamos <nstamos@stamosrestoration.com>
Re: Re: Re: Subject Line: You Owe Me

The girls thought I’d killed you. By the time you came down for breakfast, I had them half-convinced Mommy was a ghost and here to haunt them for not making their beds.

For what it’s worth, you looked beautiful this morning.

P.S., you’re always beautiful, agape mou. Just as beautiful as the day we said I do.

To: Nick Stamos <nstamos@stamosrestoration.com>
From: Mina Stamos <mina@agapehairsalon.com> 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Subject Line: You Owe Me

You’re trying to butter me up. I know you are.

To: Mina Stamos <mina@agapehairsalon.com> 
From: Nick Stamos <nstamos@stamosrestoration.com>
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Subject Line: You Owe Me

Is it working?

P.S., be ready to head out after lunch today. 2pm. Don’t ask me for more info because I won’t break—doesn’t matter how many times you bat those pretty lashes of yours at me.

To: Nick Stamos <nstamos@stamosrestoration.com>
From: Mina Stamos <mina@agapehairsalon.com> 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Subject Line: You Owe Me

Damn you, Nick, it’s totally working! Although, to be fair, anything you do works for me. Clearly, this is a problem I’ve been dealing with for over two decades now.

P.S., except for when you try to kill me in the shower. Then it’s war.

P.P.S., Considering what happened this morning, you really should feel obligated to tell me. Take pity, husband.

To: Mina Stamos <mina@agapehairsalon.com> 
From: Nick Stamos <nstamos@stamosrestoration.com>
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Subject Line: You Owe Me

Over two decades? At this point, you should just accept defeat.

We’ll be old and gray, sipping out of chipped mugs, and you’ll feel compelled to look over at me, out of nowhere, and say, “Baby, I miss those days when you used to screw with me by purposely flushing the toilet while I showered. Also, I should have taken you up on the gracious offer to make love to me. Now, your knees just give out. What a shame.”

P.S., just showing my own brand of love, that’s all.

P.P.S., No chance.

To: Nick Stamos <nstamos@stamosrestoration.com>
From: Mina Stamos <mina@agapehairsalon.com> 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Subject Line: You Owe Me

See, I think I’d take advantage of the situation. If your knees have given out . . . you can just stay down there longer, that’s all. It sounds like a complete win for me.

P.S., I swear you get more sarcastic the longer we’re together. I love it. I love you. Don’t ever change.

P.P.S., are the girls coming with us? Can you answer that, at least?

P.P.P.S., why do we have chipped mugs? What happened to our good mugs??!

To: Mina Stamos <mina@agapehairsalon.com> 
From: Nick Stamos <nstamos@stamosrestoration.com>
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Subject Line: You Owe Me

Diabolical, I like it.

For the record, I fully plan to spend the next fifty years making you scream. When I flush the toilet while you shower, when I fail to put away the dishes, when I accidentally steal the blankets at night and leave you out in the cold.

But then I’ll make you smile a million times over. When I pull you up into my arms and carry you into the house, just because it makes you laugh. When I have dinner cooked and waiting for you after a long day at work. When I remind you, once again, that you are the most inspiring, gorgeous woman I’ve ever met. I’m in awe of you, koukla. Nothing will ever change that.

P.S., I love you more than life itself.

P.P.S., Carina & Lyra are already with me. Just picked them up from pre-school.

P.P.P.S., Chipped mugs because something in our life has to be imperfect, Ermione. We’ve got to balance out all the good and I figure, if we have to pick something, some busted up mugs will do.

To: Nick Stamos <nstamos@stamosrestoration.com>
From: Mina Stamos <mina@agapehairsalon.com>
Subject Line: No One Else But You

Your currently sleeping beside me while I type this. These last few days in Maine have been everything and more—seeing Dom & Aspen, spending time with Topher while he’s home on break, and watching the girls play with Lily. I can’t believe how big she’s getting now! She looks just like Dominic.

Also, you always know what I need before I even realize that I need it.

Every day I spend with you is better than the last. Every kiss you give me reminds me of our first. You promised me a life of these—of firsts—and you deliver it. Always.

I adore you, Nick. I adore the way you reach for me in your sleep. I adore the way you call me in the middle of the day, just to say hello. I adore the way you adore our girls, how nothing makes you smile harder than when they crawl into your lap for a hug.

You are my other half. My best friend. The soulmate of my heart.

Thank you for accepting me. For loving me.

I’ll never have enough of you, but until the day when we’re sipping from our chipped mugs and arguing over whether you need a walker, I promise to always love you harder, love you more—

You deserve nothing less than all of me.

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