open } { mistletoe meme

[iluvroadrunner6]

1. Pick one of your characters.
2. Pick one of my characters (or have me surprise you).
3. There's mistletoe! It can be magical or traditional, but ideally the thread will end in Christmas smooches.
4. Profit.

Comments

[gambled_ourmistakes]

[He shakes his head.]

We weren't the celebratory type. We acknowledged Christmas only so much as my parents' intent to winter somewhere with skiing.

[shreds]

Do you miss it, your old life?

( She misses Bulgaria. She misses the simplicity and her family. She doesn't miss what comes after. Sometimes, in the late hours of the evening when she can't sleep, she misses one or both Salvatores. But that will go with her to the grave. )

[gambled_ourmistakes]

Nothing really there to miss.

[His parents were mostly in name only, his mentor is dead. Katherine is likely the closest thing he has at this point to family, which would probably be considered sad by some, but he enjoys her company.]

I prefer to keep my eye on the future anyway.

[shreds]

Me too.

( She always has. She turns her attention to a welcome box all guests get and she cants her head as she raises hooked mistletoe to her eyeline. )

Free robes and free mistletoe. Do you think they charge extra if we don't hang it up? Or extra if we do?

[gambled_ourmistakes]

I think this place deals with too many people with money to be keeping track of minor charges.

[He shifts closer, leaning in with a bit of a smirk.]

Do you want to hang it up?

[shreds]

We never needed it before. But, if you think you need incentive, I won't say no. It's -- a quaint tradition. And I like any tradition that leads to sex.

( Which he can't be surprised by. )

[gambled_ourmistakes]

[He absolutely is not.]

I wouldn't call it incentive so much as opportunity.

[He shifts over to pick up the sprig, before rolling back and positioning him temptingly on the bed, with his arm over his head.]

After all, 'tis the season.

[shreds]

Indeed.

( And we will fade to black as they fade into romantic ski resort obscurity. )