#but for cosplays i really deeply love dressing like a princess for a change you know

[gaygnomegirl]

beginning to think my brother has a mild gambling problem but it's all with stupid shit like gacha games and blind boxes he is ADDICTED to buying blind/surprise/mystery box anything and his latest thing is ordering surprise cosplays and this company he orders from knows he's a dude and he's ordered like 5 cosplays from them and 4 of them are female cosplays. and I just brought in two more packages and I can tell from the labeling on the package at least one of them is another girl cosplay

[kittyprincessofcats]

I finally saw Frozen 2!!! Loved it. Here’s a few thoughts (spoiler warning for those of you who waited just as long as me to see it):

- Love the whole “respect indigenous people and leave their lands alone” message. 10/10

- Love that we got more backstory on Anna and Elsa’s parents, which made them into way more interesting characters than before.

- Love the music. Duh.

- Love how they wrote Elsa and that they didn’t suddenly make her insecurities or flaws go away. (Remember when people were all like “They can’t give Elsa a girlfriend because she’s a strong independent female character™ and therefore can’t have any love interests!” That take has always made me so angry, first of all because a love interest or lack thereof has absolutely nothing to do with how strong or independent a character is. And secondly, because the “Elsa is independent” take has always been bullshit. She’s not. Elsa is stuggling with self-loathing and depression, is deeply insecure and vulnerable, and is looking for constant love, approval and validation from others. She’s not an independent person. She only isolated herself because she was scared of hurting others. Anyways, rant over. I just had to get that off my chest because I’ve seen that take so much and it bothers me. It’s just an excuse for people to be homophobic.)

- Speaking of Elsa being gay: I loved that moment in the flashback where they’re playing with the snow figures and Anna makes the prince and princess fall in love and Elsa’s just like “Ew.” 

- And one more thing: After the events of the movie, Elsa and Honeymaren started dating and you can’t convince me otherwise. I mean, come on! Elsa, who’s usually so closed off, suddenly opening up to a total stranger and singing a lullaby with her? There was definitely something there. (Hey Disney: Stop being cowards and make it canon already!)

- On that note, you also can’t convince me that Ryder didn’t have a crush on Kristoff. Ryder and Honeymaren’s friendship is mlm/wlw solidarity.

- Loved the character of Mattias, and all of those racists who are like “But it’s unrealistic to have a black character in medieval Norway” need to STFU *cough* Yes, I’m loooking at you, SNL *cough* Arendelle is a fictional country. No skin color is “unrealistic” in a fictional country, because it’s... you know... fictional.

- The way Anna and Elsa’s relationship was written felt a lot more realistic and natural in this movie compared to the first one. In Frozen, I just constantly felt like they were written by someone who doesn’t have siblings - though that might have been intentional, since they were closed off from each other and were meant to have an awkward relationship at first.

- I also love how the movie wrote Anna. I went to see the movie with my sister who’s a big Anna fan. (Basically I’m a big fan of Elsa, she’s a big fan of Anna - we should cosplay them at some point.) And one worry my sister had before seeing the movie is that they’d push Anna to the side of the story and only focus on Elsa just because Elsa has more fans. I don’t feel like that was the case. (I mean yeah, Elsa was the protagonist this time, but I think Anna had quite a few great moments.) That scene where Anna gets up after having lost Olaf and Elsa and keeps going because she knows she has to, and makes the tough decision to sacrifice Arendelle to bring peace to the spirits - good stuff. That’s your strong female character right there. (Not to say that Elsa’s not strong in her own way, but you know.) And throughout the rest of the movie, Anna is basically the voice of reason (and dare I say the more mature of the two sisters?) - so honestly, her becoming Queen in the end makes perfect sense, imo. I also love how she’s constantly worried for Elsa and makes sure to keep reassuring and comforting her. Their relationship has me so 😭😭

- Olaf’s rendition of the first movie’s events had me roaring with laughter. And everyone’s exagerrated reactions to it just made it funnier.

- That entire scene with the shipwreck... holy shit. For a moment I was scared they’d find their parents corpses or something - then I remembered that this is a kids’ movie. Still though, that part where they saw how their parents died, and Elsa found out they left because of her and she starts blaming herself... hell yes, give me all the Angst™ right now. (And once again, Anna is the voice of reason in an emotionally upsetting situation.)

- My favourite scene was probably the entire “Show Yourself” part, though. That’s just right up my alley. Amazing music, first of all. And then, I’ve always been into spiritual stuff. And when Elsa sings about feeling out of place and wondering if there’s someone else like her (ooof)... and of course that moment of not just finding out her grandfather was an evil, powerhungry, racist asshole and that the entire conflict was his fault, but also hearing him say he has something against magic (while Elsa herself is constantly scared of being rejected for having magic powers) - Yeah, I know I’m reading too much into it again or whatever, but as a gay person with homophobic (and racist) family members, I really felt that. In that moment, I just looked at Elsa’s face and thought ‘Yup, I know how that feels.’ Also, the rest of the scene was amazing. Elsa seeing her mother, seeing all those memories (which was visually stunning, too), poofing Hans’ snow form right away. I also love how she cringed at the memory of Let it Go (like “Oh no, that was my embarsssing edgy phase!”), and then went on to sing another power ballad with a dress change right afterwards XD.

- If I had to find one criticism of the movie (besides the obvious “make Elsa gay already”), then I’d have to say that I didn’t like how they reduced Kristoff’s storyline to trying to propose to Anna. Those scenes were funny, and I loved the actual proposal in the end (her reaction was so cute), but I wish the movie had given Kristoff a bit more to do. He was raised by magical troll rocks, so shouldn’t he have known a thing or two about magic and been useful in the actual plot? He was basically just there to be “the love interest” and I found that a bit sad. (Basically what they did to him is what other movies often do to female characters. Nice to turn it around for once I guess, but I also just wish this didn’t happen to characters at all.)

- Also, one question: Did that water horse spirit kill their parents? ‘Cause it’s Elsa’s BFF now and all, so... (?)

- Oh also, I really loved Kristoff and Elsa’s hug in the end. That was so sweet. (More hugs for Elsa please.)

- Seeing Elsa finally happy and at peace with herself in the end... *wipes away a tear*

- Overall, I really liked the movie. It was fun and entertaining, had a lot of amazing and emotional scenes, some really great animation, and great music. I don’t think it’s as good as the first Frozen - but that’s because I genuinely consider the first one to be an absolute masterpiece (and I never expected any sequel to be able to live up to it). But yeah, I really liked this :)

[italicwatches]

Comic Girls - Episode 09

Okay, today so far is going better than yesterday. Let’s keep it that way. It’s Comic Girls, episode 09! Here we GO!

-It’s a celebration! Koyume got her first ever color pages! With a hero that looks like Tsubasa cross-playing. …Tsubasa, please, you have to notice at some point that all of Koyume’s heroes look like you. Please. This is getting ridiculous—KOYUME YOU SURELY NOTICED RIGHT oh god they’re denser than a black hole. At least Ruki and Kaos know where they stand as perverted lesbians.

-Opening!

-So Koyume is working hard on those pages, and Kaos tries to motivate herself to step up a level…There’s only one problem. Her brain is fucking cooked and she can’t draw together an idea…! While Koyume has decided to take a break and clear her head. Could this be the secret Kaos is missing?! She’ll come with you! Teach her the Koyumethod of manga!

-Actually, what does Koyume do when she goes out? She meets up with friends, chats about fun stuff, eats yummy stuff, and tries on some cute clothes! …KAOS CAN’T DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS. She is not a beautiful sparkly high school girl! DESPAIR! And Kaos is lost in the Kaospiral.

-To out and about, with the whole gang! Tsubasa got pushed to do a fun slice-of-life chapter by her editor, so she’s out here looking for ideas. So the beautiful princess got captured for a long time, surely the first thing on her mind would be…

-Sweets!

-MEAT

-…No, Tsubasa. So to fancy cafe for ideas, where Kaos has a freakout over her fancy parfait, and Koyume gets herself pancakes, and…

-I’m just gonna quote Tsubasa, word for word, as she watches Koyume eat those sugar-soaked breads. “I think liking sweet things is cuter.” And “Speaking so seriously when you have whipped cream on your face…That’s really cute.” She doesn’t even know how thick and strong she’s laying it on.

-To clothes. And…Look, real talk, at this point if I quote every incredibly sapphic line out of Tsubasa’s mouth I’m gonna be here all fuckin’ day. And Tsubasa doesn’t know the first thing about fashion so she’s lost in trying to make it work, and is just leaning on Koyume’s wis—

-KABEDON

-KOYUME JUST KABEDON’D TSUBASA

-What were we talking about

-And then Koyume drags Tsubasa into a changing room and suddenly their roles are entirely revKOYUME IS TAKING OFF TSUBASA’S SHORTS THIS IS NOT A DRILL THIS IS NOT A DRILL RED ALERT ALL HANDS ON DECK

-Okay it was just to find her sizes. And soon Koyume has Tsubasa dressing up and Kaos is watching all of this with a mighty thirst.

-We’re seven minutes in. We’re seven minutes in, there’s a 90 second OP, and this might be the most sapphic the show has ever been and that is including the episode that spent half its runtime focused on how Glasses Girls are Best Girls. (The show is correct about this, for the record. Glasses Girls ARE Best Girls.)

-Tsubasa found a clock shaped like a baby chick and the gap moe is overwhelming. I think you killed Kaos. We need her for the show. But Ruki, Ruki is just seeing the old Tsubasa shining through. Back when Ruki first met Tsubasa, when they were kids, Tsubasa wasn’t nearly so…performative about being a tomboy. She loved her shonen manga, but was really girly, too. She was small and adorable! But the deeper she got into manga, the more stoic she became, and the more she just started dropping everything that took effort…And, well, being a frilly sort of girl takes effort, so it became pants and hoodies and short hair.

-Until everything went stoic and functional. But Koyume’s drawing out some of her old passions and desires…All at the heart of the Koyumethod! The what now.

-Back the dorm! Tsubasa got right to drawing, full of inspiration. …And also she keeps cosplaying as she draws, in multiple costumes, switching as she goes. Which is eating up a lot of her time. But, I mean, if it works…

-Indeed, after her next meeting, Tsubasa’s all excited. And Koyume got good reviews from her work, too! They’re linking up wonderfully! Ruki and Kaos are so happy to see it. A true, proper senpai/kouhai duo. …Unlike them. …OH GOD KAOS SHE’S FAILED YOU SHE’S SORRY

-But later that night, Ruki’s got to be the one to notice that Koyume’s time with Tsubasa has meant less running around. And yet her sweets intake hasn’t slowed. And, well, she’s getting a little…soft around the middle. Koyume thus begins to panic as she realizes her many sins against slimness…And that’s when Tsubasa gets back with cream puffs! Oh god, Koyume is caught in the middle.

-And thus begins the debate. On the one hand, Koyume’s cutesy demeanor works just fine with a little softness, and Tsubasa don’t care. On the other, Ruki uses her as a model and you can’t model graceful shoujo waifs if you have a tummy. And on the gripping hand, Ririka points out how hard it is to keep the weight off as you get older. And they’re all just squishing and squeezing Koyume!

-Who cannot seem to focus on her manga later because of this weight panic. …She’ll wear something cute to cheer herself up! Like this favorite dress! …Oh god it won’t zip up. OH GOD

-Episode 09: Kaospiral

-Eventually she’s in the bath with Ruki and trying to figure out what to do…Ruki likes to use muscle massages in the bath to help keep things trim. There’s even ones for improving your bust size and anyways that’s how they get into a grope battle. And Kaos just listens with a mighty thirst while she does dishes.

-After bath. Koyume turns to her Tsubasa-sama. Senpai. Sensei. Something with an S. Who thinks the answer is you’ve just got to fuckin’ work out. Calories out has to be bigger than calories in. That’s all there is to it. So that’s how Koyume gets roped into Tsubasa’s morning run.

-Very early morning run.

-There’s a six in the morning now?

-Also Koyume overdoes it so when Tsubasa gets back, she’s carrying the stupid dork. But eventually, Koyume is on the right track, and just needs a little bit of dieting and portion control…Except now her lust for snacks is causing them to appear in very odd places in her art. That boy is wearing a cake for a hat. Okay, okay, fix it! Gotta be diligent, diligent, delicious, she ate the page.

-And when Koyume goes to her editor meeting…Her editor is disappointed. It feels…Like something’s missing. It’s a bit lifeless. Not like your usual work…And Koyume almost keeps a straight face, right until she runs into Tsubasa. And then it all spills out.

-Koyume’s caught in a thick mess of a conundrum, as they end up stopping into a little restaurant to talk. There’s her yearnings and urges. There’s her desire to be thought of a certain way by Tsubasa. And there’s the path to her manga. All of them spinning and spiraling against each other, until finally, he decides there’s only one thing she can do…

-Lean into the passion. She’s gonna have herself this delicious looking pie, redo her pages, and clear her head. And go on the next morning run with Tsubasa to try and keep things under control.

-And she ends up pulling a whole all-nighter to completely and utterly redo the chapter from top to bottom, with her real true self properly expressed in the work! And it might be a bit fluffy, but in the end it worked out that she burned so many calories(and dropped enough water weight) pulling that all-nighter that she still lost that last kilo. She’s even got her manuscript with her at school so she can turn it in to her editor after school…Be careful you don’t lose it!

-Which is when Tsubasa has a panic, because guess what happened.

-So before we go any further, I’m about…75% sure Miharu stole it to read it before anyone else.

-But okay, first they’ve got to check back in class! Tsubasa was working on it during class, but that should also mean it wouldn’t have disappeared from the classroom…Fuuuuck, that entire chapter…! Koyume’s an expert in losing and re-finding things! I’m not sure how great that sounds either, Ruki. Okay, first, what classes did you have that took you out of the normal classroom? Well, there was science…TO THE SCIENCE LAB!

-Which is as barren as the desert. Okay, next plan! The lost and found! No luck, but Koyume found a bunch of things she was missing. Okay, last ditch effort! To Nijino-sensei to ask for help! She’s got a simple plan. She’ll describe the booklet as something she lost, which should get them to respect her privacy and hand it over without looking into it. You four should split up to look through the school while she starts asking around.

-And off everyone goes…With Miharu secretly hoping she can find it so she can read it first, before anyone else! Okay so my theory was wrong. But soon everyone’s charging through, with Tsubasa and Koyume trying to find any sign of things, and Tsubasa so obviously cares deeply for finding those pages…She pours her heart and soul into them, from her very core…!

-While Kaos and Ruki try the library…And Ruki spots something between two shelves! A space too narrow for Ruki to fit. Come on, Kaos, squeeze in…And grab onto it, while Ruki pulls her free!!! And this is not Tsubasa’s manuscript case. Then whose could it possibly be? It looks old, too…

-Cue Miharu. …Oh god they found her high school manuscript she hid. HOW DID YOU FIND THAT?!!!!

-Oh god THEY FOUND HER OLD YAOI DRAWINGS

-Kill her now. Just kill her right now. She’s…Going to put that in the lost and found! For whatever other student, entirely unrelated to anyone you know, to find it! Please go keep looking. Far away from here. Other end of the building. Go go go!

-Eventually the sun is low in the sky, and they’ve still had no luck…And at this point, Tsubasa’s ready to give up. To let her life be over. The manuscript will be leaked. The identity of Wing-V will be revealed. All she can do now is let it happen, and keep as many people out of the crossfire as she can. …No. They’re sticking by you and they’re making this work. They’re gonna find that manuscript!

-And cue Suzu who found it earlier in the science lab and has been looking for Tsubasa all day to get it back to her. And looks quite cute when she’s not playing full spookum. Enough that they don’t even recognize her…But then she unpins her hair, goes full spookum, and chases the girls across the roof. Naturally.

-Credits!

Man, these things get dense. And that, was, a lot of sapphic stuff in the first half. I never thought I’d see Koyume pulling a kabedon. But with all that said, now that we’ve had some Koyubasa, it’s time for some Rukaos, next time in episode TEN of Comic Girls! Wait for it!

[dresupi]

Santa Baby

Pairing:  Darcy Lewis/Phil Coulson For:  @hollyspacey Prompt:  ‘Santa Baby’ by Madonna Rating:  T Word Count:  1735

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Check out the [25 Days of Darcyland Masterlist] for more holiday themed fics!  I’m posting one a day until December 25!

"I can't believe I let you talk me into this…" Phil muttered under his breath.  

Darcy had to suppress a laugh, because she couldn't really believe it either.  "Oh hush.  You look holly-jolly and bowl-full-of-jelly and all that jazz. Kris Kringle." She winked in Phil's direction and he shot her daggers from behind his half-moon specs.  "Plus, everyone loves it. You've had like twenty people in your lap tonight."

She'd actually been kinda jealous of all the people who got to sit in Phil's lap.  Apparently her plan of getting him in a Santa suit had done nothing for her little libido problem.  

Okay, that was a lie.  It was a big libido problem.  She was crushing hard on her boss and was pretty sure he had no idea.  

"I know," he said deliberately.  "I've had twenty people in my lap tonight…"  

"You're making everyone's holiday wishes come true."  

Everyone's except hers, but considering he didn't have a clue about her feelings or what her holiday wish even was, she wasn't going to blame him for that.

"These are adults, Darcy.  Not a single one of these people believes in Santa anymore. Plus, I think half of those agents want you in their lap and not to..." he trailed off for a moment before continuing, "...sit in mine."  

There was only one lap she wanted to sit in.  

Darcy subconsciously reached down to straighten her green and red elf skirt.  The bells jingled. "It's a holiday party, Phil.  Everyone's having fun.  Come on, Scroogey Claus. Don't you want some punch?"    

"Is it spiked?"  

"Your memo said specifically not to spike the punch, so I'd say it's probably only been spiked three times by now…"

"Then give it another half hour, I want a decent buzz."  

She reached into the bowl of candy canes, unwrapping one and sticking the end in her mouth.  "C'mon, admit it.  This is fun.  You wouldn't be doing the Santa laugh if it wasn't fun."  

"It's not me, it's the suit.  I don't know… it's like I'm being compelled beyond my control."  

She laughed. "Yeah, that's the holiday spirit.  I'm told it's painful for first timers, but ya know. It gets better."

"I've had holiday spirit before," he argued.  

"Yeah.  On Captain America's Birthday."  

"You mean the Fourth of July?"  

"Same difference," she said with a smirk. She giggled a little, and then nearly jumped out of her skin when Clint tapped her shoulder. She was really getting sick of all these assassin-types sneaking up on her. Not cool, guys.  Not cool.    

"Heya, Princess Pinky Pie, Can we get a photo with Santa?" he asked.  

"Okay, first off, I am not a magical pink pony princess, I am one of Santa's most esteemed elves.  And my name is Pinky Perky-Pants… and next…" She turned, looking vaguely around for other people and seeing no one.  "We? Where is this 'we' of which you speak?  I only see you, Hawkguy."  

"We as in 'you and me'?"  Clint grinned.  "I want the elf in my picture too…gonna send it to Tony.  Legolas and Pinky Pie with Santa."  

"Pinky Perky-Pants and who's gonna take the picture, genius?"  Darcy asked, thinking she'd outsmarted the archer. "This is a two man operation.  He's the lap, I'm the snap…"  She held out her phone and mimed taking a picture.  

"I will,"  Natasha said, suddenly right behind Darcy and speaking in her left ear.  She jumped again, nearly dropping her phone, but the assassin caught it and and deftly unlocked it despite Darcy never having told her the password. But Darcy Lewis hadn't been surprised in approximately six years, so she took it in stride.  "C'mon, Darce.  It's Clint's only Christmas wish…"  

"To get a picture with Santa and the elf?" she asked incredulously.  

"Yep, definitely."

"I'm the elf too," Clint insisted, a whiff of his breath hitting her face and making her realize that her earlier predictions about the punch were directly on the nose. 

"Okay…"  Darcy turned to find Clint already settling into Phil's lap, looking very pleased with himself.  Darcy perched primly on Phil's left leg, trying not to put all her weight on him.  

Phil grunted a little. "Barton.  What are they feeding you? Lead?"  

"Just eatin' my wheaties, Coulson…" Clint grinned widely.  

Darcy shifted a little bit, trying to get more centered so she wouldn't tip.

That proved to be her undoing, though, because as Natasha was counting down, Clint slid unceremoniously to the floor and either accidentally or purposefully kicked Darcy's leg out of the way, sending her sprawling across Phil's lap.  Which was of course, how Natasha snapped the picture.  

Phil grabbed her before she hit the floor, and it would have been very romantic, had they not been dressed up like some kind of Rankin-Bass stop motion special.  

Darcy might have had a thing for older men, but Santa was really pushing the envelope.

Even though the knowledge that it was Phil behind the white beard was making her second guess her kinks.

"That's a good picture, that's going out in the email on Monday…" Natasha said, grinning widely as she admired her handiwork.  

"Nat…" Darcy protested, struggling to sit up and get to a standing position ASAP.  "Come on…"  

"Hey, here's an idea," Clint said, hopping up from the floor.  "Why don't you give me the Santa hat, I'll do the rest of the photo ops and you guys can go… get…"  

"Holly-Jolly?"  Natasha filled in, grinning widely.  

Darcy rolled her eyes, because obviously there was a plot here.  She grabbed the hat off Phil's head, tossing it to Clint.  

"How much was the bet?" asked Phil, tugging off the beard.  

"What bet?"  Clint asked, feigning ignorance.  

Natasha rolled her eyes and began fiddling around on Darcy's phone.  "It's in the five figures, and that's all you need to know."  

"At least you didn't push us under the mistletoe," Darcy said incredulously.  

"Mistletoe is so predictable…"  Natasha replied, wrinkling her nose.  "Besides.  The bet wasn't for a kiss.  Although, that would be a bonus."  

Darcy took off her own hat, the one that had the elf ears attached and tossed it to Natasha, who promptly put it on and somehow managed to look downright adorable in it.  

They ransacked the refreshment table, leaving with a tray-full of the best finger foods the caterers had to offer.  

Darcy was also able to swipe a bottle of booze from beneath the refreshment table.  She was super excited about it until she saw that it was Barbara's-from-Accounting. That woman only drank the nastiest seasonal Schnapps Dekuyper had to offer.

But it was possibly better than nothing.  

Maybe?

She was trying to detach herself from her nerves.  Try to stay cool and breezy.  

Who cared if Natasha told them to go get 'holly-jolly'?  Not Darcy.  Because she totally knew what that meant and it wasn't something that made her cheeks go all rosy, or her nose go all cherry.  

Because getting 'holly-jolly' with Phil was definitely what she'd been hoping for since pretty much day one of her job here at S.H.I.E.L.D.  And therefore, she shouldn't be nervous at all, right?  

Phil seemed fine with it anyway.  Which meant…  

What in Saint Nick's jingle bells did it mean?

  They left the event room and wandered down the hall until they found an office with a cracked door.  There was only one chair, so Phil rolled it out into the hallway and plopped down on the floor behind the desk.  

Darcy took a swig from the bottle, wincing at the pepperminty taste before passing it to Phil. It was honestly the worst, like taking shots of Blue Scope, but it took the edge off her nerves, so she let it slide.   "I've never seen you even attend this party before, let alone cosplay Ole Saint Nick.  What gives, Phil?  Why did you even agree to this?"  

He looked at her for a long moment.  A really long moment, before he took a long swig from the bottle  His eyes stayed on hers, and Darcy felt her cheeks flush red.  "I have a thing for the elf," he replied.  

Her eyebrows went straight up.  "For the elf, huh? I'm assuming you're not talking about Legolas…" She jutted her head to the side, in the general direction of the merriment down the hall.

He chuckled. "Not quite, no… it's more for… what did you say your name was again?"  

She tried not to laugh when she said it.  "Pinky Perky-Pants…"  

"Yeah.  I have a thing for Pinky Perky-Pants."  

She pressed her lips together and looked down at her pointy shoes.  "This is weird because I normally don't have a thing for Santa… and I still don't… but I hella have a thing for my boss."  

"Really? Huh.  That's normally something that gets you put on the naughty list, you know," he said with a wink.  

"But it doesn't in my case?" she asked, grinning widely.

"No, it does.  Just… not the naughty list that gets no presents."

She reached for the bottle. "Is that you or the Schnapps talking?"  

"A little of both, maybe?"  he replied.  "Doesn't make it any less true, though…"  

"What kind of presents do I get, Phil?"  

He shifted over a little, so his fingers brushed hers slightly. He'd shed the belt and the red coat along with the extra fluff for his bowl-full-of-jelly a while ago, but he was still wearing those red pants.  And he smelled like a peppermint nightmare.  

But Darcy wouldn't change a thing about the way this was happening.  

His lips met hers and she sighed into his mouth.  

"Do I get any more, or is that it, since I'm on the naughty list?" she asked, her lips brushing against his when she smiled.  

Phil grinned, his other hand coming up to twist into her hair as he kissed her again, more deeply this time.  Her belly swooped and she reached up to grasp his white-t-shirt, holding him in place.  

His lips caressed hers, his tongue prodding gently at her bottom lip, coaxing her to part her lips, tilting her head to better slot her mouth over his.

Time basically stood still. A little bit holiday magic and a little bit Peppermint Schnapps.  And neither of them noticed when someone entered the office.  Not until she spoke, anyway...

"Hey… is that my Schnapps?"