#fivepoints;meme

[arsenic-inyourveins-blog]

“I burnt the ham, let’s just order a pizza.”

Cypris was convinced it was partly a lie, maybe for the sake of saving him the awkward moment of admitting that he wasn’t going to eat something like that in the first place; he had a general rule of avoiding eating anything that had at one point been part of the living world if he could at all avoid it. It had made for a few tiresome holidays back home for his poor father, explaining it off to visitors as just a quirk of his youngest offspring. 

So maybe it was a lie, but if that was the case Cypris was perfectly willing to entertain it for the conversation he didn’t have to stumble through, even a little grateful for it.

“Who the hell thought it was a good idea to let you around a stove in the first place?”

Of course he had to fully and fitfully gloss over the fact though; that was simply how it was done.Thanks, man.

[arsenic-inyourveins-blog]

"You cannot do what you did last year."

Eyes tipped skyward for an instant, Cypris considered the words, the year prior, trying to sort out if he could recall where he even was December twenty-fifth exactly one year past. Unsteady memories of cold nights, some vague awareness of the season but no real idea of what the exact date may have been. Perhaps he’d been out scouting or planning, tense with worry that the tattered lot of his almost-friends might have been spending their last breaths without knowing it, restless sleep or, the worst of it really, maybe he’d been busy spreading death with a subtle effort. 

What day had it been? So many had felt exactly the same and his eyes swung back to the level line of the horizon with a draw of frosty air inward, back out warm from nestling inside his lungs the span of seconds before being expelled. 

“Thank the Gods for that.” 

[fivepointshq]

one-shot / drabble meme

Send a starter to get a drabble from me about our muses!

“I wasn’t sure what to get you.”

“When did this turn into an ugly sweater party?”

“I wish it would snow.”

“Wake up! It’s Christmas!”

“It’s Christmas Eve. That means I can open a present right?”

“Is this eggnog spiked?”

“Can you help me untangle these lights?”

“You can’t put alcohol in the hot chocolate.”

“Surprise! I’m your Christmas present.”

“I’d rather spend Christmas with you.”

“Who’d you piss off to get invited to this party?”

“You cannot do what you did last year.”

“Is that supposed to be a snowman?”

“Can I put the tree topper on this year?”

“I dunno, this tree looks a little bare.”

“Of course I would love spending Christmas with your parents!”

“Is it considered Christmas wine if I drink it on Christmas?”

“That tree isn’t even going to fit in the house! Why did you buy it without measuring it first?”

“I’d rather be someplace warm.”

“I burnt the ham, let’s just order a pizza.”

“Why is there a reindeer on my front lawn?”

“None of these Christmas lights work.”

“I slipped and fell on the ice.”

“I’m not any good at ice skating.”

“Here, you can wear my gloves.”

It’s a special edition of meme Monday: Christmas Eve!

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