#holiday starter

[exquisitexagony]

closed for @miidnighters

"Oh...Hello," Sam hummed, a weak smile pulling across his face, eyelids drooping. His hair was a mess of bedhead atop his head, skin pale, and nose pinkish. He was wrapped snugly in several layers of sweatshirts, his hands covered by the sleeves and carrying a large hot cup of tea between them. He hadn't remembered inviting Bella over...or making planes, but, then again, he had no idea what day it was. For the past couple of days, xe had been trying very hard to ignore the cold slowly catching hold of xyr system. 'Tis the season.

After staying out late the other night gift shopping in the icy weather, it seemed his body had finally succumbed to whatever virus had caught hold of his respiratory system. Squinted eyes glanced past Bella at the beautiful snowflakes drifting from the sky, then landed back on her. Well, at the very least, it had to be sometime in the afternoon. The sun was high in the sky, though muffled in brightness by thick snow clouds. Xe leaned against the doorframe, sipping at xyr tea.

"Sorry, I was, um..." A clearing of his throat. "Napping," xe admitted sheepishly, knowing full well it had taken xem much longer than usual to get the door. He sniffled slightly in a failed attempt at making his voice sound less nasally. "I, uh... what- what's up? What're you-- I mean, er...Do you...wanna come in from the cold?" A gesture inside, opening the door a bit further.

[hxneyedichxr]

@manganyeh liked for some holiday cheer!

“Oh— look, they have hot sake and tea!” The retainer gestured towards one of the street vendors with a slight grin, the vendor waving to the two of them and beckoning them closer. Now with the Sakoku Decree lifted, more imports from outside of the country could come in and be sold. As a result, the holiday market this year was packed to the brim with a number of stalls selling candied Ajilenakh nuts from Sumeru, Glühwein from Mondstadt, samples of crispy pork belly and Christmas cakes from Liyue as well as foie gras from Fontaine. There were toy makers, book sellers, local tinkerers and even musicians lining the streets calling out and selling their wares. The number of smells and sounds along with the chatter made for a festive atmosphere that practically made the blonde radiate excitement.

“Shall we take a look?”

[menxyouxneed]

That's dirty

Open: For female Setting: college Christmas party "Seriously the carols are dirty think about it. Oh cum all ye faithful! Fall on your knees, do I need to go on?" Tyler laughed and took one of the Christmas shots and downed it. "Fuck too much cinnamon."

[supremestrangeness]

Open Starter

“Most Christmas traditions stem from thousands of years old pagan rituals. The Yule Log, for example, Yule is another name for Odin- the burning of the log symbolizes the great bon fires that would take place in the darkest, coldest night of the Winter Solstice, and the sacrifices that would be put on it, spurring on a mass revere of cross dressing, donning of animal skulls, trickery and orgies? It’s been only a few hundred years of the Catholic Church attempting to sanitize the countless traditions that all circle around this time of year, through so many different cultures.”

The man sitting nearby in a sharp-collared black pea coat with gold trim and a dark purple scarf looked like Stephen Strange… but something was off. He was gaunt, pale and hollow-looking, sickly as steady, spidery hands lifted what smelled at least adjacent to a mulled wine to his lips. “I wonder if there’s a universe where culture was allowed to progress without that mass sanitation?”

[anoseforrottenapples]

@unyieldingvalxr​ (for Mena)

“Here Mena,” Troy sets the plastic take-away bags on the table, “I give you my annual Christmas Eve tradition straight from England—Chinese food and ale after working overtime. Granted, I couldn’t go to Happy House since they’re in Causton, and Middlesbrough didn’t have much in the way of Chinese food that I liked, so I’m adapting. Besides, I bought it from Sam, so I can tell your brother to take part of his earnings from the restaurant, and buy you something nice.”

Starting to unpack the bags, he glances up at Mena. “I ended up getting quite a few samplers because I don’t actually know what kind of Chinese food you like…” A note of disquiet enters his features, “You do like Chinese food… don’t you?” The problem with graduating from occasional lovers to an actual relationship is that he keeps stumbling across all the things about Mena that he does not know. It also does not really help that Mena is far, far too used to being accommodating and willing around guys, so figuring out what she actually likes, wants, and needs is difficult even for a trained detective. He often reminds himself to be patient though, keep asking questions, and figure out Mena’s tells so he can be better informed about when he is getting a genuine response from her verses the ones she gives to clients and creeps like André to tell them what they want to hear. “If you don’t like Chinese, we can pick something else up. I can put this away and eat on it for the next few days… I just picked this up out of habit. I usually work Christmas Eve and Day so guys with families can be home… this is probably the first Christmas I haven’t had to work since before I became a police officer.”

[thewonderingsorceress]

Like for a holiday starter~

[lxnleybatbxy]

random sentence starter🌲 — open to all

“I don’t get why people get so excited about holidays..” Solanine sighed softly and kept his eyes low towards the ground. The young male couldn’t deal with holidays very well, since his mother had passed away years ago and his father is no where to be found, he was always alone.

[blumeisms]

“This is by far the ugliest sweater I have ever seen. It’s perfect!”