[ she'd put this costume together right under his nose, using the restlessness she felt upon learning about sam's disappearance and the deconstruction of merlotte's as motivation to get out there and just do it. sookie researched, searched, and successfully pulled it all together in time for the party. she's worried she messed it up in parts, but the dome wasn't exactly rolling in historically accurate materials. sometimes, you just had to make due with what was available, and she'd pulled a lot of these pieces off other costumes that had nothing to do with the vikings.
holding tight to his shoulders, she grins for the first time in days. ] I'll take that to mean I didn't royally screw this up.