#osemanverse secret santa 2024

[catboylister]

i joined the fandom secret santa organised by @narlieweek !! so this is my gift for @renskiii-10 , merry christmas :] i hope its okay for you aaa . i do definitely want to expand on this though, maybe turn it into a longer fic b4 i post it on ao3 so if u have anything else youd like to see then dm me bff lmaoao

Lister isn't sure what brought him here. Maybe it was because the flat felt too lonely with Rowan and Jimmy visiting their own families. Maybe London is a lot shittier than he thought.

Maybe he just missed his mum.

Standing in the rain, Lister attempts to gather the courage to knock on the door. He raises a fist, and lets it tap the glass gently, not nearly loud enough to be heared. The door opens before he can try again.

"Allister?" Louise stares at him for a few seconds; shocked, before reaching out a hand towards his cheek. He melts into her touch immediately, not realising how much he missed it.

"How did you know I was here?" He asks with an awkward laugh.

"Saw you through the camera. On the doorbell," her hands fall to his, and she starts to pull him inside, "get inside. You're soaked. Where's you're coat? You'll get a cold being outside dressed like that.”

Lister glances to the side, catching sight of one of those fancy, smart doorbells that people with money buy because they own stuff that is actually worth stealing. They have that now.

The door clicks shut behind him as he stands still in the unfamiliar hallway. It's been repainted since he was last here… When? A year ago? Two, maybe? He can't think of what colour it used to be, all he knows is that it wasn't the pale gray it is now.

The same red and gold tinsel he used to decorate their tiny, plastic Christmas tree, is wrapped around the staircase banister. It was forgotten in the attic when they finally moved house, only for him to be trapped on tour abroad by the time the holidays finally came around. He spent that Christmas with Jimmy and Rowan, fucking about in hotel rooms and tour buses, excited to have three consecuitve days off. Louise never bought a tree that year.

"You must be freezing," a warm towel is wrapped around his shoulders, "go get something warm on, I'll make you some tea if you want."

He nods as he's ushered upstairs, making his way to his bedroom. Everything is untouched since he packed half his things and moved to London. A worn Spiderman poster still sticks to the wall, one of the corners beginning to peel away, and a light layer of dust coats his dresser. Less than he imagined there would be. The same checkered sheets are messily thrown over his bed, completely untouched. He's almost spent more time on stage than in this bed.

Only once he gets changed does Lister realise that the only spare clothes he packed is a loose t-shirt and a thin pair of pyjama pants. He breifly expects a familiar coldness he grew used through winter when he was younger. That coldness never comes.

Making his way downstairs, he hears his mother humming to herself.

"Hi-"

"Jesus fucking Christ-" tea spills over the edge of one of the mugs as Louise turns around. She laughs, "you always do that. It's terrifying."

"Do I?"

"Yeah, you'd do it a lot when you were little. I swear you used to do it on purpose, you're lucky you haven't given me a heart attack," as she speaks, Lister walks towards her and leans down, resting his head on her shoulder. It doesn't take long before she's wrapping her arms around his shoulders, hugging him tightly. The way she would when he was a child.

"I've missed you."

Lister hugs her back, mumbling, "I missed you too." He isn't sure she heard him, he hopes she didn't. He probably sounds like he's about to cry. Maybe he is. Either way, he can feel her hands rubbing his back and the way she shakes slightly from standing on her tip-toes for too long.

Silently, Louise guides him into the living room. He leans on her again as they sit together on her sofa, another thing he doesn't recognise. At some point, a warm mug makes its way into his hands and a blanket is thrown over the both of them. A movie he's never heard of plays on the flatscreen in front of him.

It takes him a while to notice, but in the corner is a tree. A real one. Decorated with a mix of brand new, shiny baubles and old decorations he made back in primary school. A clay angel that's missing one of her wings. A crayon coloured elf hanging on by a piece of thread shoved through a hole in his hat. Something made out of pipe-cleaners. He has no idea what that was supposed to be. They look a little out of place next to everything else.

Nothing is underneath it.

When he was seven, he woke up to an empty tree. He had only asked for one thing. A transformer figure he had wanted for earlier that year but never got because apparently more important.

He cried over it all morning, convinced he must've done something really bad. Now that he's older, he realises that wasn't the case. Good or bad have nothing to do with it. The kids who don't get anything are just unlucky.

“I'm sorry,” he mumbles from beneath the blanket.

“What?” Louise says, pausing the movie to look at him instead, “what are you sorry for?”

“I didn't bring you anything…” Lister says, which isn't nearly half of what he wants to say. He wants to apologise for everything. For not visiting sooner. For not calling her enough. For being a difficult child and an even more difficult teenager.

“Oh. Don't be silly,” she says, running a hand through his hair, still wet from the rain. Lister pulls the blanket to him tighter.

“Don't fall asleep on me. I can't carry you anymore.”

“I won't,” he says, but he does.

[itsjustpolyester312]

Merry Christmas @helphowdoiusethis !! i hope you enjoy this fic <3

[narlieweek]

osemanverse secret santa 2024: sign-ups open !!

fill out the form (link) to register for the event. sign-ups are open until november 25, all further details are included inside. please, read them carefully!

if you have any questions, use our ask box! we’re always happy to help.

and a big thank you to @spring-siblings for helping with the google form ❣️

please don't forget to reblog this !! what’s a secret santa? find out in our interest check post

[ao3feed-narlie]

Found Heaven

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/ZoLwr3C by itsjustpolyester312 It's Christmas at the Nelson household! Charlie came over and everything feels perfect. Nick just wants to have a fun Christmas but of course David won't let that happen... for the osemanverse secret santa 2024 :) Words: 1743, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Nicholas "Nick" Nelson, Charles "Charlie" Spring (Heartstopper), Sarah Nelson, David Nelson (Heartstopper), Diane (Heartstopper) Relationships: Nicholas "Nick" Nelson/Charles "Charlie" Spring, Nicholas "Nick" Nelson & Sarah Nelson Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Christmas, Nicholas "Nick" Nelson Needs a Hug, Panic Attacks, David Nelson Being an Asshole (Heartstopper), Bad Sibling David Nelson (Heartstopper), Osemanverse Secret Santa 2024 read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/ZoLwr3C

[asexual-maniac]

hello read this pls or don’t

but beware

lol hi!!!! i’m audie :3 i like to write, draw, and shitpost and i’m trying to be more active on here !!

this is my silly ride the cyclone blog (maybe some other musicals now and then) my main is @earth2audiee where i usually reblog random things and post about iwbft every once in a blue moon

things i like

i loveeee rtc obviously, i’ve been hyper-fixated on it with little pause since summer 2023 😭 tho some other musicals i like are beetlejuice, be more chill and heathers!!

that’s really all i post about on this blog, but some other random fandoms i’m in are: ever after high, osemanverse, jackson’s diary, dead plate, and lisa frankenstein !!

ships!!

there really isn’t a rtc ship i can’t get behind besides ocean x ricky, but my favs are:

nischa, spacedolls, sugardolls, and blackrose!!

i think the ship discourse in this fandom is so stupid, this is really just a warning for anyone who maybe doesn’t want to see that content because i do post about them a lot :3 if ur curious about my opinion on a ship or rtc headcanon in general, search #opinions or just send me an ask

tags

im not actually that good at using tags (i forget) but i use #audie makes stuff for drawings, writing, or whatever else i’m posting

i use #events for anything i join, tho right now i’ve only participated in rtc secret santa 2024 and reposted blackrose week 2024

i usually put #auds thoughts on text posts

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lastly i’m always looking for mutuals and new friends :DD don’t b scared to send asks and dms and stuff please i promise i am actually a loser