It's Christmas! (Closed to just Outlaws)

[not_a_maid]

Who: Marian and open to all outlaws
What: Christmas. YAY
Where: Camp
When: December 25th

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[robin_hood49]

Marian's surprise for him, spending Christmas Eve together, had been unexpected but lovely. Of all the memories of their time together, that Christmas Eve they had spent on the hill overlooking Locksley was a favorite. Few times in their lives had been that peaceful. And, it was good to know that she carried those memories, too. While Robin no longer wondered about her feelings for him, discovering things like that were still as much a part of her as they were him meant something

[djaq_thesaracen]

When Robin and Marian had left camp the last night, Djaq had remained behind with the others. She had wondered if it was a lonely night for them. They were away from their families the whole year, but maybe it was yet lonelier for them this night, even more so with Robin away too.

When Robin and Marian walked back into camp, it was in a cheerful mood.

Djaq nodded towards Marian with a smile. "Merry Christmas to you." It was at times like these that Djaq missed the festivities of her home, but then this didn't mean that she would not wish her friends to enjoy theirs.

"Merry Christmas to you, too, Robin."

[millers_son]

Much forced a smile as Robin and Marian entered the camp. "Merry Christmas," he greeted them.

He couldn't bring himself to say anymore, not even to express gratitude at being relieved from cooking duty. His mind had conjured an image of Robin wrapped in Marian's embrace as he told her all the things he refused to discuss with Much. Nearly a fortnight had passed since their quarrel, yet he was still unable to think of anything else for very long.

Robin, however, looked as though he had forgotten. Much wondered whether he would care if they never spoke again. Why should he? He had Marian to talk to.

[not_a_maid]

Marian's eyes fell on Robin as she felt his hand squeeze at hers, noticing the slight shift in his look. Biting her lip she found her gaze slipping from Robin to Much and then back to Robin once more. She knew they had had some sort of disagreement but not anything in detail, but even if she didn't know about it she would have been able to tell. Things had been tense around here recently. But it was Christmas, and hopefully things would get better though she knew that may be a silly thought.

"Why don't I get the food sorted?" she said after a moment of silence, holding her hand out for Robin to give her the bag. It didn't need a lot of preparation, maybe just heat the meat up a little.

Now she just had to hope that things would lighten up a little. Perhaps the wine would help with that.

[scarlett_outlaw]

Will wasn’t sure if Marian was teasing him with that comment. What did he know about giving speeches? Nothing. Robin was the one with the fancy words and it suited Will just fine. Besides, those two seemed to have a secret language of their own, often saying one thing while obviously meaning another. No, he need not worry. If Marian was teasing somebody, it was Robin. Chuckling he said, "No offense, but brilliant might be taking it too far."

He turned to look at Much, surprised at the almost enthusiastic recollection of the war times. But then his friend’s mood dropped as soon as it had been lifted. "Maybe you just didn’t know it. Maybe there was some shy young maid at Locksley, waiting for you to return," Will said without thinking. Hopefully that didn’t make things worse...

[millers_son]

Much was slightly startled when Will spoke; he didn't think anyone besides Little John had heard him. "No, I'm quite sure there wasn't," he replied sheepishly. Then he looked down at his plate and began poking at his food, though, for once, he wasn't particularly hungry.

[not_a_maid]

Marian laughed at Will's comment on brilliant being too far, taking a sip of her wine as she looked at Robin. Okay so she was enjoying this a bit too much, and she knew it wouldn't annoy him. After all he was aware it was just a tease. But when the conversation turned to Much she gave him a soft smile.

"One of the maids I had in the castle before Vaizey turned up constantly asked if I had heard from you, or about you from Robin. I have not seen her in a year or so, but there were girls thinking of you."

It was true. Of course, since things had not ended well with Robin she didn't know how things were at all with either of them.

[millers_son]

Much wasn't sure what to say. Marian's words brought a slight blush to his cheeks, but did little to improve his mood. The matter of whether or not any girls had been waiting for him to return from the Holy Land wasn't what he was truly upset about. It would be rude to ignore her, though, so he muttered, "Oh...well, all right then," before turning back to his food, hoping the conversation would take a different direction.