Christmas Comment!fics [2011]
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Last year, I offered comment!fic in a number of fandoms as a Christmas present to all you lovely folk out there. I got some wonderful prompts and really enjoyed myself writing ficlets for them, so I’ve decided to do the same this year. For those of you who don’t know how this works, let’s go over things:
( Basic Info )
Last year, I offered comment!fic in a number of fandoms as a Christmas present to all you lovely folk out there. I got some wonderful prompts and really enjoyed myself writing ficlets for them, so I’ve decided to do the same this year. For those of you who don’t know how this works, let’s go over things:
( Basic Info )
“No, see, my dad would basically put on this stupid Santa Claus outfit every Christmas, right,” Danny says.
“Let me guess,” Rachel laughs. “You caught your mum kissing him?”
Danny growls at her playfully. “It wasn’t for sneaking around and sticking presents under the tree at night,” he says. “He’d dress up like Santa and give out our presents on Christmas morning. We always knew it was him.”
“Why dress up, though?” Rachel asks.
“I asked him once, when I was - what, seven, eight, something like that,” Danny says. “He said that for one, even great men need help, and he’s happy to lend a hand for a good cause.”
“And for another?” Rachel asks in interest. Danny rarely talks about his family with her - it’s not that he’s ashamed of them, but she thinks he’s still somewhat over-awed by Rachel’s upper-class upbringing. He never thinks his stories are as interesting as hers, and so it simply doesn’t occur to him to bring them up. Rachel has never known quite how to ask him to speak of his family more often, so she loves moments like these when Danny forgets to be awkward and tells her stories about his childhood.
Grace yawns and blinks sleepily up at her mother. Rachel manoeuvres her so that she’s propped up a little higher and can see Danny, dressed up in a rented Santa suit and beaming at her.
Grace stares at Danny silently for a few moments, then lets out a happy shriek.
“Kids always either laugh or bawl when they see the outfit,” Danny tells Rachel, who looks like she’s torn between cringing at the noise and laughing at Grace’s obvious delight. “Either way, they’re always loud.”
“I can tell,” Rachel says, and gives in to the latter impulse. Danny tickles Grace’s cheek; she promptly grabs his finger and starts chewing on it.
“What’s the other reason?” Rachel asks, watching Danny and Grace with what she thinks might be a disturbingly soppy look. She can’t help herself. It’s Grace’s first Christmas, it’s just the three of them, and Rachel couldn’t love it more.
“What?” Danny asks distractedly, as he tries to rescue his finger.
“The other reason your father would dress up as Santa,” Rachel prompts. “To help out, and?”
“To remind himself that pride and dignity’s worth nothing if you can’t make someone happy,” Danny says. He glances up at her and smiles lopsidedly. “I didn’t really get that part till later. A lot later.”
Rachel tugs on Danny’s hat, and feels a swell of love for this ridiculous, huge-hearted man she’s had the good fortune to find. “I’d say you’ve understood him quite well.”
Reply
THANK You for writing this for me!!! : )
Rachel's teasing reference to "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" and Danny's "playful growl" are both CUTE and amusing. I like how Danny is hesitant to explain the family Santa suit tradition because he feels it pales in comparison to Rachel's upperclass background. Little Gracie is completely ADORABLE with her blinking, shrieking, and finger chewing. : ) Rachel is amusing fighting her impulse to laugh at Grace and Danny's antics. I'm glad that she gives in to those feelings. Danny is ADORABLE playing with Gracie, and I LOVE his quote about how "mak[ing] someone happy" supercedes "pride and dignity". : ) Rachel's final observation about how lucky she is to have found Danny is wonderful too.
Excellent work on this drabble!!! : )
Take care!!! : )
Tarnished
Reply
Leave a comment