#Ballum Advent Calendar

[tweedledumandtweedlebum]

Day 9 - Best sofa scene

The tenderness, the intimacy, the vulnerabilty, the love between them🥹🥹

[artsy-marshmelloww]

🎄🌟ballum advent calendar🌟🎄

day 17 - 17/12/2020

manifesting a happy family christmas for the mitchells🖤🦄

[henryspearl]

Ballum Advent Calendar - Day 13

This was supposed to be their best Christmas. Callum had well and truly fucked up, big time. He wished that the thought of ever joining the police never crossed him. Because look where he is now. He saved the one he loves from a prison sentence, but now there was not much to show for it as he sat in the box room of his old flat that he shared with his brother Stuart and new wife Rainie.

He was back to where it all began. Back in the same place where he put on a front to try and be happy in what would have been a long suffering life with Whitney, even though she was the most beautiful girl in his eyes. But that life wasn’t for him.

Callum’s life was supposed to be with Ben and his eyes started to glass over with wet tears as he delicately held a shimmering label, that is a deep shade of red and had an image of a snowman, between his fingers. Sucking in a breath, he turned the label round and felt his breath being held back from his with a choke as the words on the label bravely spoke: To Ben, Merry Christmas! All my love always, Callum xxx

Callum swallowed down the lump in his throat and scrunched his eyes shut as fresh tears came seeping out. He covered his mouth with the back of his hand as he choked out a sob. This was not how it was supposed to be. Last year was a shitty Christmas followed by a pretty shitty year but at least they had each other. But now, Callum is lonely again. This Christmas was supposed to be special, laying presents under the tree, snuggling up on the sofa watching classic Christmas films in which Ben claims that every Christmas film seems to have the same sort of plot outline everytime. But all of that was the magic of Christmas, but most of all it was celebrating the magic of them and that they were together and happy.

But not anymore.

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Here’s Day 13 of the Ballum Advent Calendar!☃️❄️ I am so so so sorry for the delay in getting this posted. Things have just been mental this week and I wanted this fic to be perfect. I know this fic seems angsty but I promise that the second half is full of Christmassy fluff!🥰

Enjoy and happy Christmas!🎅🏻🎄

[bisexualballum]

Ben and Callum are getting ready for a dinner party and share a quiet, loving moment before they leave.

For 04/12/20 Ballum advent calendar!

[mr-and-mr-mitchell]

Ben Mitchell's Ideal Present

Callum gives Ben his ideal Christmas present.

For @theballumplace 's Ballum Advent Calendar.

🎄🎄🎄

[bisexualalienblast]

ballum advent calendar: day eleven

[joyode]

ballum advent calendar for @ballum-fic-wishes​ : december 3rd

bonus:

[smugfacebitchell]

Mistletoe softness for the Ballum advent calendar @ballum-fic-wishes

Day 8 💙

[omarandjohnny]

Ballum Advent Calendar for @ballum-fic-wishes : December 1st

christmas children peep into christmas windows, 

see a world as pretty as a dream...

[ballum-fic-wishes]

🌟 Masterpost 🌟

Here we are, at the end of the Ballum Advent Calender 2019. It´s been so much fun! To conclude the calender, here a list of all the contributions. Check out the posts that you missed, because they were all amazing!

this moodboard by @omarandjohnny

this fic by @heythereromeo-xo

this edit/gifset by @joyode

this fic by @benthighway and this moodboard by @yasisworld

this prompt list by @ballum-fic-wishes

this fic by @they-call-me-halfway

this edit+fic by @tonyclays

this fic by @raynedanser and this artwork by @smugfacebitchell

this edit/gifset by @halfwaysincere

this edit by @stillamess22

this edit/gifset by @bisexualalienblast

this fic by @they-call-me-halfway and this fic + artwork by @dingletragedy and @smugfacebitchell

this edit by @lucres

this fic+moodboard by @mightbeababygay

this edit/gifset by @bernietaylors

this video by @heythereromeo-xo and this fic by @they-call-me-halfway

this prompt list by @ballum-fic-wishes

this fic by @sweetcandygirl21

this edit by @stillamess22

this fic by @basketcase1880 and this artwork + fic by @smugfacebitchell and @dingletragedy

this edit by @weloveweird

this fic by @bernietaylors

this edit/gifset by @calsway

this edit/gifset by @ashpanesars 

With this, I also want to thank everyone who took part, because you are the ones who made this possible! It was so much fun to organize everything, to talk so many kind people I have never talked to before and of course to see all your incredible creations. So much talent in this fandom!!

A few special mentions:

First of all @benthighway ❤ Without Gemma the calender would never have existed in the first place. Actually, not even this blog would have existed. Gemma was always there to let me bounce my ideas off her, to answer any questions and to give me encouragement. So the biggest thank you of all to you, love!

Also shout out to @they-call-me-halfway and @yasisworld ❤ Thank you so much for helping me and saving the day when people had to cancel last minute!

So, that leaves only one thing left to say: Merry Christmas everyone! 🌟

[tweedledumandtweedlebum]

Day 16 - Callum's best outfit

I'm such a shallow human being.

[bernietaylors]

ballum advent calendar: day 15

“christmas will always be, as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.”

[basketcase1880]

Here we are, Day 20 of the Ballum Advent Calendar organised by the wonderful @ballum-fic-wishes. Hope you like it, I’ll be cross-posting this on my ao3 account in my Ballum series as well.

SUPERSTAR

 If there was one thing that Callum loved about Ben, it was how supportive he was of Lexi’s dreams. No matter how absurd he thought they were. He was the ear Ben chewed off when Lola caked Lexi in fake tan, and he was there for Ben when Lola took out her anger about not letting Jack take Lexi to the Winter Wonderland thing in the park. In fact, it had been Callum’s calm head who came up with the idea for the five of them to go together.

 So, when Lexi came out of school with a face like thunder, Ben was right there trying to solve her problems while Callum stood by and watched on in amazement. Ben had not been successful on the walk back to the car, but if Ben Mitchell was anything, it was determined, Callum thought.

“Kelly Simons has been given the lead role in the nativity,” Lexi finally said when she was safely strapped into her booster seat in the car. “We’ve been sharing the role of Mary during rehearsals, but the teachers decided Kelly will be Mary in the show.”

 “Have you still got a part, though, Princess?” Ben asked as Callum started the car.

 “Yeah, I’m the angel,” Lexi pouted. “All I say is ‘Do not fear, I bring you good news’. I’m only in a couple of scenes.”

 “The angel is a good part, Lex,” Callum supplied. “Maybe even the best part.”

 “Yeah, baby,” Ben agreed after smiling at Callum’s attempt to placate Lexi. “Mary wouldn’t even know she was going to have a baby if the angel hadn’t told her.”

 “And the shepherds would still be sleeping on the hill outside Bethlehem,” Callum added. “So why don’t we go an’ get you a new set of angel wings for your dress up box.”

 “Tell you what, baby,” Ben said, liking Callum’s enthusiasm with Lexi. “Why don’t we get you a completely new angel costume and you can wear that for the show. You’ll be the best angel at the school.”

 “Thank you, daddy, thank you, Callum,” Lexi smiled from the back seat, her mood suddenly brighter than it was when she came out of school.

 [LINE BREAK]

 Later that night after Lexi was settled into bed, Ben and Callum were curled up on the sofa in number 45 with quiet Christmas music playing in the background.

 “Thanks for today, babe,” Ben smiled as he placed his hand over Callum’s heart. “You always know how to soothe things over with Lexi, while I’m hot-headed and dive in and make things worse.”

 “No, you don’t, Ben,” Callum replied. “It’s just you an’ Lex are too similar. So, you need an external force to mediate between the two of you.”

 “Just like Lola an’ Jay,” Ben smiled. “But extra special.”

 “How’s that?” Callum asked, a small frown adorning his face.

 “Because your mine,” Ben smiled as he moved to kiss the frown from Callum’s face. “My very own superstar.”

 “Superstar, eh?” Callum smirked.

 “Yeah,” Ben smiled sweetly. “You don’t need to take centre stage in my life, because that place is obviously Lexi’s, but you always make a difference. You know how to save my bacon and stop me from making the worst mistakes. You’re my guiding star, my shining light…”

 “Your superstar,” Callum interrupted with a smile, before pulling Ben closer on the sofa and wrapping him up in his arms.

 Soon enough, both men fell asleep curled up on the sofa, and that’s where Kathy found them later. Rather than disturbing them, she grabbed a warm blanket from the cupboard and threw it over them, leaving them to their slumber. Of course, she had to grab a photo of them first.

[henryspearl]

Day 2 of the Ballum Advent Calendar hosted by @ballum-fic-wishes

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[jackbatchelor3]

Stuart: A Thomas The Tank Engine advent calendar? What are you? Five?

Ben: Yeah. Five inches deep in your brother.

[totallyradioactive15]

Ballum Advent Calendar - Day 12