Trick or Treat - Nina Theroux - Alphas Fic
Character: Nina Theroux and OC little sister
Genre: Gen
Author: thewatchmaker
Fandom: Alphas
Word count: 740
Rating: G
Prompt: Candy for alphas_fic Halloween Ficathon
Notes: Nina's about 15 in this one, and I made her sister 6 years younger since we don't know in canon.
I was cold. I mean really cold. I had on gloves and the collar of my coat was pulled up around my ears. I was hunkered down into it so far that I looked like I was dressed up as the Hutchback of Notre Dame, but I wasn’t in costume. Not like my little sister who was trudging along in a Tinkerbell costume complete with iridescent wings and a wand with a star on the tip. The poor kid was cold too, but she refused to take the wings off to put on her coat. So I had that tucked under my arm too. If it was bigger, I’d be wearing it along with mine.
“Just a few more houses, Nina,” Cassidy said, as she bounced her orange plastic pumpkin against her legs. There wasn’t a whole lot of candy in it. Less and less people were home on Halloween, and it was so different than when I was trick or treating six years ago. “I want my pumpkin full. It has to be.”
“I know. If it’s not full, dad will steal too much of the good stuff, and you’ll be left with crap.” Our dad had a sweet tooth, and he looked at Halloween as his chance to pilfer at will. When he would take us both out trick or treating it was a miracle that I managed to get home with a single Hershey bar.
“You’re not going to steal my chocolate are you, Nina?” She asked as we walked up the sidewalk. She was shivering so hard that it made my bones hurt. Next year if I had to take her out, she was dressing up as King Kong, so she’d be warm. No skimpy costumes anymore. She could save those for parties when she got into high school like the one I had at home waiting for me. I was going to be the prettiest vampire ever.
“Would I do that?” I teased. “But you know…. I am a little hungry… and cold. Three more houses. I’ve got to go home and get ready for the party at Jackie’s.”
“But my pumpkin won’t be full with only three more houses. Come on, Nina!” She turned and glared at me, and then stomped up the walkway to the house.
“Would you please remember you’re nine not three?” I begged her as I followed along. At least when we were moving I could pretend I wasn’t freezing to death. All I got for that was her middle finger pointed at me and a smirk as she turned to ring the doorbell. “Classy, what would Tinkerbell think of that?”
The house had strings of fake cobwebs hanging all over the porch, and there were a few other decorations along the steps. If it wasn’t so cold, I’d probably think it was pretty neat. I loved decorating for Halloween. Our house was decked out, and I wanted to be back there so badly.
I waited while the lady who lived there opened the door. She was wearing a witch’s hat, and she had a black plastic cauldron full of snack size Milky Ways, Three Musketeers and Snickers. There was enough chocolate in that thing to fill Cassidy’s pumpkin with the good stuff, and then I could go home and get ready for the party.
“Trick or treat!” Cassidy said and smiled at the woman. I watched as she put a single piece of candy into my sister’s pumpkin.
“Look,” I said, stepping up to get her attention. She looked at me, and our eyes met. “Do me a favor, and fill up my sister’s candy bag. It’s cold out, and her lips are turning blue. She should go home.”
The woman blinked, and then she started putting handfuls of candy into the pumpkin. “Your lips are turning blue. You should go home and get warm.”
I didn’t know what to make of it. I know that I can be persuasive. I get my way a lot, but this was really something. Sure there weren’t too many other kids out on a miserable night like this, but for a few minutes I was sure that she did it because I told her too. But that’s nuts.
“We can go home now, Nina.” Cassidy gave me a triumphant smile and started bounding down the steps to the sidewalk. “It’s cold. Hurry up!”
Genre: Gen
Author: thewatchmaker
Fandom: Alphas
Word count: 740
Rating: G
Prompt: Candy for alphas_fic Halloween Ficathon
Notes: Nina's about 15 in this one, and I made her sister 6 years younger since we don't know in canon.
I was cold. I mean really cold. I had on gloves and the collar of my coat was pulled up around my ears. I was hunkered down into it so far that I looked like I was dressed up as the Hutchback of Notre Dame, but I wasn’t in costume. Not like my little sister who was trudging along in a Tinkerbell costume complete with iridescent wings and a wand with a star on the tip. The poor kid was cold too, but she refused to take the wings off to put on her coat. So I had that tucked under my arm too. If it was bigger, I’d be wearing it along with mine.
“Just a few more houses, Nina,” Cassidy said, as she bounced her orange plastic pumpkin against her legs. There wasn’t a whole lot of candy in it. Less and less people were home on Halloween, and it was so different than when I was trick or treating six years ago. “I want my pumpkin full. It has to be.”
“I know. If it’s not full, dad will steal too much of the good stuff, and you’ll be left with crap.” Our dad had a sweet tooth, and he looked at Halloween as his chance to pilfer at will. When he would take us both out trick or treating it was a miracle that I managed to get home with a single Hershey bar.
“You’re not going to steal my chocolate are you, Nina?” She asked as we walked up the sidewalk. She was shivering so hard that it made my bones hurt. Next year if I had to take her out, she was dressing up as King Kong, so she’d be warm. No skimpy costumes anymore. She could save those for parties when she got into high school like the one I had at home waiting for me. I was going to be the prettiest vampire ever.
“Would I do that?” I teased. “But you know…. I am a little hungry… and cold. Three more houses. I’ve got to go home and get ready for the party at Jackie’s.”
“But my pumpkin won’t be full with only three more houses. Come on, Nina!” She turned and glared at me, and then stomped up the walkway to the house.
“Would you please remember you’re nine not three?” I begged her as I followed along. At least when we were moving I could pretend I wasn’t freezing to death. All I got for that was her middle finger pointed at me and a smirk as she turned to ring the doorbell. “Classy, what would Tinkerbell think of that?”
The house had strings of fake cobwebs hanging all over the porch, and there were a few other decorations along the steps. If it wasn’t so cold, I’d probably think it was pretty neat. I loved decorating for Halloween. Our house was decked out, and I wanted to be back there so badly.
I waited while the lady who lived there opened the door. She was wearing a witch’s hat, and she had a black plastic cauldron full of snack size Milky Ways, Three Musketeers and Snickers. There was enough chocolate in that thing to fill Cassidy’s pumpkin with the good stuff, and then I could go home and get ready for the party.
“Trick or treat!” Cassidy said and smiled at the woman. I watched as she put a single piece of candy into my sister’s pumpkin.
“Look,” I said, stepping up to get her attention. She looked at me, and our eyes met. “Do me a favor, and fill up my sister’s candy bag. It’s cold out, and her lips are turning blue. She should go home.”
The woman blinked, and then she started putting handfuls of candy into the pumpkin. “Your lips are turning blue. You should go home and get warm.”
I didn’t know what to make of it. I know that I can be persuasive. I get my way a lot, but this was really something. Sure there weren’t too many other kids out on a miserable night like this, but for a few minutes I was sure that she did it because I told her too. But that’s nuts.
“We can go home now, Nina.” Cassidy gave me a triumphant smile and started bounding down the steps to the sidewalk. “It’s cold. Hurry up!”