Nick tensed for a moment before he reached up to hug Evie back. She was a lot bigger than he remembered, though he had to remind himself it had been ten years. Anything he really wanted to ask seemed stuck in his throat, so he just held on for a moment.
Dropping his arms awkwardly at his sides, he managed a crooked smile. "I missed you too. I have stuff. For you. It's not much but I missed birthdays and they don't let us mail things. But you...didn't come to see me, so I..had just saved them.."
He dug in his small bag and pulled out folded up paper, handing them to Evie. Ten drawings done in colored pencils -- different subjects, but one for each birthday he missed. With a look around, Nick finally noticed someone was missing from this family reunion.