Advent #15: Christmas Below.
Title: Christmas Below.
Fandom: Neverwhere.
Rating: G.
Classification: Gen.
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Richard remembers Christmas in London Above: the hustle, the noise, the way people seemed to forget that the holidays were about family, and togetherness, and the return of the sun.
Christmas in London Below is different. Here, they remember why the carols are sung, not just that they're beautiful. They remember beans in bread, and blood on snow.
He never cared for Christmas above. Here, he loves it. All of it.
"Daddy's home!" the children shriek, as he steps into the House of Many Doors, holly boughs weighing his arms, the scent of pine lifting his spirits.
Home at last.
(Today's fandom and situation are from zou. To suggest tomorrow's drabble, comment on this entry.)
Fandom: Neverwhere.
Rating: G.
Classification: Gen.
***
Richard remembers Christmas in London Above: the hustle, the noise, the way people seemed to forget that the holidays were about family, and togetherness, and the return of the sun.
Christmas in London Below is different. Here, they remember why the carols are sung, not just that they're beautiful. They remember beans in bread, and blood on snow.
He never cared for Christmas above. Here, he loves it. All of it.
"Daddy's home!" the children shriek, as he steps into the House of Many Doors, holly boughs weighing his arms, the scent of pine lifting his spirits.
Home at last.
(Today's fandom and situation are from zou. To suggest tomorrow's drabble, comment on this entry.)