#I celebrate Christmas but I know some don’t so happy holidays to everyone ily

[wyrm-with-a-why]

Happy holidays to all from myself and fuzzy chicken leg

[verystrxxwberry]

MOONLIGHT LOVERS CHRISTMAS HEADCANONS!

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𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭: The first time celebrating Christmas in the mansion! Individual, long headcanons, routes x reader (not Neil I'm sorry, I have personal issues to write for this man) ↝ 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: Merry Christmas! I wish you lots of happiness for these holidays and please stay safe. There might be misspellings, mb I did this quickly ily all.

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AARON

He has never considered Christmas as something that was very relevant. He has celebrated it with his mother, and even though they were happy together, he was always anxious about how his father would be and whether he would return or not. Aaron does not consider Christmas as something happy. Some people spend it all alone and the wild animals are the ones having a harder time with such low temperatures.

At the mansion, Ethan, Ivan and Beliath are the ones who bring the Christmas spirit, but Vladimir has always cut off their enthusiasm. Once you arrived and expressed your desire to celebrate it, oh, Aaron didn't hesitate for a second to talk with Vladimir and convince him to do something for Christmas.

He gladly helps with the decorations and the Christmas tree. He’d tell you to go do another thing to not tire yourself, but if you insist with helping, he will make sure you don’t get yourself injured. At some point he’d grab your waist and carry you so you reach higher spots for decoration.

Don’t let this man enter the kitchen during the Christmas noon as Vladimir is cooking the dinner because he will certainly steal some food. 

Aaron will probably invite random wild animals into the mansion so they do not freeze. (Vlad won’t be happy about it)

He dislikes snow and definitely prefers to stay inside, cuddling with you under the blanket and in front of the fire. But whenever it’s not snowing, he might accept to go visit the Christmas market!

He would buy you whatever you wanted if he wasn’t so broke. But will consent you with any pastries, a cheap necklace or ring you want! He’d feel bad if you left the Christmas market without trying anything.

Aaron adores how everyone seems to get along in the mansion during the Christmas dinner. He’s even more open to do jokes and explain stuff knowing there will be good vibes.

He compliments at any second he can about how good you look during your Christmas dinner outfit. Aaron might look at you with a lovesick smile without even realizing. He might be such a gentleman during that night (plus he considers you’re the best gift he could get for this celebration!).

He’s not good at all at gifting. And knowing how honest he is, he probably asked you about the stuff you needed so he could gift you most of those things (plus his kisses might be considered another gift)

He accepts wearing the typical Christmas sweaters only because you and Ivan insisted a lot. He doesn’t feel ashamed though.

Next morning he will try to convince everyone to go get churros with hot chocolate. 

BELIATH

December equals to Christmas for him. Every. Single. Day. He LOVES the Christmas spirit in the city, and it is one of the things he had loved about humans the most; their adorable excitement for this season.

And the moment he finds out you’d like to celebrate Christmas with them his heart quite melts inside his chest. “Oh, really? You’re so cuuuute,” and a great smooch to your forehead, “let’s perturb Vladimir then.” 

As he is decorating the mansion he is definitely singing to Christmas songs. And he will incite you to sing with him.

When he places the mistletoe in the doorway between the kitchen and the big living room, he might casually drag you there and play like he didn’t know the mistletoe was right on top of you… “My my, looks like we are under the mistletoe…” and giggles like a dumb teen. (He simply wants to kiss you)

He will purposely stop under any mistletoe of the city to kiss you.

He is the one in charge to do Christmas parties in home.

Obviously the Christmas day will be reserved only for the family (the other guys and you), and then moondance time! You’re invited ofc.

He’s very original with his Christmas dinner outfit. He REFUSES to wear any kind of ugly sweater, I’m sorry. Yet he braids his hair with some fancy accessories for hair (Christmas themed because he needs to fit the mood) He might find some elegant red pants and a stylish black shirt with a red tie. He truly thinks he ate with that outfit. And please tell him he did.

Vladimir has hit Beliath with his cane several times because he decides to play All I want for Christmas is you in a freaking loop randomly.

Beliath finds excitement in baking Christmas cookies but might end up causing a great disaster. Not because the cookies were burnt, but because the cookies didn’t even have any sort of healthy cookie appearance. They looked poisonous.

He is very good at picking gifts for everyone. He is very observant and knows what people need and want, so he makes mind-lists. A great plan for you two is to go shopping together! 

The most elaborated gift will be yours. You’re very special to him and he won’t only buy anything you need but will also consent you with silly little things.

And no, he’s not rich. He also uses his power in stores to make everyone believe he had paid for so many things.

RAPHAEL

He has a good memory of Christmas and actually likes this season due to how families seem to be more joined. And not going to lie he had wished to feel a sense of familiarity with the vampires at least once. He would like to see Beliath and Vladimir in the same place having fun, he would like to see Ivan and Ethan able to keep a decent and friendly conversation.

It was Raphael’s excitement for your request of celebrating Christmas that made Vladimir accept it. And Raphael was so grateful with you! 

Raphael can’t help much with the decoration, but he can yap about Christmas’ lore. He can also help by giving his opinion about the food to Vladimir (he’d advise him if it needs more salt, if it is burnt…)

He walks around the whole mansion with a blanket around his shoulders as if he was the king of a nation. He doesn’t like coldness and searches warmth whenever he has the chance, snuggling to you when you’re close to him. He also glues to Vladimir by accident just for warmth, even though the British vamp doesn’t complain (he knows that Raphael’s sensitive to coldness)

Drinks too much during the Christmas dinner that he is more talkative than usual. He might have his cheeks completely red and would be smiling more than usual. You along with Ethan and Ivan laughed a lot at this drunk facade of Raphael.

He’s very lovely and sweet with everyone during that night! You might even see him being so clingy with you, Aaron and even Vladimir. 

The hangover wasn’t so easy on him next morning :(.

He sends Aaron to buy gifts for you (he makes a great list of stuff for you). He is subtle with getting ideas for you, and he is most likely relying on his creative side to write a poem for you (if he could paint for you, he’d do it)

If you decide to bake something for Christmas he will offer himself as the main tester of your tarts and cookies.

He will let you gift him cute Christmas pajamas just because they are warmer and very comfy.

VLADIMIR

The reason why the vampires didn’t really celebrate Christmas was because of him. During these holidays he gets the most melancholic. He believes that everyone forces happiness during those days, and he never enjoyed them. He was certainly curious and was wondering how would it feel to do it with the guys, but why would he force it?

What he didn’t expect is that everyone had hopes of doing it thanks to you. You were truly a revolution for his life… yet it did take him time to accept. And even if he had a lot of questions, he ended up accepting.

You helped him to plan the events for the Christmas day. He somehow found the idea of a dinner pretty interesting and decided to be the one cooking. But he refused to wear some sort of silly accessory. Later in the dinner Beliath would place a Santa Claus hat on him, and he’d get grumpy like a grandpa.

But he had fun.

He was the one forcing Beliath and Aaron to set the decorations since they were tall.

Somehow you will find him smiling constantly during that day. And you knew that even if he didn’t express it openly, it was the first time he was enjoying Christmas so much. All his sad heart needed was the warmth of everyone’s presence in a friendly environment. 

He cried when he saw that everyone had a gift for him. He honestly believed that no one would give a single thing to him. He felt awful because he didn’t leave the mansion to buy a single gift.

But Vladimir is a kind person, and he wants to give what he received, and he wouldn’t accept to be empty-handed for so long he’d make sure to have a gift for all of you in less than a week.

He’s the best at wrapping gifts.

Have you ever seen Vladimir hugging someone else that wasn’t you in private? Well, that night he hugged everyone.

After the dinner he gave you a great session of love and cuddles. He was overwhelmed from the amount of warmth and happiness in his heart. You’d hold him in your arms as he cries from happiness :).

ETHAN 

He didn’t really celebrate it when he was a kid, but doesn’t think of Christmas as something bad. He likes it.  And he literally brags about having the Santa Claus village in Finland.

Don’t worry, if he is able to bring you there, he will. He is excited himself to go there.

Loves to play in the snow and will definitely throw a whole big ball of snow at you. He will get you to make snow angels with him, and he will feel as if he was once again a little happy kid. 

He will make you laugh so much when you’re both playing on the snow that even your tummy will hurt. 

Luckily he can not get sick, but you can. And spending so much time outside with him had its consequences. Ethan will say that it’s merely a skill issue, yet he’d feel terrible for making you fall ill during winter. But you won’t lose anything from what they all prepare, you just skip all the preparations which is lowkey good if you’re lazy.

Ethan will spend any free moment besides you, taking care of you. Don’t you dare to get up or he’s tying you up in the bed to rest (not kinkily). 

He is in charge of decorating the Christmas tree with Ivan, and more than once used the lights to wrap them aroun the young vamp. Luckily you aren’t sick enough and can separate them, or they will end up like a cat and dog.

He brings all the ugly Christmas accessories to the dinner and forces everyone to put on something. The board games can’t be forgotten either.

And he will print those pics and stick them into the walls of everyone’s room!! He aggressively forces them, but it’s his adorable small sign of affection towards the others. He is more open with his affection towards you though.

It’s impressive how much does this man eat during the dinner, not even Aaron was capable to win his large stomach.

This man is supposed to not drink alcohol, please control him or next day he might be throwing up all he consumed the last day.

He has a tiny Christmas tree in his bedroom.

Pretty decent with his gift picking. He prefers to give practical gifts and not spend much money.

But he is truly chaotic to wrap the gifts. You can always tell that he wrapped it because it is TERRIBLE.

IVAN

After Halloween, Christmas is one of those holidays which heals his inner child so badly:(. He had a great time during this month with his family, he even had the opportunity to do trips with his family as a way to celebrate Christmas.

He is excited about iceskating and literally spends weeks telling you to go.

When you finally go he ends up with a few bruises from the amount of times he has fallen. And of course a new trauma for him.

Anyway he had fun with going out with you so that’s more than enough.

Ivan wears every single day of December those ugly Christmas sweaters. And he will give you a few of them so you both can go around matching sweaters! 

He is a great enjoyer of seasonal movies and will force you to have cuddling sessions every night and watch any random movie from his laptop.

He drags you to decorate the Christmas tree with him. And you’ll see him smile like a little kid a lot, he’s honestly very happy!

During the dinner he is mainly trying all the plates on the table, too focused on eating to talk. 

He has a lot of fun playing board games (tries to cheat on them but ain’t subtle about it)

He makes the most random gifts to everyone because he has no idea about what to give any of you. He apologizes but at least he makes the moment funnier.

Don’t expect him to be elegant during the dinner. He’s gonna wear Santa’s hat and grinch socks. And he is proud of his outfit!

Do not let him bake anything, for everyone’s sake.

Offers you to spend the whole Christmas night awake, but he dies (falls asleep) the moment he finds a comfy spot in your chest. 

This baby is perfectly aware that now that you live with them, every Christmas will be great and will feel different with you in them. 

✰; remember to reblog and like to support my content, I hope you enjoyed it! Merry Christmas and happy new year everyone!

[leejungchans]

a very lush holidays : l.sm

word count | 1.6k

pairing | lee seokmin (svt) x gender neutral reader

warning(s) | none (lmk if i missed anything!!)

genre | fluff, humour if you squint, meet-cute au

note | also for ficscafe’s holiday event <33 not sponsored by lush but they totally should

summary: in which you have a new favourite customer.

a/n: dedicated to my favourite little lush saleslady @seungcy 😻 hehe ily wifey muah muah!! and happy holidays/merry chrysler (if you celebrate) everyone!! ❤️ i hope everyone’s doing well!!

“Hi, welcome to LUSH! Be sure to check out our Christmas collection, they’re great for gifts this time around!”

The group of teenage girls who just walked in through the door offer you small nods and shy smiles, giggling amongst themselves while ushering one another over to the bath bombs section. You watch with a fond smile as they delightfully fill the paper bags with bath bombs, the scene reminding you of excited children loading up their candy baskets on Halloween.

Working retail can be tough, but you honestly don’t mind your job at LUSH Cosmetics. Sure, some customers can be a handful and you’ve had to break up one too many fights over the last Snow Fairy body spray, but you adore your coworkers and your workplace smells invigoratingly of fragrance oils (your theory is that it works better than coffee), so it really could be worse.

You hum along to the Christmas song playing in the store as you rearrange some of the soap bars, thinking to yourself about how odd it is that there aren’t as many customers as you usually get around this time, when most people are doing their holiday shopping.

There’s a tap on your shoulder when you’re refilling the paper bags at the bath bombs station, and you turn to find a boy around your age smiling back at you, nervously playing with his fingers. He’s the very epitome of ‘cozy’, you think, what with his fluffy hair, oversized glasses, and chunky knit sweater.

“Hi,” he says sheepishly, “I was wondering if you could help me.”

You immediately abandon what you were doing, sirens going off in your head because Beep beep! Cute boy needs your help! “Of course! Is there anything in particular you’re looking for?”

He scratches the back of his neck awkwardly, eyes briefly scanning the colourful display behind you. “No, not really. I was invited to a holiday party and we’re doing a gift exchange,” he explains, “I’ve heard stuff from here are great as presents, but I’ve never been in one of your stores until now and… I’m a bit overwhelmed by all the choices.”

“I totally get it,” you reassure him with an encouraging smile, “I was completely lost when I first started working here too, but I hope after today you’ll be able to find something that you like! Would you like to start with our holiday items?”

His beam rivals the sun as he nods, much like an excited puppy as you lead him to the section for seasonal items.

“This gift set is one of our most popular ones, it’s called Little Snow Fairy and you get a bath bomb and a shower gel, they’re cotton candy and bubblegum-scented.” You grab a tester for the shower gel from the shelf and pop open the lid, letting the boy get a whiff of the shimmering, sweet-smelling product.

His eyes widen dramatically as he turns to you with his mouth agape. “Woah, this smells really good!”

“Right?” you agree excitedly, happy whenever a customer shares your enthusiasm, “it’s a bestseller for a reason! We also have this set called The Night Before Christmas—”

“Aw, I love that this one’s shaped like a polar bear,” the boy coos as he leans in to get a closer look at the bath bomb, “is that lavender?”

“Yeah! Both of them are lavender-scented, so it’s a bit more universal in case the person you’re giving it to doesn’t like sweet smells. It’s really relaxing to use in the bath too.”

“That sounds nice, and I think you’re right—it’s probably the safer option to gift when I don’t know who’s gonna receive it,” he says, carefully taking a set off the shelf and placing it in his basket before turning back to you, gaze expectant. “Is there anything else you recommend from here?”

“As gifts or for personal use?”

He grins, pearly-white teeth peeking from behind his rosy lips. You wonder what lip balm he uses. Maybe you should see if he wants one from here. “Surprise me.”

The two of you make small talk as you essentially give him a tour of the entire store, explaining and showing to him all the different products you think he’d like. You don’t mind one bit, though, because he’s one of the sweetest customers you’ve ever met and it makes you genuinely happy to see him enjoying himself. And not only do you learn that his name is Seokmin, you also find out that he’s incredibly hilarious.

“This smells and looks yummy,” he comments when you demonstrate a bar soap on his hand at one of the sinks. “What’s it called?”

“Honey, I Washed The Kids.”

“I hope they didn’t make too much of a mess.”

“Very funny,” you say with a teasing roll of your eyes, his giggles reaching your ears soon after, “I’m serious, that’s literally what it’s called.” Despite having met him just half an hour ago, talking to Seokmin feels like catching up with an old friend, surprising yourself with how comfortable you are around a stranger’s presence.

His warm eyes fall on your face as you wash away the foamy lather on his hand, a smile stretching across his lips at the adorable way your nose scrunches when you’re focused.

“Thanks, now my hand smells like dessert.” He brings his hand up to his face, softly sniffing at the caramel scent that lingers on his skin. “And the fact that it looks like a dessert too, has anyone actually taken a bite out of these things?”

“If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if they could do that, I wouldn’t have to work anymore,” you joke. “None of our products should ever be consumed, but it never stops people from trying anyways.”

Hearty laughter, reminiscent of a roaring fire on a freezing winter night, bubbles up out of Seokmin. “Just because it’s natural doesn’t mean it’s always edible, huh?”

“Exactly.”

“Like poop.”

“You’d make a fantastic LUSH salesperson.”

He wriggles his eyebrows at you with a cheeky smile. “Does this mean you wanna be coworkers with me?”

You can’t help but smile back as he grabs a bar of Honey, I Washed The Kids. “I mean, if bath bombs and bar soaps with… interesting names are your calling, then feel free to send in an application.”

He looks down at his overflowing basket. “Does LUSH offer employee discounts?”

Seokmin looks on rather embarrassedly as you ring him up ten minutes later. “Y’know, I never expected myself to get so much stuff for my first time here… most of these aren’t even gifts! They’re for me!”

You briefly look up from wrapping his gift exchange present to shoot him a knowing smile. “Don’t worry, happens all the time. But in all seriousness, I’m really glad you had fun and found what you needed! I’m sure whoever gets your present will love it, and I’m not just saying that because I’m biased.”

“Not even a little?” he teases.

“Well… maybe just a little,” you admit with a shy grin as you carefully arrange his purchases in a large bag. Along with his receipt, you also throw in some samples like you’d normally would (okay, maybe you slipped in a few more than usual) before gently nudging the bag towards him.

“It was nice meeting you, Seokmin,” you tell him, feeling your cheeks warm at your words, “I hope you enjoy your holidays.”

His eyes crinkle up into adorable crescents as he beams brightly. “It was nice meeting you too, Y/N! Thank you so much for helping me out today, and I’m sorry if I took up too much of your time.”

“No, no, don’t apologise! I had lots of fun talking to you! Feel free to stop by more often.”

“I definitely will. I’m pretty sure today’s the beginning of my LUSH obsession.”

You giggle, more thankful than ever that the store is unusually empty so you can keep talking to him without worrying about holding up the line. “Then… I guess I’ll see you around?”

Seokmin nods enthusiastically, fluffy hair bouncing along with the movement. “Of course! And—uh… how should I say this…”

Fondness blooms in your chest as he stumbles over his words, your curiosity growing simultaneously as you wonder what else he has to say.

“I’m not too sure if bar soaps and bath bombs are my calling yet… but I’d love to hang out with you outside your job because you seem really cool!” he blurts out, the tips of his ears now a bright red as your eyes widen at his sudden admission, “I can give you my number, o-only if you want, of course! No pressure, r-really! I—uh—”

“Seokmin, I’d love to hang out,” you interrupt gently, and he returns your smile as you reach into his bag for his receipt with burning cheeks, quickly scribbling your number on it using the marker you snagged from the pen holder in the corner. “Don’t lose it,” you joke to ease his nerves, snugly tucking the receipt in between his purchases.

“I’ll guard it with my life,” he responds in an equally lighthearted manner, eyes twinkling with happiness, “after all, we have kids to wash, honey.”

Your cheeks hurt from smiling so much as you watch his retreating figure, and while you knew you’d have to endure your coworkers’ relentless teasing for the rest of your shift after they witnessed your entire exchange, you can’t bring yourself to mind all that much when you’re looking forward to a text from a certain bespectacled boy.

from: unknown number

[18:32] hi y/n, it’s seok!!

[18:32] do you wanna go out for coffee soon? i know a super cute place downtown :>

[kaebedom-me]

Chaeya mistletoe hcs

Thank you star nonnie again for letting me indulge 🥺💖💕💜💙💕💖🧡🖤💗💛 Ily sm star nonnie mwah mwah

To everyone's that's celebrating myeri kraises!!! And everyone else happy holidays!! I hope you get the characters you want as a chrimmis gift today uwu may rngesus bless you

So there's like 3 different mistletoes ok

Mistletoe for smooching, for fucking, and for fighting (mistlefoe)

Kaeya indulges Childe with fights because he knows he's feral

And Childe indulges Kaeya with anything he wants to do, all the snuggles and sex uwu

They, if not just Childe, prolly brought multiple presents for each from daily essentials, stuff they wanted got awhile to like sex toys and stuff lol

Kk, back to mistletoes

I feel they'd have a lot scattered across their homes, other than that three. Them just kinda wanting to use the excuse to each other smooches

It's not like they need the excuse they're just uwu chrimmis smooches ok v cute very lovely time

A lot of the times it just turns into really heated make out sessions with Kaeya's back against the frame of the hallway and Childe greedily grinding their cocks together

Sometimes it's also one of them pulling the other over to the mistletoes initiate make out sessions?

HAHAH Like Kaeya's packing away some stuff in the living room and Childe from upstairs just drags Kaeya over to one of the mistletoes and just kith

"oh you're over here now, i guess we might as well kiss huh"

Other times it's them being asses to each other by giving lingering kisses at the corner of their lips to rile each other up

"just fuck me" "aw, but we're not even under the mistlehoe"

K but them being the Softest™ when they're not Horny™?

Kisses under the mistletoes and just looks into each other eyes all lovey dovey

And they just stand there in each other's arms for awhile exchanging soft very heartfelt i love yous and I'm glad you're here with me

Sometimes when they're really feeling it, they slow dance right underneath the mistletoe 🥺

Like they won't even have music on they're just swaying to each others breath and vibing to each others heartbeat

They're so soft omg I'm-

Ok but them apart from exchanging gifts have a little thing where they swap letters to each other and the contents are just them being 100% sappy

They don't talk about the letter though, they'll read it in their respective corner and they'll never talk about it to each other

I just think it's a cute way for them to do emotions because let's be real they're a little bit emotionally constipated

Kaeya and Childe sitting down to write letter back to Childe's family too jsjfbg

Like, they'll go back to Snezhnaya and stuff but it's a fun little time thing they do for the younger siblings

Back to mistletoes, i got a little side tracked. I'll do some horny ones to make up for it

The mistlehoe,,, yeah it's for fucking

Has no shame, its fine, they'll just fuck at this one spot of their house like-

It's probably a doorway somewhere, like they'll go by it every now and then but it's not often they'll past it?

Not mistletoe related but somewhat, they've made it their goal to fuck in every corner of the house? Like every available surface

So you know they hung up the mistlehoe somewhere they haven't fuck before

Them moving the mistlehoe after they've fucked at the spot to somewhere they wanna try or an old favourite spot they like to fuck at HAHAH

There's equal parts hard, Kaeya screaming his throat raw fuckings and soft lovey dovey making love type beat fucking

It's just, it's the holidays and they might not necessarily celebrate Christmas but it's nice to have some time off work to just be with each other

It makes them very soft for each other

Y'all the image of Kaeya gasping "love you" to Childe as he hits a particular good spot,, and Childe chuckling and whispering "i love you too" back into Kaeya's ear eYE-

Hard fucking, Childe being too excited and wanting to try out the toys and costume he got Kaeya so he just tears some open

[fictionobsession]

Snow (Tom Holland x Reader)

Word Count: ??

Warnings: None!

A/N: This is the teaser for @peeterparkr‘s secret Santa gift! The full one-shot should be out tomorrow or Tuesday (sorry for the delay Nancy ily). But happy holidays to everyone out there! I hope that your celebrations (or just your time off, if that’s your thing) was wonderful and everything you needed at the end of this nightmare of a year.

 Christmas Eve was beautiful. The snow was falling so gently, laying in a pristine sheet on the grass and sidewalk. A group of friends, and friends of friends, and so on, were having a Friendmas party at the local pub. After counting all the friends of friends, there were about 30 people gathered in the small room, showing off their talent at karaoke. A well-dressed but extremely intoxicated man was singing that he’d be home for Christmas really stole the show, and was requested to sing many traditional (and less traditional) carols to the group of college students who wanted nothing more than to get to see their families for the holiday. By the end of the night, everyone had had a bit too much to drink, and the group stumbled outside into the quiet night, disrupting the momentary peace of a busy neighborhood. As the group moved down the sidewalk, heading back to their apartments and dorm rooms, a man tripped into the road, directly in front of a moving vehicle. As he cringed, awaiting the hit, he felt someone push him out of the way, sending him out of the car’s path. In the blink of an eye, the car had stopped directly where he had been. None of the other individuals in the group even noticed the incident, too focused on their own struggle walking home.

In a flash, the driver jumped out of the car and started examining the scene before him. “I’m so sorry! Is everyone okay? Did anyone get hurt?”

The man shook his head, trying to quickly assess his health and wellbeing, deciding he was surprisingly unharmed. However, when he looked up to see his savior, the other man was on the ground, holding his leg. It appeared to have been scratched pretty badly, with blood dripping from his leg onto his hands. The driver quickly ushered both men into his vehicle and drove them to the emergency room.

While on the short drive to the ER, the man’s savior found that his leg hurt quite badly. His face contorted with pain every few moments. The man started talking about his dreams of being a performer, trying to find any means of distraction.

“I’ve always wanted to run my own show. Like on Broadway. ’d love to be on the stage, but I also wanna be in charge of the direction, you know? Like able to decide which numbers to do in which orders.”

“Wanna be a real Renaissance man, huh?” The other man let out a laugh that quickly turned to a yelp, his hand moving to hold his leg steady.

“Yeah, guess so. Just think it’d be fun to be involved in all of it. Run my own thing, I dunno. Probably sounds stupid I guess. Still, a dream’s a dream. Or somethin’.”

The savior snorted. “Nah, sounds about the same as mine. Imagine, the two of us getting’ something together like that. It’d be crazy, right?”

“Insane, completely.”

“Of course, I did just save your life, so if you were to go on some crazy Broadway adventure, you’d be somewhat obligated to take me along, right?”

“Oh, I guess you did do that. And you’re the one hurting for it –“ The man trailed off, guilt overcoming his features. “If I were to do something like that, I had planned on going solo, though. Have my own creative direction and all.”

The savior held his leg, his face forming the kind of grimace of a man that had just lost a limb. “Well, I don’t want you to feel obligated or anything.”

The man seemed to consider it for a moment, finding that he suddenly felt extremely guilty for the position his savior was now in at his expense. “Hm, I – I guess that if I were to do something like that we could try it together.”

The savior smiled a wide, toothy grin and extended his hand. “Ha! Then hello stranger, my name is Harrison!”

The man took Harrison’s hand in a strong shake. “Tom. My name’s Tom.”

[thxvclvxts]

I usually do follow forevers on Christmas Day, but I didn’t this year. But I still have people I am grateful for and love and for that reason, here is a quick post to let them know I care.

@clxnia the best of the best! My closest friend both on tumblr and off. Like. Seriously the best. I don’t go a day without talking to you at this point and honestly ily. Thanks for being the wine aunt to my work mom-ness lol.

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[fafulous]

Round Two

Pairing: Elijah Mikaelson x Reader

Summary:  Reader’s family doesn’t include her in their Christmas plans for the night, leaving her in shreds of sadness until her phone rings from her favorite family of vampires to save her Christmas.

Warnings: LIL ANGSTY??? FLUFFY??? IMPLIED DITTY DO?? HOW?? DO?? YOU?? DO?? WARNINGS?? CHEESIER THAN YOUR CHEESE FRIES YOU HAD SOME WHILE BACK?? DO I MARK 18+??? IDK READ MY FRENS

A/N: AL right. Now the reason I’m writing this sad prompt is because this is what happened to me although not exactly, but the feelings are the same. @heythereelejah gets prompt credits for asking me to vent out through this prompt. ILY ALL

Christmas is the time for endless fun and sloth behavior. It is the time when you're wrapped in woolen clothes warming yourself from the freezing cold while the aromas freshly baked cookies of various assortment filled the room completely.

It is the time to rekindle old traditions and mingle with the already closest members of your home, your sweet family.

But god save you, it will never the same with your family.

While Christmas has it's beautiful merits, the only thing favoring you was the demerits of it.

Being the youngest sibling and the quiet one, you were always foreshadowed by the eldest and her happenings. Not only by her, but it seemed like you were always taken for granted by the rest of your family. But it never bothered you that much, they were family and you loved them no matter what.

And Christmas can make the most dysfunctional family functional right?

Apparently not.

--

"I still don't understand why Elijah didn't call her Nik."

The Mikaelsons shuffled around the table as they made their last minute preparations and adjustments here and there.

"As I said," Elijah huffed, disappoint me written all over his face, "she told me she had to spend Christmas with her family. And this was quoted by Y/N herself."

Elijah felt a pang of sadness but pushed it away quickly. All of his siblings were bringing their dates for Christmas, except for him. Thinking it was the perfect opportunity to make a move finally, he had asked you to attend the dinner. But you couldn't and he realized it too - she had to celebrate it with her family.

"But we all know how she doesn't like spending her holidays with her actual family," said Kol with a faulty tone.

"Are you accusing me of not inviting sweet Y/N?"

"Enough both of you," stormed in Rebekah as she placed the bottles of red wine on the table.

"Kol," said Freya placing a soothing arm on his shoulder, "we all know that. We also know that Elijah and none of us can go and drag her from her family festivities. Maybe this Christmas she can actually have fun with them, you'll never know."

"On the bright side, we have a table and food as long and as wide as our lives. She can join us anytime," said Klaus as he carried Hope in his arms, silently upset that his friend couldn't make it tonight.

"I have a good feeling she'll be here tonight, Elijah," reassured Rebekah

Elijah wished that too, for he wouldn't have spent half an hour preparing an infinitesimal surprise for the woman he cherished silently.

To his luck, his wish was granted.

After a while, the Mikaelsons' dates had arrived. Marcel, Davina, Caroline, and Keelin made their ways to their loved ones, carrying small packages of gifts for everyone. By the time they sat down one by one after exchanging warm wishes, they were interrupted by the sound of continuous knocks. Elijah swore he heard a familiar whimper and ragged breathing too. All the Mikaelsons' antennae turned towards the door. Before Elijah could get up knowing who it was, Klaus was already out of the dining hall.

"Don't worry brother, I've got this"

--

The cold outside made your teardrops colder, your cheeks feeling ice bitten by those salty splashes of water streaming down your eyes.

It happened again. Yes, you were quite used being dominated by most of your family members and being ignored by them occasionally, but this time it crossed the line.

When you came out of your steaming shower to get ready for the unplanned evening, you noticed the strange quietness that was never associated with your family.

"Mom? Dad?"

At first, you were foolish enough to think it was a prank in form of a surprise. But later, it was very obvious that your family had gone out somewhere without even telling you. You didn't need to decipher that only by reading a note handwritten by your uncle.

We've all gone to the nearby mall for some quick shopping. Will be back some time.

You clung on to the last sentence like your poor heart depended on it since you never really like being alone most of the times, especially on a holiday like this.

But an hour passed and they were nowhere to be seen. They didn't even bother calling you, which made you cry out loud so loudly thanks to the fact that no one was home.

You went up to your room, slamming yourself into the plushy cushions sobbing and decided to not do anything for the day. So much for the holidays, you wished you were actually in that dreadful college of yours.

It was now that you regretted politely declining the Mikaelson's Christmas Dinner. Elijah had personally made the effort to invite you all the way by visiting during after college hours only for it to be declined by you. How you wished you could be there right now.

But the familiar chimes rising from your phone diminished the regret.

Messages from your favorite family flooded the home screen, one from each Mikaelson.

Kol: Christmas is no fun without our lame jokes being tossed around at everyone. Come home if you can, we have a special Mikaelson kiddie chair reserved for you dwarf size darling ;)

Klaus: Y/N. As much as you know that I'm not a Christmas person, the house feels empty without you. Hope wants you to be here too, and we have a spot saved just for you. See you soon and Merry Christmas.

Rebekah: Bitch you better bring your arse down here no matter what time it is. You promised me you would burn your wishes with me and the family. Even if you don't come by midnight, I ensure that you do.

Freya: Hey come home, we all miss you. Keelin says it's been ages since she saw you, might be the perfect night to rekindle stories. Hopefully see you there tonight :)

And finally from the man who made you nervous and fidgety.

Elijah: I hope you're having a good time with your loved ones this Christmas. Although you declined the invite, it's never off the charts. I wish you were here with us. I really do miss your presence Y/N. Merry Christmas.

You just instantaneously sprang up from your bed, happy tears rolling down your cheeks. All of their messages touched your heart, especially Elijah's, realising they still saved you a seat. The fact that the family missed her, the fact that he misses her made her heart flutter with mixed emotions of happiness and anxiousness.

Rebekah was your college mate, the only one who helps you to get through the educational hell hole. Long enough, she confided in her family secrets, her vampirism and her small aim in life to start a family.

The Mikaelsons, as usual, were very very apprehensive about maintaining an acquaintance with you but this problem was long forgotten. You were able to bring a small amount of cheer within every single one, be it taking care of Hope or assisting Freya with spells or even talking to Klaus about the deepest regrets of his lifetime. All of them took her in like a sibling they've always wanted.

Except for one.

You quickly took a small piece of paper and scribbled something on the lines of:

Waited for 'some time'. Headed to the Mikaelsons for some actual Christmas Cheer. See you tomorrow and hope you have a good one without me.

And right now you stood in front of their beautiful teak wood door engraved with their Mikaelson sigil surrounded by a beautiful Christmas wreathe. Wanting to get there fast, you just slipped on black jeans with a black top, pairing it with a beautiful white woolen overcoat and some black boots.

You knocked the door twice, wiping the last set of tears from your cheeks. You didn't realize how puffy your eyes must've looked as Klaus opened the door with a smile that soon dissolved to a protective glance.

"Y/N"

"Is it too late? If it is-"

He pulled you in with his strong arms, pushing away your statement. "Poppycock. You're right on time."

"Klaus. I look horrible."

"Oh, that will never be a problem when Kol is around, love." He held you by your shoulders as he guided you to the dining.  "But besides the jokes, have you looked yourself in the mirror? Cute, small-"

You playfully slapped his shoulders which earned a chuckle from his lips.

"and beautiful," he completed. You hugged him sidewards as you reached the center of attraction.

The hall was decorated beautifully, ornaments stringing the Christmas tree just like in those Christmas movies you've always seen. Presents were wrapped in colors you never knew that existed and it was then you realized as you walked into the dining,

"I didn't bring any gifts."

The table was filled with food and expensive silverware. From a variety of roasted meats to salads and pies to cakes, you were very eager to taste them all with the best company you could ask for. Your eyes scanned at everyone seated around the table, dressed in red, green and white.  They finally landed on Elijah, who looked as usual - ridiculously good looking. A jet black suit with a white tie, which you had gifted him for his birthday last month. It was the first gift you had ever given to Elijah and you were glad it was acknowledged.

"As much as you hate my cheesiness, you're our gift darling," said Kol as he came up to you giving a kiss on your cheek.

Wishes and kisses were exchanged as the siblings and little Hope, who loved the woolen overcoat you were wearing and who just couldn't stop touching it.

You then went up to Elijah, awkwardly deciding whether to kiss him on the cheek or give him a hug, but finally, you decided to just wave it out. You swore you heard Kol and Rebekah sigh, for they knew how much you were attracted to him.

"Come on now, here's your kiddie chair," said Kol.

Before you could place your hand on the chair, your hands collided with Elijah's.

"Allow me Y/N,"

Ever the gentleman you wondered, as he pulled out the chair and helped you to sit. Your heart soared, even more, when he sat next to you, feeling the blood rush to your cheeks. Throats were cleared loudly to state the obvious.

Elijah glared at Marcel, Caroline and Kol, who were the culprits of the noise. Everybody knew how you both had a liking to each other, except for the parties involved. Everyone was seated next to their beloved. Klaus and Rebekah smirked at each other, while Kol whispered something into Hope's ear.

A toast was made by Klaus, out of character and emotional, thanking his siblings and guests, especially you for their tolerance and love disposed at him.

"To Family."

There was just merry and only merry in the room, as everyone ate to their hearts' pleasure. Everyone's glasses were red, except for Freya, Keelin, Davina and you for it was not blood but the best red wine caught hold of by Elijah.

Embarrassing Christmas stories were thrown onto the table as everyone ate, only pausing whenever the laugh was too hard to control. Caroline spilled the beans about Klaus' proposal while Rebekah talked about Kol's ridiculous adventures. At this moment, you smiled and laughed forgot what your actual family had done to you and never noticed the occasional needy glances Elijah gave you.

While taking a sip your eyes raked at everyone with no worry plastered on their face, their bond overflowing the conversations. If not for Elijah, you would never be out of your reverie if he hadn't placed his palm on top of yours.

"It really is great having you here Y/N," whispered Elijah, not even audible to the rest of the vampires as they all started calling Klaus as Santa, "I am absolutely uninformed as to your circumstances of you leaving your home and spending the holiday with us, but I'm really really glad you're here today."

Elijah's grip on her palm tightened as he saw another coat of tears brim up your eye, but not enough to roll.

You nodded at his statement of comfort, but then soon joined back to the table's merriment.

"Come on dad please," requested Hope as she conjured a Santa hat on top of her father's head, "It's not really Christmas if you don't say it." You smiled at Hope's magic, improving day by day for such a young girl of ten years old.

"Oh alright alright," said Klaus, "Santa Klaus is coming to town! Ho ho ho!"

The whole table erupted with laughter at Klaus, while he joined as well, laughing at himself.

The Christmas dinner proceeded with Elijah's palm never leaving yours and both of them couldn't have asked for anything else better.

--

After the hefty dinner, you barely couldn't even move from all the delicacies. Turns out this Christmas, it wasn't team girls but team boys who went all the way down to cook each and every item on the table.

"You favorite gingerbread and sugar cookies wee exclusively baked by Elijah himself love," grinned Rebekah, "Plus the boys wouldn't let us enter so why not?"

Soon Rebekah started to hand out pieces of parchment to everyone so that they could write it down for good luck and burn it.

You involuntarily looked up at Elijah, least bothered if anyone was looking. He turned up and looked at you as well as he held Hope in his arms. To be in his embrace in both good and bad times, to lead a life with him no matter where it takes you, to grow up with this dysfunctional yet caring family was your ultimate wish. But it seemed like a dream, a dream too far to touch, like touching the stars with your bare hands.

But nevertheless, you wrote it down feeling foolish and greedy to want to have the best things in the world.

"Gather around its time!"

After Rebekah's calling, one by one everyone burnt their wishes into the small fire built by Freya.

You sighed as you made you moved away from the gathering, up and away to the room you would always go to every time you'd come here.

In reality, it was Elijah's study. Walls covered with bookshelves with a very huge fireplace giving you the perfect warmth all the time. This was the place where most of the times Elijah and you used to bond reading books in silence and confiding in thoughts and personal matters that wouldn't be heard by any other person. It was getting cold and you might as well thought to get yourself warmed.

But when you turned on the lights, you were in for a treat.

The whole room was dimly illuminated with fairy lights strung upon every tall bookshelf that covered the rustic walls. You even saw huge socks lined up on the mantlepiece of the huge fireplace you've always adored. In place of the couch, a small bed mattress was placed on the floor with a navy blue bedspread covered with fluffy cushions - just the way you liked.

Your heart felt fuzzy, this whole room giving you so much of aesthetic warmth. What made you even curious was that no one used this room except for you both. So that must definitely mean-

"I sincerely hope you like it."

You turned around to see Elijah standing by the door frame with a mug in his hand, his thick accent giving you a small chill. As he walked towards you, you shamelessly checked him out from head to toe - how the suit hugged him perfectly making him look dapper as ever. You took in a deep breath, not being able to stand there without touching him.

"It's really gorgeous Elijah. I love what you've done with the study," you blushed.

"Well, I'm glad. This was a small surprise for you-"

"You did this for me?"

"Of course. I did have a hunch that you'd be here tonight."

You blushed even more furiously, putting your head down. This man could make you go crazy but still remain sane at the same time.

"Here I brought this for you," said Elijah as he handed over the mug to her, making his way to set up the fireplace.

"Oh you're always spoiling me, Elijah," you chuckled realizing he made you Hot Cocoa, something you've always liked to have when you're feeling cold.

"By all means, I am to do that always," he huffed as he removed his coat suit, flinging it to one of the idle chairs. He began to roll up his sleeves, all of his attention on getting this fireplace started, but yours, by all means, wasn't.

Your breath hitched, with heart skipping a few beats probably, seeing his well built muscular arms bulging out of his black inside shirt. He then bent down to place the firewood and start the warm fire, which gave you a perfect view of his backside, which made you cough so loudly because damn it was one fine-

"Are you alright?"

You cleared your throat, prodding yourself for shamelessly checking him out, "Yeah- yeah I'm good."

"Well, come be seated."

You removed your overcoat as it began to slowly get warm. Elijah's eye's lingered to you, as he saw you in the black knitted tank top, as you took your sip from the hot cocoa. You made a pleasing noise after drinking it, which unconventionally turned him on lightly. He cleared his throat just to get the ridiculous thoughts out of his head.

Keeping the mug aside you sat down, removing your boots that stuffed your legs the whole day. You stretched your legs and neck, unknowingly giving a beautiful display of your chest to Elijah, but averted his eyes being the gentlemen he was.

"This is so well put together Elijah. Thank you so much,"

Elijah nodded slightly, loosening his tie from the warmth that was growing in the room. Realizing you were looking too much, your eyes moved to the prickling fire.

"I don't want to sound persuasive, but if I may ask you?"

You cocked your head towards him sighing. It annoyed you that it hurt every time you thought about it. But it was Elijah, the one man who you could express your emotions freely.

"They left me, Elijah," you stopped, slightly getting choked from the emotion.

"What?

"They all went out without calling me."

And like this rambling teen, you went on and on about what happened just a few hours back. A few tears fell here and there while ranting every tiny detail of the evening to him and not did he for even a second lose his attention from all your words.

He wasn't even realizing what he was doing as he cupped one of your cheeks with his hand as you completed, giving a defeated whimper and sigh.

"...makes me feel so unloved all the time Elijah. How much more do I need to prove myself?"

"Shh," he whispered as he came closer to you, gently tucking a loose strand of hair behind your ear, "listen to my voice, mine and mine alone. Take a deep breath."

And you did so, focussed on his voice, the only thing you wanted to hear for the entire day.

"Y/N you are so loved, so loved," he came closer you almost inches away from your lips, "I want you to know that very clearly. Do you understand?"

You nodded, your eyes closed from the proximity of Elijah's face. You could feel his hot breath fanning on your face and you were pretty sure he could feel yours as well.

"We're here for you always love," he paused and resumed, "I'm here for you."

"I know that Elijah," you whispered hoarsely, "I'm eternally grateful for you and your family."

"But I don't see you the way my family sees you."

You opened your eyes, the tension finally hitting both of you as you looked at his half-opened eyes. You looked at his soft, supple lips that made you lick yours involuntarily as you felt Elijah's grip on you cheek harden. He made his move and you decided to make yours.

"Yeah yeah that's good," you hesitated, "because neither do I, Elijah."

That one statement was enough for Elijah to slam his lips onto yours.

As both of your lips entwined he could taste the cocoa that was on your lips a few minutes ago and he loved it. You moaned into the kiss as he pulled you onto his thighs. Your palms roamed freely, tugging on to his perfectly styled hair.

In the heat of the moment, you removed your tank top revealing your strapless lace black bra you wore. It was a delight for Elijah, kissing you sensuously right in the middle of your breasts. He made his way kissing you all the way up to your neck. From the sounds, you were making he figured it out that this was your sweet spot.

He then made his move, ripping his own shirt for you to devour. You traced his torso with your finger, checking if it was really true if you were about to do it with a living sex god in front of you.

You peppered up kisses up his neck, just like he did and finally found your way to his lips. You let your tongue explore him, as you both fought for dominance. And in the heat of the moment after pulling away your tongue from his, you bit his lip, which produced a loud growl from Elijah.

Getting hot and bothered as Elijah noticed, you were grinding his hips, where you felt him bulging from his pants.

"Elijah please," you cried.

"What do you want my love?" he whispered huskily, which made you go high.

"I want you, please," she begged, as she traced down her trousers.

As his arms snaked up to unclasp your bra, exposing your breasts, he came up to your ears whispering thickly as he pressed his chest onto yours.

"And so you shall my love."

--

Back down there everyone was opening presents while drinking wine. There was Merry all over until after a point of time Caroline noticed something.

"Hey! Where is Y/N?"

Everyone looked around in confusion realizing they were missing a member from the festivities.

"I think Elijah has gone in search for her," said Freya as she cuddled Keelin in the living room.

"Oh oh alright that's good," she said content with the reply.

"Y/N"

"Oh, that sounded like him. I think he found her. They'll join us at any momen-"

"Oh Elijah"

Everyone just stopped, as all the vampires dropped their jaws and the gifts they had in their hand since they heard something that was something extremely inaudible to Freya, Keelin, and Davina. Rebekah gasped but secretly proud of her girl.

"What's wrong? What happened Kol?" Asked an extremely worried Davina, apprehending they must have heard something that she wouldn't have.

"Elijah. Y/N. They're um-"

Kol stopped Caroline Midway. "It's about time if you ask me. Was this the surprise Elijah was talking about? The surprise of Christmas Sex?"

Klaus hit him hard on the head on account of little Hope who was unwrapping her gifts, fortunately not paying attention to what the adults were talking.

Everyone blushed and let out small fits of laughter. They were happy that finally, those two got to know how much they actually mean to each other.

Davina whispered something and snapped her fingers, knowing that the vampires feel more silence with her magic.

"Now now let's give them privacy," smirked Davina.

"Atta girl", said Kol as he kissed her forehead, "Rebekah I think you owe me a 100 dollars for predicting Elijah’s Christmas Sex."

Klaus almost chopped his head off in a moment’s fury.

--

Elijah pulled out the extra navy blue sheets covering both of them. Right below his arms, you lay down covered in a thin film of sweat beads, staring into the fireplace and then looked right at him into his chocolate colored eyes.

He leaned down to give you another kiss, devouring your lips slowly as you placed your palm on his cheek.

"Talk about the best Christmas, this was way out of my league," you whispered

"It was nothing love," he said grinning as he lied down next to you, kissing your forehead and pushing away the strands from your face.

You snuggled closer into him, wrapping your arms around him, your head on his torso. "This was the Christmas gift ever. Thank you, Elijah,"

"Oh no my love, that's not all I have for you," he whispered as he got up instantly, making you follow suit as well.

Gripping the sheet to your chest, you saw Elijah reach of for something in a medium sized box green box with a red ribbon on it.

Taking it, you looked up at him smiling with curiosity and back at the box and decided to open it.

Inside it was a small silver chain with a pendant on it. It was so beautiful at a glance you were smiling so hard at Elijah without even discerning what it was.

The pendant was the Mikaelson sigil, a beautiful M calligraphed onto a coat of arms. And on the backside of the pendant was a small letter, that denoted the first letter of your name.

The emotional wreck you are made your eyes a tad bit watery.

"Elijah. Th-this is beautiful. You didn't have to."

"No," he simply said taking the chain from the box and nudging you to turn around, "it's of utmost importance that you know this truth Y/N."

He helped you put the chain onto you as he brushed your hair away gently and placed his chin on to your shoulder, whispering something you never thought you will hear.

"You will and always be family, no matter what the path takes us to. You are and will undoubtedly be the one who I cherish my life with Y/N. You must know that I-"

"I know," you turned around to him, inches away again from his lips, "I love you too Elijah."

Both of you feverishly kissed again as your hands found your way to his hair, completely forgetting about the sheet you were holding onto.

When you let go of his hair briefly your soft supple breasts were left on display for Elijah. He looked at them, his eyes going darker which you identified as lust. Without any warning he tugged you to him, feeling his well-built torso on your chest, which made you giggle incoherently.

"It's not a Mikaelson Christmas if there is no round two love," whispered Elijah as he began to do what was meant to be done.

And that's when you wondered: What more could you ask on a Christmas Day?

--

I warned you that it was cheesy. Your loss xD

Also, I’m taking this opportunity to wish all my lovely followers a very very Happy New Year. Hope all your wishes come true :’)

Tags: @heythereelejah @evyiione @idkhaylijah @dendrite-lover @elejah-wonderland (this is a random taglist ahahah ;___;)

[jungshookz]

idk if you accept requests or not but if you do can u make an au where ot7 nd yn live together nd like all of them love each other so much but platonically????? also idk the shits they do on daily basis ??? if you dont then its okay jus wanna drop by nd say im so in love with your works ily💞💞

❄️ pairing: ot7 x reader

❄️ genre: nothing but plaTONIC LOVE,,,, SO CUTE,,, FLUFFIER THAN FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW, also jungkook is awful at wrapping 

❄️ wordcount: 2.4k

❄️ notes: MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIENDS! i was actually going to post this in the afternoon but theN i wanted this to be like a surprise present under the tree for everyone so here i am posting it at literally 3 in the morning!!!!!!! so when u wake up in the morning not only will u be opening presents u will also be able to reAD this! YES i’m aware that i skipped out on a couple drabbles from the 12 drabbles of christmas and i am sO sorry but i’ve been spending time with family and y’all know how it is i hope you can forgive me! anyways enough blabbering from me happy holidays merry christmas happy hanukah happy nEw yEar happy whatever you celebrate i love u all and i can’t wait to go into the new year with you lovely people! 

(gif isn’t mine!)

“is she awake?”

“obviously not,,, what time is it??”

“nearly 8 and y/n doesn’t wake up until like 12 when it’s the holidays”

you hear the sound of your curtains being pushed open and you can see your room brightening up even though you have an eye mask on

ugH is it already time to get up????

you were up til 3 watching christmas movies and yA you’re super pumped that it’s literally christmas right now and you get to open your presents under the tree but like,,,

you would prefer to do all of that later,, maybe at like 12

“someone should just push her off the bed”

“don’t do that you priCK”

“someone just wake her up!! i wanna open my preSENTS”

“well you guys take care of this because i have to go and prepare breakfast”

you’re tempted to just go back to sleep but u know that the boys will literally just stand there and talk to each other about how to wake you up 

you reach up to lift your eye mask up and you’re met with the sight of seven smiling faces (except for yoongi because it’s too frickin early for him too and he’s tempted to crawl in and snuggle up with you)

“good morning” your voice is still thick with sleep and you pull your mask off and toss it aside before propping yourself up on your elbows and letting out a yawn “merry chris-“

“mERRY CHRISTMAS LET’S GO OPEN PRESENTS NOW” the next thing you know you’re being swePT out of bed and jungkook has you in his arms and he’s sprinting down the stairs like a madman

you shriek and cling onto him because you literally juSt woke up and your brain is still low-key in sleep mode and the world is spinNing and

jungkook plops you down on the couch and you squeak from the impact before suddenly you’re bouncing off the couch and tumbling to the ground

“oW” you groan and flip over onto your stomach on the ground before reaching down and rubbing at your sore butt

do butts have bones?? because you’re pretty sure all the bones in your ass are completely shattered right now  

“omg get off of me whoever you are” you feel someone take a seat on your tender bum and you reach back blindly in a poor attempt to swat the person off

you immediately hear jimin’s jingly giggle and he slides off before patting your bum “sit up!!”

“no” you murmur with your cheek squished against the carpet

you could just fall asleep like this

ah

yes

sleep

you want to

slee-

“gEt up!” tae grabs your waist and pulls you up and sets you down on the couch next to yoongi who is (this) close to falling asleep

you let out another yawn and rest your head against yoongi’s shoulder and he slips an arm around your waist so that the both of you are comfortable

you never thought yoongi was the cuddling type but it turns out he really reaLLy is which is something u definitely don’t mind

“you two - it’s christmas!!! liven up a little!” namjoon pats the tops of your guys’ head and you grumble in response

“y/n you should open my present first!” tae plops a neat little box onto your lap and you blink down at it before humming and nodding

you pull away from yoongi and he groans quietly at the loss of warmth

“thank you for the gift, tae” you smile sleepily and reach up to pat your cheeks to wake yourself up

hoO

okay

christmas morning

let’s do this

you tear the bright wrapping paper to pieces and immediately feel a lot more energised when you see what tae got u for christmas “i knitted a scarf for you and i have a matching one so noW you too can be a fashionista”

“how long did it take you to make this??” you pull it out of the box and look closely at the stitching

obviously there are a couple missing stitches but that gives the scarf character and it’s oddly endearing

tae stitched in pretty neutral grandpa-y shades but it totally works and it looks v v trendy

“i’m going to wear this noW” you grin and wrap it around your neck and that’s when u notice the scent

tae sprayed some of his fancy gucci cologne on this tOO

you might have to steal some from him when the scent eventually fades away

“y/n! a nintendo swiTCH R U KIDDING ME” jungkook tackles you in a hug before jumping up and down excitedly and hugging the box to his chest “can i play it now???” he gasps and you can’t help but laugh at how childish he’s acting “why am i asking u for ur permission this is mINE NOW also i have a gift for u somewhere under the tree”  

you look under the tree and u immediately recognise all the presents that are from kook because of the (no offence) poor wrapping skills

one of them is just wrapped up completely in duct tape like how r u supposed to open that up without losing a finger

hopefully that one isn’t yours (spoiler alert: it is yours)

“here’s my first gift to you guys-“ jin walks out of the kitchen carrying a tray of mugs “hot cocoa, anyone?”

the boys immediately flocK to jin like a group of seagulls when they spot a single french fry on the ground

“ya ya yA CALM DOwN before i drop the tray!” he scolds

“hyung, that’s my mug!”

“no it’s not, it’s mine! y/n got me the one with snowflakes, remember??”

“yours is the one with the christmas lights you dummy now hand it over”

“no! get your hands off mY mug!!”

“does it really matter whose mug is whoSE but also sorry jimin kook is right yours is the one with the christmas lights and not the snowflakes ” jin nudges the two bickering boys out of the way and heads over to you and yoongi

“yoongi - yours has coffee in it”

“oh thank god” yoongi grabs his mug and immediately takes a sip from it before letting out a satisfied sigh

“and y/n - yours has a sprinkle of cinnamon in it and extra marshmallows” you take the mug from the tray excitedly

“you’re too nice to me” you reach up to pinch jin’s cheek and he scowls at you

“teLL me about it”

“come and open some of your presents! you can make breakfast later”

“the pancake batter doEs need to set for a while so i suppose i can open up some gifts” jin sets the tray down on the coffee table before dusting his hands off “okay so which one is mine”

“u got more than one, silly. open my gift first!! it’s that big box in the corner” you take a sip of your cocoa oH ShiT this is good ur gonna need jin to make at least a gallon of this for u every week

“oH A BIG box” jin gasps and steps over the other boys as he makes his way over to it

he bends down and grunts as he lifts it up “jesus y/n what did you get me??? a ton of bricks???” he huffs and plops it back down on the ground and you’re like bE CAREFUL

jin doesn’t take very long to unwrap the gift and- “A NEW MIXER” he literally squEaLs with glee and you’re pretty sure your ears are bleeding “you’re right kook we should’ve opened presents earlier because then i could’ve used this baby to make the pancake batter”

look

last year all of your gifts were kind of pathetic compared to everything the boys were giving you and even tho they all insisted they lovEd their gifts you were like ://///// so thIS YEAR you decided to go all out and just get EVERYThing you thought the boys would like and u know what so far you are killing it girl

santa clause whO

also the boys did a really good job with all of your gifts!!

namjoon got you a new journal for the new year

jimin got you fairy lights AND a brand new bedside lamp that’s super adorable

hoseok got you a super suPER cool poster to hang up in your room he hired an artist to paint you as snow white and the boys as the seven dwarves and the captions says ‘y/n and the seven idiots’

taheyung knitted you a scarf

jin got you this fancy silky robe that you’ll definitely be wearing everyday after you come home from work

yoongi got you a new pair of headphones because he’s sick of seeing you use those godawful apple earbuds from like 2008

and last but not least

jungkook got you-

“oh, this is so cute!” you coo as you pull the mug out of the mess of duct tape

it’s a mug with a picture of you and the boys celebrating your birthday this year

you’re sat in the middle laughing your ass off with watery eyes and a crinkled nose with the boys surrounding you and jungkook is swiping frosting off the side of the cake and jimin’s yanking his arm back and jin’s trying to light the candles and tae is sitting on your lap and hoseok is sitting on taE’s lap and namjOon is pointing at the camera (because it was on timer mode and nO one was ready for the picture) and yoongi has his face in his hands looking like he regrets everything

it’s perfectly imperfect if that makes any sense

“thank you kook” you grin and squish a couple kisses to his cheek before looking at the picture again

it’s sO cute and also it makes you thank the gods because like,, how lucky are you that you get to spend every day with these dumbasses that you love and adore so dang much

“i wish it could be christmas everyday” hoseok sighs and shoves a forkful of pancake into his mouth

“i don’t. my wallet would hate me.” yoongi snorts and steals a blueberry off your plate

you nudge it closer to him before leaning back against your chair and rubbing your stomach “i think i’m about to explode” you groan

“i told you not to force that fourth pancake down” jin sighs as he scrubs away at the dishes

“i can’t help it when your food is sO good” you plop your plate down in the sink with a clang

and then u finally notice

“it’S SNOWING” you gasp as you look out the kitchen window

“you didn’t notice??” tae raises a brow and they all watch as you sprint to the living room to puSh all the curtains open

and WOW

thick thiCK blankets of snow covering every surface while snowflakes continue to flutter down to the ground

the backyard is just all WHITE AND YOU’VE NEVER BEEN SO EXCITED BEFORE

“we were thinking after breakfast we could go out and play around in the snow if you wanted-“

“oF COURSE I DO” for some reason you’re unable to lower your voice because that’s how excited you are

in fact you’re so excited u can’t even wait to change out of your PJs and you’re already slipping your coat and beanie on

“c’mon people let’s move let’s moVE jin you can wash the dishes later kook u can play the nintendo later let’s get a moVE ON” you clap your hands together and the boys know there’s no changing your mind at this point

if u wanna go out in ur PJs you’re going to go out in your PJs

“y/n, watch it!” jimin scolds when you nearly knock into his and tae’s snowman after trying to avoid yet another one of kook’s snowballs

“sorry jimin!!” you apologize before bursting into giggles when jungkook starts sprinting towards you clutching a snowball the size of a bouLDER

you duck down instinctively when he hurls it in your direction and-

“jeon jungkook you brat i’m going to kiLL YOU” yoongi roars when the snowball hiTS him and the wetness starts seeping into his sweater

jungkook laughs gleefully and tries his best to flee (it’s hard running in thick layers of snOW) as yoongi starts chasing him around

jin and namjoon are standing by the doors sipping on their hot cocoa and occasionally bursting into laughter at one of your guys’ antics

hoseok has been lying on the ground making snow angels for the past 20 minutes

he’s literally made like 10 snow angels already but he’s having fun so it’s okay

you screech when jungkook pelts you in the faCe with a snowball and you immediately feel like your face is going to freeze over

you end up tackling kook to the ground and u shove snow right into his face and jungkook grins before starting to dig his fingers into your sides to tickle you

“alright aLRIGHT everyone back into the house because there are dishes to wash and wrapping paper to throw away AND i have to get started on dinner and i need all the help i can get!” jin calls out and slides the door open to step back inside “everyone back in this house in 30 seconds otherwise i will not hesitate to lock you outside in the cold!”

jungkook fLIps you over his shoulder when you trip over the snow yet again because of your innate klutziness

you giggle and whack his butt

best christmas ever

:•)

[mischiefandi]

Christmas Fic Fest/Writing Challenge !!!!

Aaaaah I have been planning this since for weeks and I am beyond excited to announce the Christmas Fic Fest/Writing Challenge!

Let me explain. Christmas is my all time favourite time of the year, it’s my favourite holiday, favourite celebration, just everything about it (except maybe exams lol) I love!

I’ve decided I wanted to do something exciting this month for three reasons.

1. Exams are really stressful for me and what gets me going and brings me motivation to study and pass those dumb ass exams ( @apatheticanvas67482 not awesome and amazing in this case sorry :) is the fact that Christmas is right around the corner!

2. I love Christmas and I wanna see more of it on my dash ahha. I want to read Christmassy fics and listen to Christmas songs, and watch Christmas movies, literally that’s all I wanna do during the Christmas holidays haha

3. To me Christmas isn’t just about family and being thankful and all of that, I mean it is partly of course, but to me, it’s mostly about bringing happiness to everyone around you. I’m a pretty positive person most of the time, and around that time, I get even more happy and excited, I'm just a bubble of energy and happiness, I literally can’t express what Christmas means to me. I want to share my joy and happiness with all of you. Which brings me to why I’m doing these in the first place...

This fic fest / writing challenge is dedicated to @itsbilescallmebiles and @redstringlovers . My loves here have been having a tough couple of months. Nonetheless, they have remained great friends of mine and both are people I admire like crazy. To show you guys how much I love you'd how thankful I am to be your friend, and also, to make you happy and spread some joy and love to Africa and the US, I am organising this! ily :) Merry early Christmas!

yeah I'm way too dramatic lol. sorry, let’s get to it

all info below the cut pls reaaaaaad and mutuals signal booooost

Christmas Fic Fest!

Below are the days on which I will post a fic throughout the month of December. All are named after Christmas carols/songs! (4 Christmas fics this in Dec), all have been written beforehand cause there is no way in hell I’m gonna have the time to write for a while, they might be short sometimes seeing as I really have a short amount of time to write them)

December 10th ~ Winter Wonderland (-> this is actually for @spxderbarnes ‘ writing challenge, best friends AU)

December 17th ~ Baby, It’s Cold Outside

December 24th ~ I’ll Be Home For Christmas

December 31st ~ Auld Lang Syne

I’m suuuuuper excited about these fics and I really hope you guys are excited about them too!! All of them are Stiles fics, some of them have specific AUs and tropes but you won’t know about that until they’re out! 

I’m creating a tag list for the Christmas Fic Fest so if you would like to be added to it, please send me an ask!!! 

ATTENTION

people who are on my forever tag will be added to said tag list, if you would like to be removed, just say the word, no offense will be taken.

Christmas Writing Challenge!

now obviously, I’m writing my fics but I really want to read creative and beautiful Christmas-themed fics!! I am a firm believer in the power of writing (and Christmas lolol). 

I think writers really can make people happy, just like readers make creators happy! spread the joy and write a Christmas themed fic for any of Dylan’s characters/Dylan or Peter Parker/Tom Holland! Obviously anyone can write whatever fic they want, but if you want to officially participate in this challenge, it has to be for one of the characters/people above. (WILL BE REBLOGGING EVERY FIC WITH A LONG ASS COMMENT)

Down below are a series of prompts: dialogue, AUs, Christmas songs and shit to get the noodle going. (You are only allowed to pick 1 prompt from 2 categories MAXIMUM. ex: 1 dialogue prompt + 1 Christmas song)

Dialogue:

“Don’t be a grinch!”

“Don’t wait up.”

“Let me tell you the story of...”

“Hold me, I’m cold.”

“Do you have a light?”

“I apologise in advance for my poor gift-wrapping skills.”

“I am not wearing that.”

“No! Don’t touch that!”

“Give me the scarf.”

“I hate eggnog.”

“Am I on the naughty list, sir?”

“Ow! You’re gonna pay for that.”

“Does this taste okay?”

“It’s gonna crack...”

“I can’t feel my fucking toes.”

“Race you to the top!”

“Merry Christmas to all and go fuck yourselves!”

“Santa isn’t coming this year.”

“I have eaten way too much to focus right now, what did you say?”

“Tonight is gonna be so awesome!”

“What time is it?”

“I told you we were gonna miss the flight.”

“Why is it still not snowing?”

“All flights for this weekend have been canceled ma’am.”

“I can’t get out!”

“Somewhere, someone is having fun and I'm stuck here with you.”

“Just shoot me already.”

“You’ve got snow stuck in your eyelashes...”

“Are you sure this is what she wanted?”

“I can’t believe it’s over already.”

AUs:

Soulmate AU

University AU

Coffee Shop AU

Mall AU

Airport AU

Law Firm AU

Wedding AU

Underworld AU

Harry Potter Universe AU

Train Station AU

FBI AU

Royalty AU

Zombie Apocalypse AU

Historical AU

Christmas Songs:

Deck the Halls

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Let It Snow

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 

The Twelve Days Of Christmas

White Christmas

Jolly Old St Nicholas

Silver Bells

O Christmas Tree

Jingle Bell Rock

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

All I Want For Christmas Is You

You’re A Mean One, Mr Grinch

No rules besides what I wrote up above, it just has to be an original fic that you wrote yourself (anyone can participate! even people who don’t follow this blog (though a follow would be nice haha)) can be a series/one-shot/smut/fluff/angst as long as it’s Christmas related and you’re using 1 or 2 prompts! Hope you guys are hyped!!

Oh also: IMPORTANT: if you write a fic for this challenge, go ahead and tag me but you HAVE TO use the tag #vsxmaswc if you don’t I probably won’t see it and it thus won't be added to the masterlist!

[xfilescat]

lights (steve harrington x henderson!reader)

word count: 2.4k

warnings: completely rushed and not proofread! but nothing else.

preview: it’s 12:21 am on christmas eve and i’m too lazy to find a part of this to be the preview so basically this is just fluff i’m sorry

A/N: this is sososo rushed and i’m so sorry it’s so short and bad but I really wanted to post something for christmas! merry christmas if you celebrate it, my friends! ily :)

You’ve never been so glad that it’s Friday in your entire life. Since it’s late December and Christmas break starts Monday, your teachers have been inundating you with lengthy papers, research projects, and unit exams in a last-ditch attempt to get some more numbers in the grade book. You don’t know how you survived all of that on top of everything that happened back in November, but somehow you made it through without injury and with (most of) your sanity. You’ve been half channel-surfing, half cat-napping since you got home a few hours ago, and you’re in the middle of one of said naps when your little brother strides into the room.

“Y/N?”

When you don’t respond, Dustin walks over and shakes your shoulder. “Y/N!”

“Five more minutes,” you mutter, rolling over so your face is pressed into the back of the couch.

“You’ve been lying there for four hours.”

“Not long enough.”

“There were a couple times where you were so out cold that I considered checking your pulse to make sure you weren’t dead.”

“‘To die, to sleep—to sleep, perchance to dream….’”

“What?”

“Hamlet,” you murmur, pulling the old afghan hanging over the back of the couch onto your head.

He chuckles. “You’re the only person I know who quotes Shakespeare when she’s half asleep.”

“Thanks.”

“That wasn’t even a compli—you know what? Nevermind. I have a question.” He lifts the blanket off of you. With a heavy sigh, you stretch languidly and sit up to face him. You notice that he’s wringing his hands like he only does when he’s nervous. That’s kind of a red flag: the last time he was anxious about telling you something, you ended up learning about the Upside Down and all of the horrors that came along with it. This can’t be about that, can it? You sit up taller.

“Do you—do you wanna come drive around and look at Christmas lights?”

You let out a breath you didn’t even realize you’d been holding in. “Wait, really? That’s it?”

His face, which had been adorned by a cautiously hopeful expression, falls instantly. “It’s stupid, I know. You don’t have to come.”

You rush to correct yourself. “Oh, no, Dustin, that’s not what I meant at all! No, I definitely want to go. You just caught me by surprise.”

He sighs in relief. “Oh, okay, good. Do you remember how we used to do it every year?”

You nod, smiling softly. Driving around to see all of the lights used to be your favorite family tradition. You’d each bring a blanket, squeeze into the front seat of your father’s pickup truck, and cruise around town listening to Christmas music and taking in each house’s decor. The heater didn’t work well in the truck, which necessitated the blankets, but you don’t remember ever being cold. In fact, those drives were some of the only times everything felt completely warm and peaceful in your family: mom and dad didn’t argue and you and Dustin didn’t bicker like siblings usually do. All you did was listen to the music and look at the lights, and it always made you feel like everything might just turn out alright. You miss that feeling more than you can ever admit to your mother.

After your dad left, she rushed to make everything feel normal again by filling your lives with distractions, like a new cat named Mews or hockey lessons for Dustin or countless books for you. Old family traditions that would never be the same without your father, however, were a lot harder to distract from, so they were replaced by new ones. Thus, the annual drives became annual Christmas movie nights when the three of you would stay up past midnight curled up on the couch in front of the TV.

Dustin was only 7 when this shift occurred, so while you knew that dad leaving hit him hard, you never realized that he might miss the old times just as much as you do. You found it highly unlikely that your mom would want to take you guys out, though. While you know she’d do anything for you two, you remember asking to go out on the drive before the first Christmas with just the three of you. She said the car was acting up and quickly turned on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and you decided not to ask again. She was going through enough and you didn’t want to force her into anything that might make her sad. “Who’s gonna take us, Dustin? I’m a terrible driver when there’s even the littlest bit of snow on the ground, and mom���s not gonna want to go.”

“I know, I know. Steve said he’d take us.”

Once again, Dustin surprises you. “Wait, what? Really?”

“Yeah, I was telling him about how we used to go and how I still wanted to, and he said he’d take me. I said he didn’t have to, but he insisted.”

“That’s… wow, that’s so nice of him.”

You hate to say it now, but when you caught your brother and Steve in the backyard in front of the basement door, you’d doubted that the notorious Steve Harrington would be the type of guy to step up and be a selfless hero. However, you quickly learned that he protected everybody, from kids he didn’t know at all to the girl he’d only talked to once in eleventh grade to ask for a pencil. It was right around the second time he saved your life that you realized you were laughably wrong about him: he was selfless and he was heroic and geez, you’d never let yourself accept just how attractive he was, but now it was all you could think about.

Further, he’d become a sort of mentor to Dustin, the kind of guide that an older sister couldn’t really be for her younger brother. He drove Dustin around, he gave him advice, and he still hung out with your brother’s friends even though everything had gone back to normal. You hung out with them, too, and that’s how you and Steve had become close. You were still a little shy around him, though, partly because you’re always nervous around boys and partly because of your growing crush on him.

“Hey, he’s here,” Dustin calls, snapping you out of it. He hurries over to the door and tugs on his coat and shoes.

You stand up and bite your lip, suddenly nervous. “Dustin, are you sure it won’t be weird if I come? I mean, I know Steve’s my friend too and all, but if you guys want this to be just the two of you, I’d understand.”

He looks at you quizzically. “I definitely want you to come. And also, Steve asked me to ask you. Like, multiple times.”

Yeah, right. You scoff. “Not even.”

“Even! C’mon, Y/N, get a grip. Let’s go.” He tosses you your jacket and you slowly put it on before walking over to grab your shoes.

As you and Dustin cross the front lawn towards Steve’s car, your heart races. If Steve did ask for you “multiple times,” what the hell does that mean? Does he actually like you back? The possibility had crossed your mind a few times but you’d always written it off. It was too unlikely, you told yourself. Too good to be true. Especially considering how obviously in love with Nancy Wheeler he’d been just a few weeks ago. Feelings don’t change that fast, do they?

Well, yours had when you realized that Steve wasn’t a bad guy after all. Plus, you catch him staring at you a lot more often than people usually stare at casual friends, and there was that one time when El called you pretty and you shook your head and Steve looked at you like you were crazy and assured you it was true, and he also puts his arm around you while he walks you to class sometimes… Damn, maybe he does like you. The very thought gives you an inexplicable urge to squeal and jump up and down like a schoolgirl with a crush. You stifle that urge and pull open the passenger door, sliding inside.

“Hey, Hendersons,” Steve says with a grin.

“Hey, Harrington,” Dustin responds as he climbs into the back seat.

“Hi, Steve,” you say. “Thanks a lot for doing this. You really didn’t have to.”

Steve shakes his head as he shifts the car into gear and pulls away from the curb. “You kidding? I wanted to. I love Christmas.”

Dustin leans forward. “Me too! You believe Lucas said he likes Thanksgiving more than Christmas?”

“What? Seriously?”

“Yeah! I could understand if he said Halloween, but Thanksgiving? Lamest holiday ever.”

“Damn right it is.”

The boys continue to chat as you fasten your seatbelt and make yourself comfortable. Steve’s car is a lot warmer than your dad’s truck ever was, and the music’s set to perfect listening volume: just loud enough to hear, but soft enough to be conducive to conversation. You lean back against the headrest and gaze out the window as Steve cruises slowly through your neighborhood.

“So, Y/N/N,” he says when there’s a lull in his conversation with Dustin, “how are you?”

You look over at him with a smile. “Just fine. How are you?”

“Can’t complain. You happy to be on break?”

You laugh. “Happy’s an understatement. Did I tell you Mrs. Wilson gave us a 6 page paper on Monday that was due today?” Rolling your eyes, you turn back to the window. “I don’t think I slept once this week.”

“Now that’s just cruel.”

“Right? I almost cried when she assigned—oh! Look! Guys, look!” You point excitedly out the window when you spot a particularly decked-out colonial. “The McGills really go all out, don’t they? There must be a million lights on there.” You stare at the house in awe. You kinda feel like a little kid again, so excited over something so simple. It’s a beautiful feeling.

“Woah, that’s awesome!” Dustin slides over to your side of the car. “That must’ve taken them forev—hey, Steve, watch it!”

Steve curses and makes a sharp left, narrowly avoiding the McGills’ mailbox. “Sorry, sorry.”

You giggle. “Don’t worry. You’re still a better driver than me.”

“Everyone’s a better driver than you,” he replies with a smirk.

You raise your eyebrows and you’re about to defend yourself when Dustin speaks up first. “Yeah, yeah. Next time, keep your eyes on the road and off my sister.”

You feel your face heat up. Heart pounding, you fix your gaze out the window again. Any residual doubt that he likes you back shrinks even smaller.

“I was looking at the lights, dickhead,” Steve mutters as he turns onto a main road, staring just as pointedly at the street in front of him as you are at the scenery outside. “Sure,” Dustin teases.

Nobody says anything for a little while, and in the beginning, it’s awkward and tense. Then, you look at Steve at the same time he looks at you and you both smile (him sheepishly, you shyly) and suddenly the silence is much more comfortable. He drives through a couple more neighborhoods and the three of you start ranking each house on a scale from one to ten, ten being the most Christmas-y.

“That’s a ten for sure,” you joke when you pass a house on your left with one measly string of lights wrapped lazily around a single tree.

“Oh, definitely. That’s festive as hell,” Steve agrees.

You look back to ask Dustin what he thinks, but you hold your tongue when you see how happy he looks. He’s looking out to the right with a soft smile on his face, mouthing the words to Judy Garland’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” You almost want to cry: you haven’t seen him this at peace in far too long, and now you’re even more grateful to Steve than you were before.

It’s around 9:30 when Steve brings you back home. “Thanks for taking us out, Steve,” Dustin says as he opens his door, grinning brightly.

Steve grins back. “No problem, man. And hey, if I don’t see you again this weekend, merry Christmas.”

“Merry Christmas to you, too. You coming, Y/N?”

You nod. “Go ahead, I’ll be right there.”

When your brother shuts the door and starts making his way toward the house, you turn to Steve. He’s already looking at you. You feel yourself blush again. “Thank you so much for doing this. It definitely made my day and I know it meant the world to Dustin. You’re a really great guy, you know that?”

Steve looks down and you can see that he’s blushing slightly, too. “Oh, please.”

“No, really! I think you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to my brother.”

He meets your eyes. “Seriously?”

“Seriously.”

“That’s… that’s great.”

You smile. “I’m surprised you didn’t know that already. You don’t think highly enough of yourself, Harrington.”

His face lights up and your heart flutters. Neither of you say anything for a long moment, but then you remember you told Dustin you were on your way in. “I should probably get going,” you say as you climb out of the car. Once you’re outside, you duck back down and shoot him a grin. “Goodnight, Steve.”

He smiles softly. “Night.”

You’re halfway up your front lawn when you hear Steve’s window open. “Y/N/N, wait!”

You turn around and walk back over. “What’s up?”

Steve leans out of the car. “Do you have plans for New Years? I was thinking of having some people over, and I don’t know, maybe that could be like our first date.”

You freeze. “Are you—are you asking me out?”

He smirks. “That depends on your answer.”

“What if I say yes?”

“Then yes, I’m asking you out.”

“Okay, then yes.”

“Great. So I’ll call you later.”

“Sure, sounds good.”

“Nice. Goodnight!”

“Goodnight!”

You can’t believe that just happened. It’s like the perfect ending to an already wonderful night. You slowly start making your way back to your house, but something makes you hesitate. With a deep breath, you turn around and run back to Steve’s car. “I forgot something,” you say. Before he can ask what, you lean in and gently press a kiss to his cheek. When you pull back, you notice he’s got the same awestruck look on his face as he did before. “Merry Christmas,” you whisper.

He seems to be speechless for a moment. “Merry Christmas,” he finally says, smiling softly. “You should forget things more often.”

You giggle. “Goodnight for real this time.”

“Goodnight for real this time,” he repeats. “Now go get some sleep.”

[its8simplejulesblog]

The Disney College Program

I have a distinct memory from when I was about 13 years old. My family was returning from a vacation in Florida and we saw a girl in line for security with a Disney College Program sweatshirt on. I was instantly intrigued. Disney has always been an important destination for my family. It was filled with memories and celebrations of birthdays and graduations and friendships. It was the stomping grounds for reunions with our friends from Australia and it was a symbol of novelty and excitement whenever I was able to bring my friends there for the first time and see their reactions to the magic. I wanted to ask this girl about her experience with the program, I really had no idea what it was, but being the shy kid I was I left all the talking to my mom. It was thrilling to me that a program existed that didn’t necessarily devalue the importance of an education, but it highlighted the importance of having fun in parallel to that. 

Flash forward and I really did my research. Little preteen me was watching vlogs and on the DCP website as soon as I got home. However, I knew that it would be such a long time before I had the opportunity. Quickly, life got in the way and in the blink of an eye I was in college. 

I’ll be honest, the end of my sophomore year of college was not the best. I felt very alone (contrary to social media) and I felt like I was stuck in a vicious cycle of monotony in my life. The very idea of waking up and doing the same thing every day haunted me and I felt like a zombie prisoner. I remember having a conversation with my dad in the car and he brought up the DCP for the first time in years. However, contrary to my childhood whims, I immediately shut it down. I think the mindset I was in at the time put a very negative spin on life. Although I was bored with my current routine, I was afraid that the Disney College Program would ruin the magic of the one place where I knew I could get away from all of that so for that reason I said “absolutely not, I don’t want to do it...I’ve changed my mind.” 

However, the VERY NEXT day, I couldn’t take it anymore and I applied on a whim. It was towards the end of the application window so in contrast to all the preparation videos I had seen, I really just went for it with no preparation. That mentality continued and I flew through the 3 interview stages. I treated my phone interview as a conversation with a friend rather than a life or death situation and my interviewer and I were laughing in no time. Honesty, it was pretty fun. 

I remember sitting in the front row (yeah, what a loser) of my econ lecture when I got the email that I had been accepted and I immediately lost focus and just started crying while texting all my friends for the entirety of the rest of the lecture. I joined all of the facebook groups and made friends and was surprised to find that even though we all loved Disney, we weren’t crazy Disney freaks like I was expecting (although there were definitely some of those).

I met some fantastic girls online that I was planning on being roommates with (Alyssa, Joanna, and Tara ily) but you don’t necessarily always get placed with the people you request, so only Tara and I ended up in the same apartment. I was assigned to work at the Emporium. The busiest store in Disney on the way to the castle! There’s a really cute video of me finding out I was going to work there and I think I cried, it’s really cute. I quickly looked up what my costume would be and to be honest I miss that white button down and blue tie and plaid skirt, it really grew on me. 

Finally the time came to move to Florida. Tara had been in Italy so while we were able to talk a little bit, it was still very much a new environment with new people (4 of which I didn’t even know until I got there). It was the first time where I ever really lived away from my family for that long. I had been abroad, but the longest I was away was 1 month and this was a 4 month program. I was there for the fall program too, meaning that all of the major holidays I would be away from my family and honestly it was sad and difficult at times. 

I moved in during hurricane Dorian so Disney really looked like a freaky ghost town. However, I was quickly accompanied by a bunch of strangers :). I truly knew nothing about any of my roommates from the start besides their names: Carly, Rylee, Emma, Haley, and Tara and a few days later we were all moved in and forced to get along HAHA. To be honest though, these girls were the biggest gift I could have ever received from the program. If you go to Patterson Court 6102 right now you’ll even see where we signed our coffee table :) That’t the thing about this program, while the work is very useful in terms of learning how to deal with people, it’s really the relationships that you make (or in some people’s unfortunate cases the fights you have) that you’ll remember. 

We had traditions which is where they introduce you to working for the company and it’s very disgustingly disney and mickey shows up and they make you cry with promotional videos. At the end of the “class” they take you through the utilidoors which are the underground tunnels (dare I say maze) that leads you through the Magic Kingdom. This was where I walked every day to work and where I often saw the princesses on their off time (and yes, it was odd). 

Work was truly a whirlwind. We had training for a few weeks at the cash register and the Emporium was a clusterfuck because it’s a HUGE store with multiple jobs like stocking and collecting hangers and conversing with guests in addition to being at the cash register. Every day was a new adventure and at the start they really just threw us to the wolves. Not that we weren’t prepared, but I definitely would have loved to have been more prepared. However, in a place like Disney, you learn quickly. There were times on the floor where I felt like guest were pirhannas because you truly could not catch a break from questions (some of them really stupid like, “where is the castle” to which I responded, “it’s literally right down the street...”) 

You experience all kinds of guests, both cranky and kind. I met an old couple that made vintage costumes every halloween as a different prince and princess, a man who designed the disney park maps, I gave a little girl an Elsa doll for her birthday and she screamed and cried and gave me hugs, you interact with foreign guests and do your best to fight the language barrier. If you’re learning a new language you’re able to practice speaking with guests. You end up having some of the most heartfelt stories. One component of the program is your location which quite literally makes or breaks your experience. It is all very random. You can end up working at any park or resort under a variety of different jobs. I was clearly merch, but you could also do food service or housekeeping or children’s activities or janitorial etc. Some of the staff was great, and sometimes they’re just not. It really is all the luck of the draw. 

I personally loved merch, I absolutely had some hard days where I just wanted to go home and cry (and I did), but the cool thing about merch is that it’s universal training so I was able to work in any different merch location in any park. At the end of my program I had worked in Tomorrowland (love you Maddie), the Pirates of the Carribbean store in Adventureland (love you Corbin), I worked a halloween party (love you Wyatt) and in Fantasyland (love you Toni). Each place was uniquely different and I have stories from each. 

For example, while the Emporium was my home, I easily fell in love with Fantasyland. It was an absolute dream dressing up little girls in princess dresses and seeing their parents cry when they looked in the mirror. It was so fun giving old men pixie dust and watching them frolic all over the store. In adventureland one of the cast members taught me how to swordfight (like literally sword fight...he studies it) and I was given a plastic pet snake (which I was surprisingly able to convince a GOOD amount of people that it was real). during the halloween party I made some of my very best friends while handing out candy and seeing all of the unique costumes was so much fun. Tomorrowland was an adventure because I was able to be outside and walk around while all of the lights were on after the park had closed. 

It was tiring work. No one is meant to be as happy as I was required to be all of the time. And yet, I wouldn’t change the experience for the world. The program was a new view into a place that I’ve loved so much and the magic takes a new perspective now, but it is still very much there. 

To my roommates, I love you so much. Thanks for STILL being in my life and being my favorite jedi, funnel cake maker, candy apple dipper, hotel waitress, and pizza oven survivor I’ve ever met. 

The program really changed the way I see myself. It made me a lot more confident in my interpersonal communications with people and ability to handle conflict. It showed me the beauty of the holidays and how much I appreciate being with my family at that time (I worked the Christmas parties and they would let us go stand outside in the “snow”). 

I learned a lot. So to close, let me share some things I learned 

1.) If you do the program you will LOSE at grocery bingo...don’t go 

2.) In everything that you enjoy, there is someone providing it so please PLEASE be respectful and stay humble. There was nothing worse than dealing with an entitled family. 

3.) Everyone has a story to tell. I talked to people from all over the world at my register: army vets and newlyweds and artists. If you just take the time to listen, you’ll hear some incredible things

4.) Life comes at you so fast. It’s crazy that I can remember seeing that girl with the sweatshirt when I was 13 and then BOOM my college program was over. Slow things down sometimes 

5.) Explore in your free time! My favorite memories were just going to the parks or hotels with my friends and roommates on our off days and having fun. You don’t need to be productive all the time to live a valuable life. 

6.) Don’t grow up..honestly don’t. I’m 21 and my roommates were also around my age and we STILL hung out with Peter Pan during the MK scavenger hunt..honestly who cares 

7.) Appreciate your family while they’re around. I know I missed my family so much throughout those four months so when you’re with them, don’t take them for-granted 

8.) But also...make a new family. Every group of friends of mine that have come into my life for different reasons are added to my family. I treat them with the same respect and pour the same amount of love into them that I do with my own family and that’s the way it should be done

9.) Don’t wait! If you want to do something fun in your life and the means and resources are available and it’s safe then DO IT. We really don’t have as much time as we think so don’t put things off, especially things that are going to make you happy and be good for your mental health. 

10.) Celebrate change and novelty. I was scared to start the program with people I barely knew in a job I wasn’t necessarily the best at. However, what an experience that has morphed me into so much of a stronger person. My life has changed so much even since the program ended seven months ago and now I welcome that kind of change as openly as possible. 

Thanks to the DCP for all the memories and magic <3

(if you have any questions about the program let me know!)