Christmas Ribbons

[manniness]

Title: Christmas Ribbons

Series: On the Threshold of Christmas

Author: Manniness

Rating: M (for reference to sexual situations of the solo variety)

Summary: Tarrant hears the words he’d only ever entertained in his dreams.

Notes: Christmas Ribbons was written for the aiw_advent  2010

“Tarrant... Tarrant...”

The sound of his name, whispered in Alice’s

Comments

[niphuria]

Had to say it here, too; love this ending! The Dream is so lovely and I could feel Tarrant's uncertainty, yet his helplessness and he can't help but finally let her Choose for herself. Christmas ribbons and a lovely ring for her! Oooh! Co-incidently, my wedding rings are white gold wrapped with sapphires!

And she was so darned Muchy to sleep in the doorway. That is SO Alice! And Tarrant took on her Curiosity and his own Hope and just had to see if she was still there. How could he have doubted?

The Holly is just so lovely and yes, it's a cute little bugbear, isn't it? Can't wait until it rests in her hair properly! Of course it will have to see China first. :)

Thank you for this lovely Christmas story that made my night. :)

[manniness]

Hi, sweetie! I'm glad you liked this whole series. I admit that I'm not so thrilled with the second half. I'm in love with the first story and up until the part where Tarrant is asking Alice if she counts him out amongst her friends... After that, I kinda don't like the angst. I've a few ideas for continuing this little series... perhaps if I do that I'll feel better about the bombshell of angst that I dropped in here. (^__~)

[broomclosetkink]

Ah, sweetie, your Tarrant and Alice never fail to charm my socks off. :D I LOVE the holly and the dreams and Tarrant is so flipping PERFECT, jeez!

It's certainly got me feeling quite cheerful this holiday season. And possibly about to hang some holly over a door somewhere in the house. You know. Just in case. ;)

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[manniness]

Hey, Callista-bear! Thank you so much for feedbacking me, hon!

And holly is Highly Useful. (^__~)

So... when are we getting more YIP installments?? *poke poke*

[yappichick]

Duuuuuude...I love this! ♥ (On a side note, sorry it took a couple of days to get feedback to you, a head cold came up and took me hostage for a few days.)

I love how we get to see Alice's dream and her muchy muchness (Dude, Tarrant doesn't stand a chance...I hope he doesn't have a wild night out with Chess because Alice WILL find out with her Power of Asking Questions!)

ROFL, love the line about the clock that had been bullied into minding his manners by Mirana...epic!

The moment of understanding when Tarrant knows that Alice loves him and wants to be with him is great! He should know that Alice wouldn't want to be with some stuffy London dudes anyway (Mad Hatters are so much more fun!), LOL

Dude, I love the ribbon exchange. *is dead* It's so sweet, so sincere, so perfect!

Great job (like always)! :D :D

*does a happy dance*

[manniness]

Hi, there, dude! I'm glad you liked the "ending" here. I was very afraid of disappointing everyone for the big Christmas Day entry. So, thanks for all your profuse reassurances! (^__~)

And, OMG, a crazy night out on the town - just the Hatter and Chess... Underland quakes in fear. LOL!

[just_a_dram]

"She leans toward him. “You may give me anything you like... except another fairfarren,” she replies with a steely gleam in her eyes and her lips curved into a very Alice-y smile."

Ohhh, muchy, muchy Alice. I quite like her in this fic. "And he has never been more aware of the fact that Alices are not only Muchy, but Stubborn once they set their mind to something. Someone." Aren't they though?

I quite like the whole thing. I actually read this entire thing with a sort of silly grin on my face thinking: 'This is really, really good.' And it is!

The concept of the dreams is very smart and I totally got that the dreamer was shaping the dream. It was wonderfully done.

Tarrant's musings on how he is not good enough for her and how she would have better adventures with someone else really struck a chord with me. How that feeling was at war with his more selfish impulses seemed spot on.

Well done, my dear. Here's to Alice fiction in the New Year. And yes, perhaps we will become a fandom with yearly traditions, hmm?

[manniness]

Hey, hon! I'm really glad this tickled your romantic funny bone. I certainly hope our fandom has yearly traditions... although I don't know if I want to wait that long to jot down my idea|s for a continuation of this... Well, perhaps I'll just have to write the next trilogy of ficlets and let them hibernate on my hard drive until next Christmas. (^__~)

[clay_roses]

*waggles eyebrows* What a slightly naughty Hatter you've written in this series, Manny. I do so like it. :) I know you've said in the past that the activity you elude Tarrant...erm, engaging in? at the beginning of this section had eluded you in the past. Good to see that he's decided to behave for his Mistress

[manniness]

Yes! My Tarrant muse does tend to shy away from self-pleasure but I am wearing him down! (Oh, that sounded Naughty, didn't it? Oops...)

Heh, insecure!Tarrant without a penny to his name... yeah, I thought you could appreciate that. I just love how he knows that the world is Alice's oyster and yet she wants him, which means she wants him for himself - he has intrinsic value and she doesn't care one whit about what he can give her, which (in the town I live in) is not something that is common. (Loads of girls here want the big house, the nice car, the designer clothes, so they go to secretary school, get jobs in doctor's offices and at medical schools hoping to snag a doctor because they make big bucks and are almost never home. Sickening, isn't it?)

So, I love that Tarrant gives Alice himself, for really, he is the one thing she can't have just because she's a Champion, right? I don't know if I'm making sense, but whatever! (^__~)