A/N: Follow up to Chapter 15 :)
As far as reprisals went, he had to admit that it was rather simple. Monroe would have preferred for it to something bigger and grander – he wasn't usually the kind to hold a grudge, but Rosalee hadn't stopped laughing for days. Unfortunately, however, unlike Nick, he didn't have something obvious to poke at.
So, of course, he had to get a bit – well, creative.
"Monroe?" Rosalee called from one of the room, "What are you up to?"
"Nothing at all, Rose," he shouted back in reply. He had no doubt that she would stop him if she knew what she was planning – as it was, she had been throwing him suspicious glances ever since the hilarity of the whistle had blown off. If she caught wind of this- well, there was a reason why he was typing this out painfully slowly on his cell phone and not the computer.
Honoured Lodge Chair,
I was just having a discussion with my good friend Nicholas Burkhardt a few days ago, and he happened to mention how grateful he had been for all the care packages your members dropped off at his home after the incident with the hässlichen.
As we are soon approaching Christmas, I wondered if it would be possible for me to ask a favour on the behalf of said friend. Perhaps, as an anonymous gift, your members would be persuaded to gift him such things again?
I await you reply.
Yours sincerely,
Eddie Monroe, Blutdbad
Monroe smirked as he pressed 'send.' He'd had a conversation with Nick about the eisbiebers, all right – but as he remembered, that conversation had involved his complete exasperation and slight irritation as the beaver practice to gift him with anything and everything they could get their hands on.
This might have been so much more subtle than Nick's little joke, but he was sure he would come out in the end. After all, the amusement provided by the whistle had lasted only for a few days – but Monroe knew eisbieber habits. Now that they had actual validation – well, if the gifts stopped before Christmas next year, he would honestly be surprised.
Monroe smirked. He'd have to make sure that Bud let him when the rest of the Lodge planned on dropping by their gifts – it would be rather remiss of him not to drop by on the same day and check if Nick was okay.
Nicholas Burkhardt, Grimm extraordinaire, should have known better than to challenge Eddie Monroe, famous blutbad prankster, at his own game.
A/N: Because Monroe's much more subtle when it comes to getting back at pesky Grimms :P
Besides, I doubt too much mothering - as the eisbiebers seem to be happy to do - is something that Nick (or almost anyone) can deal with over extended periods. He seemed exasperated at the bounty in his house in the show, I can only imagine his reaction if it happened again...
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