#epoulosiilio

[brokenbow]

"SIT YOUR ASS DOWN!"

Apollo glanced at his son, and then at the TV screen behind him, then back at the controller in Will’s hand. A grin grew on his face, and he stood in front of the TV, moving back and forth as Will struggled to see past him to continue playing his game. “Is there a problem, sun of mine?”

[speaksmachine-blog1]

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three, two, one! 

       They’re waiting for the fireworks. Almost the whole camp is out here, since the weather is nice— well, nice enough. Leo still doesn’t like it, but he’s wearing a jacket and there’s no wind chill, so he’ll cope— and people who aren’t out are definitely still awake. 

        Someone yells “One minute!” cutting off Leo’s joke to Will midsentence, and he doesn’t bother to finish it once the excited babbling of the camp dies a bit. Not that he could, because only seconds later someone else yells “Forty seconds!” and the process starts over again. A few people try to start the countdown at thirty, but after a couple seconds, it disperses into laughing. Leo shots a grin at Will. 

      “Ten!” A couple roman candles are set off. “Nine, eight!” All chatter has evolved into enthusiastic countdowns, the two of them included. “Seven, six!” Leo glances over at Will and smiles, turning a laugh into the next few numbers. “Five, four!” He reaches out and finds Will’s hand, lacing their fingers together, then looks expectantly at the night sky.

       “Three!” 

       He’s just impossibly giddy. It’s been a great night, he’s in great company, and he couldn’t wipe the smile from his face if he tried. He doesn’t, though, instead, he looks back from the currently empty sky to Will, and his smile grows twofold. 

        “Two!”

        Maybe it’s just the kind of person he is, but he truly loves shitty holiday traditions, partly because so many people are irritated and/or amused when he expresses that, but partly because he just genuinely enjoys participating in holidays. He knows they aren’t that important, but it just seems right to go to a costume party on Halloween, or set off fireworks on the Fourth of July.

       Or to kiss someone at midnight on New Years Eve.

       “One!” 

       Leo pulls Will closer by the hand he’s holding, and puts his free hand on Will’s shoulder, standing on tiptoes to kiss him. The din is unbelievable; fireworks going off in the background, a majority of campers shouting. Leo wraps his fingers around the fabic of Will’s jacket, pulling him down so Leo can stand flat on his feet again without breaking the kiss. 

       Maybe this had nothing to do with holiday traditions, and everything to do with having an opportunity to kiss Will and taking it. 

       He pulls away from Will a few seconds later, uncontrollable smile quickly turning to laughter. He doesn’t have to shout, because they’re standing so close, but he still has to speak fairly loudly to be heard over the fireworks still going off.

       “Happy New Year, Will!”

[kxlala]

going through my inbox more like ‘oh my god i’m so sorry guys i have like four messages from nat and moop i never answered’

[kxlala]

Kilala was special enough to get two gifts in one bag. The first was a ziploc baggie full of catnip; Will thought he was hilarious, evidently, and would gladly receive a good smacking if she didn't share in his humor. But there's another gift under that, a picture book of big cats that he'd happened to find somewhere in the city. There's a note tucked in the book like a bookmark: "Sorry about the catnip. I had to. Go wild with this- just not literally. Merry Christmas, Ki."

Kilala would be more amused if it wasn’t such an accurate gift. She does like catnip- has it in her tea sometimes, even- and the glare she sends his way is an embarrassed one. The book she is more than happy with, however. She loves to read with the kids, and while Sango is a little old for this kind of book, she’s sure Kohaku will be delighted.

“You’re lucky I like you so much,” She says it grumpily, but her smile betrays her. “Merry Christmas, you nerd.”

His present is wrapped somewhat haphazardly in a box. He also got two gifts. The first is a Rapunzel themed hairbrush, with ‘Long Hair, Don’t Care’ printed on the handle.. The second is a bag of caramels and chocolates. Most of them are square, but there’s a few arrows and suns in there.

[pharmakeus]

A mediocrely-wrapped package could be found on Adrian's bunk, a festive bow plonked on top of it and a note attached to it that read, "I couldn't find a magic-themed sweater, so have this instead. Merry Christmas!" Inside the package is a disgusting red and green sweater with white snowflakes and a T-Rex on the front also wearing a disgusting red, green, and white sweater. Sweaterception, with a dinosaur.

Adrian couldn’t help but smile at the note attached. He then lifted the sweater from the package to examine its details. “Nothing lifts the Yuletide spirit quite like a sweater depicting an extinct creature in a sweater. Truly, this is the best gift thus far.” He was talking to himself, of course, but quietly he thanks Will for such a thoughtful gift.

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epoulosiilio replied to your post: Will wasn't really sure what Apollo thought of...

omg apollo that’s so cute

;; lol, just don’t ask him to see his Roman self. Because then he is not so cute. At all actually. Ahahahha.

[pigwitch]

Whenever Lou goes to sleep at night, she'll feel something hard under her pillow; closer inspection will reveal the entire Harry Potter series, with the addition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Go nuts, Lou.

Lou’s eyes lit up at the sight of the books. She’d always wanted to read them as a kid, but her father hadn’t allowed books about witchcraft and “satanism” in their house, even if she had owned books of her own, so she’d only ever seen the movies when her and Alabaster had snuck into the theater. She immediately flipped the first book open and began reading.