[LOGS]

[wintersking]

[you and me were never meant to be part of the future]

1. Peter → [scars]
2. Peter → [starlight]

[all we have is now]

1. Peter/Caspian/Susan/Lucy → [christmas come early]
2. Caspian → [idle conversation]
3. Peter → [messenger]
4. Peter/Caspian → [the ambush]
5. Caspian → [a christmas present without wrappings]
6. Peter → [like vines, we

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turn a cold shoulder to these even colder skies

[wintersking]

Everything was set. If one looked about the Pevensie and Caspian household, they would have found a few brightly colored lumps scattered in random places. They were presents, wrapped clumsily to the best of his ability (Su and mum were always better at this wrapping stuff than he was anyways) but with no note or anything attached. It wasn't important that they knew who it was from anyways.

Christmas day had always been about family and hot chocolate and snowball fights and presents, and this year was no different, despite their change of location. It was good to know that some things didn't change, to have a sense of consistency in the middle of all of this chaos.

Ed was perched by the fire, cheeks still bright red from the cold, warming his hands by the flame.

turn a cold shoulder to these even colder skies

[oshutup]

Having found his present outside his door upon returning--Ed must have hid them around before they all went out, he supposed--Peter tried his brother's room first, only to peer in and find him absent. Gift in hand, shifting it between both, the blond descended the stairs and headed toward the study.

"Hey," he greeted, walking in and taking seat next to the Just. Lifting the compass in his right hand he glanced over. "Thank you. Though, I'm assuming that the note was a joke."

Because I wasn't lost, Peter thought wryly, smiling even as he turned away, focus landing on the rather nice compass with his initials in it.

turn a cold shoulder to these even colder skies

[wintersking]

Ed gave a wry grin as Peter came in. "I'm glad you like it."

Out of all of them, Susan had definitely been the hardest to find a gift for. What did girls like, anyways? Especially a teenaged girl.

"I suppose you'll need it, though. When that map in your head fails you." another quip, he couldn't help it, after all.

turn a cold shoulder to these even colder skies

[oshutup]

"You know I wasn't lost. Don't lie!" came the equally snappish reply, complete with a grin as Peter reached out to ruffle Edmund's hair--mostly because he could, and a little out of habit. After that he pulled back, hands clasping in front of him after he set the compass down at the side table, staring into the fire for a moment before he decided to speak again.

"I still haven't seen the chess set in action for myself, but I'd play a game with you, soon, if you like," he offered, casting a sideways glance.

turn a cold shoulder to these even colder skies

[wintersking]

"You were too. The erosion was just a clever excuse." Edmund laughs as he ducks away from Peter's hand. "I'm not five!" and there were grins all around. Then silence, but Ed didn't mind- it was a companionable silence, at any rate.

Ed realizes how far they've come since a couple of Christmases ago, and is silently thankful for it. Especially since they used to fight every other day, and Ed was both resentful and bitter at his older brother. But things change.

"I still can't believe they move. That's incredibly neat. Thank you, by the way." he nods, the little boy in him excited at the prospect.

turn a cold shoulder to these even colder skies

[oshutup]

"Was not," he retorted, brow arching--he could go on forever and Ed likely knew it as well as anybody did, if not better. Aware of this, the blond let it drop for the moment in lieu of the next comment, to which he nodded briefly, turning to face the Just more directly.

"It's not the most unbelievable thing we've seen, you have to admit," he pointed out first, before adding, "But anyway, you're welcome..."

Eyes going back to the fire, he swallowed a quiet sigh. The day had gone without error and, for the most part, it seemed like things were going well enough in general, give or take the curses which were out of their hands.

turn a cold shoulder to these even colder skies

[wintersking]

"It isn't." Ed has to agree to that. After all they've seen in Narnia, this doesn't even scratch the surface of the awe that Ed has. "But it is interesting. It's even better than the solid gold one, I'll admit."

"But I'll take the dryads and the fauns any day."

There was mostly silence in the room, except for the fire crackling. Today had been a lot more fun than he'd had in a while, what with the Witch and everything being so serious. He'd have to remember to thank Caspian later on. And Destrier as well.

turn a cold shoulder to these even colder skies

[oshutup]

"Are you settling in all right?" He asked this without looking, opting to slouch a bit back against the couch instead. It had not been very long since his brother's arrival and yet it felt as if he had actually been present a great deal longer, though Peter credited this greatly due to the fact that they had all wanted him here so badly.

In the back of his mind he whispered a thank-you in passing throughout the day, supposing that Father Christmas might be the sort to hear a show of gratitude, even a world away.