#duckblrsecretsanta2023

[gwekkuu]

Just in time 👀✨ got the chance to participate in the @duckblrsecretsanta2023 event!

Merry Christmas to @yeyeducks !! I hope you enjoy this very short but very sweet scroldie comic.

[soupy-cosmos]

My @duckblrsecretsanta2023 piece for @dt-canim !! I hope you like it ^^

[georgiarose]

Merry Christmas, @queer-in-a-cornfield! I'm your Secret Santa! 🤗

(based loosely on their segment from Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas)

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[lime-on-my-side]

Happy holidays everyone and especially @stomperpony! hi there, I'm your secret santa ^^ Hope you like it, I know I had a lot of fun drawing the twins :D Merry Christmas!!

Big thanks to @duckblrsecretsanta2023 for hosting this event!

[justaboot]

Happy holidays from the best band in Brazil! (Or at least, the best band on this empty beach)

(@kiiwiighost, I was your secret santa for @duckblrsecretsanta2023! Happy holidays!)

[snail-is-not-here]

HEYY @boingodigitalart , here's my gift for you :DD Hope you like it c:

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[goldiejake11]

source: goldiejake11

MERRY CHRISTMAS @wacky-nameless-inventor-24

I am your secret santa! You made a wish for team science and I hope that that wish has come true. It has for Gyro!

big thanks to @duckblrsecretsanta2023 for putting all of this fun and frivolity together!

[ducktr0ducin]

Happy holidays @thechaseofspades !!!!!!

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[astrodances]

"All according to plan..."

Happy holidays @dalia1784-art!! I'm your back-up secret santa for @duckblrsecretsanta2023! One of your requests was for Moonlanders, and I saw a lot of Lunaris on your blog, so I went with him!

He's having a very good villain day, planning out a certain invasion. 😉🤫 Hope you enjoy, and hope you're having a wonderful new year! ✨

[boingodigitalart]

Hey @killmotorhill here's my secret santa gift for you!!! Some scroldie winter snuggles and I also added Louie if you don't mind.

My contribution for @duckblrsecretsanta2023 which I really had a lot of fun doing!!

[toasty-draws-stuff]

SCREENPOST TIME!!!!

Merry Christmas @sundersea I was your Secret Santa!!!!!

Hope you like it

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[ai-higurashi]

@zukoromantic Trick AND treat!!!

Hi love!!!! Sorry for the tricking but I was your Secret Santa for the @duckblrsecretsanta2023 all along ^^💕!!!!! I hope you like it!!!!

[dandyfelines]

I've Got You Now, Snow Golems!

Merry Christmas @writebackatya from your Secret Santa for the @duckblrsecretsanta2023 :)

[secret-tester]

Secret-Tester? ❌️

Secret-Santa? ✅️

Hello @minaduck... IM YA SECRET SANTAAA!! You are my very FIRST giftee in my very first Secret Santa event!!!

Without dialouge:

I hope you like it and Happy Holidays!!

@duckblrsecretsanta2023

[quiverwingquack]

to face unafraid, the plans that we've made

(My giftee for @duckblrsecretsanta2023 was @georgiarose! I hope you like it!)

Gyro and Fenton decide to head home together, and are greeted with the first snow of the season.

The lab is quiet. Manny went home hours ago, and Boyd and Huey took Lil Bulb back to the mansion for some kind of sleepover. That was… four hours ago? Five? Gyro’s been too wrapped up in his latest project to pay much attention to the clock. If he just adjusts this dial, and attaches the wiring to the panels just right, it might work better than last time. And Fenton’s part should be finished tomorrow, so they can start beta tests on this version, so–

“It’s, um, it’s getting late, is all,” Fenton stumbles through his sentences. “I guess–I, um, I just think you should get some rest too. And now would be a good time! I–I mean, if you want to, that is, I–yeah. Sleep?”

Gyro looks up from the gizmo he’s been tinkering with, catching a glimpse of a fading blush on Fenton’s cheek feathers. He hadn’t been listening, but the sight gives him butterflies–why, he doesn’t know, they’ve been together for a few months now–and he puts down his work. He’d be lying if he said he didn’t want to go home and get some rest now, anyway. They’ve had a lot of late nights in the lab lately, one too many projects in progress, and he knows they’ll both do better work when they’re well-rested, anyway.

“That sounds great, Doctor,” he replies, watching that blush blossom across Fenton’s face again. He’s usually not one to tease, at least not so affectionately, but Fenton’s a sweetheart, and he loves to see him flustered. “Maybe I’ll buy us something to eat, on the way.”

“Oh! I, um, yeah. I–yes! Food sounds great!” Fenton smiles like sunshine, lighting up the lab as he turns to leave. “I’ll, uh, I’ll get our coats!”

Gyro watches him go with a smile of his own. Sometimes it feels like they’re still learning how to be in love. He definitely is. But Fenton… he’s easy to love, with his nervous kindness and drive to help everyone he can and excitement for new, unknown experiences–Gyro really doesn’t know how he ever found Fenton annoying before. His boyfriend is everything he’s ever wanted.

When he returns, Fenton’s bundled up in a scarf M’ma insisted he wear and a pair of mittens gifted to him by a grateful citizen, and carrying Gyro’s coat. Ever the chivalrous gentleman, he helps Gyro into his own coat and scarf, and leads the way to the elevator so he can open the doors for them.

Gyro shuts off the lights, each bank of bright white lights turning inky black with a click. Then, he takes Fenton’s hand, and they head for the surface together.

The ground floor is quiet, a single row of lights left on when everyone else went home. Gyro’s used to leaving this late, if he leaves at all—usually he’d end up taking a quick nap in the lab or stay up until dawn without realizing it—but Fenton squeezes his hand nervously. Gyro draws circles with his thumb on the back of Fenton’s hand reassuringly, taking the lead toward the lobby.

The front doors are giant, with equally large windows looking out at the empty parking lot. The sky is gloomy and dark, even for this late hour, and as they approach the exit, it becomes obvious that it’s started to snow. The big windows reveal small snowflakes drifting down to the pavement in a silent, sparkling dance.

“It’s snowing!” Fenton chirps excitedly, pushing open one of the doors. “Gyro, look!”

“It sure is,” he agrees, pulling the collar of his coat up as if to hide from the snowflakes. “First of the season.”

“Yeah!” His partner looks to the sky with wide, wonder-filled eyes, then spins around slowly as he looks up. “It’s beautiful! I hope it sticks, we could wake up tomorrow to a winter wonderland!”

“Yeah, beautiful,” Gyro agrees. But he isn’t looking at the snow—he’s focused on Fenton’s hair, snowflakes clinging to it like glitter. Focused on his boyfriend’s bright eyes and wide smile, and his delight over something as small as the wintery weather. Fenton’s enchanted by the snow, and Gyro… well, he’s enchanted by Fenton.

Science can explain many things, Gyro thinks, watching him twirl a slow circle under a yellow parking lot light. Science can explain the way that light glows, and why the snow is falling slowly and softly, and science can even explain why his heart begins to race, watching Fenton pause and turn to look back at him. It takes Gyro’s breath away, looking at the way he’s standing, with a glowing yellow halo behind him and sparkly snowflakes clinging to his shoulders.

Science can do plenty, but this doesn’t feel scientific at all. Leaning in for a kiss, bathed in golden light and silent snow, it feels… magical, instead. Fenton’s warm hand caresses Gyro’s cold cheek feathers, and the world beyond this quiet, empty parking lot seems to fade away around them. Gyro closes his eyes, leaning into the warm embrace and pulling Fenton a little closer.

This moment is not science, but magic, and Gyro wants to remember this feeling forever.

[sundersea]

hiiii @teleportzz happy holidays and happy new year!!! I was your secret santa for @duckblrsecretsanta2023 ! I'm so sorry this is late ;_; I really wanted to have it done by christmas but I'll be real, I got super ambitious when I saw your prompt! huey is one of my favorite characters and I'd been wanting to make a dt17 comic for a long time so I jumped at the chance to do one with a deadline. hope you enjoy!!!!