Oh man. This reminds me of my super cute high school algebra teacher. I had a huge crush on him but he was engaged from the time I started high school.
When I finally accepted the reality that he would never marry me
, I made a hand-embroidered picture with a wreath of flowers displaying him and his future wife's names, along with their wedding date. The flowers were in all different colors (even the leaves and stems were varying shades of green) and it was a pain in the butt to make because you had to keep switching threads.
I had it framed and delivered it in person to him.
He gave me a huge hug, the kind where the person almost picks you up off the ground.
Man. That alone made it worth what seemed like the gazillion+ hours I'd put into that thing.