[open] FALALALALA-- a holiday post

[starswing]

Lovingly stolen from Cal, for the most part.



HAPPY HOLIDAYS

play with me



PROMPTS-

1. Mistletoe Kisses - for the shipper in all of us

2. Christmas Gift Exchange - IT'S YOUR WHAT IN A BOX

3. Hot drinks and blankets - nothing beats a cuddle huddle

4. Epic Holiday Baking - will the cookies survive this year we just don't know

5. New Year's Kisses - for the new year shipper in all of us

6. Winter Wonderland - good for snowball fights, sledding shenanigans, or ice-skating mishaps

7. Christmas Parties - if you don't do all the cool holiday dances who even are you

8. Decorating for the Holidays - tinsel makes for a good lasso

9. Why is the Eggnog Spiked - no it ALWAYS tasted that funny

10. WILDCARD - have fun, cause mayhem

[ Pick a person and a prompt, or leave a blank comment and I'll make up something. Come at me, bros. ]

Comments

[alcobrawlic]

You were the one who wanted to honor the tradition, right? I promise I won't report you.

[ yes, clearly that's what he was worried about. ]

[jokered]

Ah. My reputation is saved now.

[he was definitely not even a little worried about that.]

[alcobrawlic]

No need to thank me! I'm always here to help.

[ Uh-huh. ]

[jokered]

Helping with my reputation and keeping up traditions. A jack of all trades in the help department.

[alcobrawlic]

It's a skill I try to cultivate.

[ as a bracer, but shh. She's just smiling serenely now, and yeeeeah let's not think about kissing her student. ]

[jokered]

[that seems like a perfectly good thing to focus on when they're technically still under the mistletoe.]

It seems like it's working out pretty well for you.

[alcobrawlic]

[ IT SURE IS, HE GOT TWO KISSES OUT OF IT ALREADY ]

Thanks! If that's the case, it means I'm doing my job well.

[ unlike... most of the faculty... except for the part where they don't kiss students. ]

[jokered]

[he would gladly take more, it's fun.]

I can't say I've ever thought you were doing a bad job.

[alcobrawlic]

[ someone stop this boy. ]

Really now? You never had a moment of doubt or thought I was crazy or totally unsuitable as a teacher, huh?

[ Because she's definitely heard that before. ]

[jokered]

[he shakes his head.]

Not in the way you'd expect. [only in the sense that he generally doesn't trust adults, totally separate of her own capabilities.]

You always look out for me and the other students, in your own way. Even when it doesn't benefit you... I think that's how a teacher should be.

[alcobrawlic]

... I did tell you someone believed in me, once. She didn't have to. Helping me wasn't going to be doing her any favors.

But because she did, I... kind of wanted to do the same. And when I was offered the chance to do what she did, well.

I thought maybe it'd help someone else, the way it helped me.

[jokered]

Well...

[he pauses, as if trying to find the right words for a moment like this. words aren't always his strong suit, and he definitely wants whatever he says right now to be just right.]

I can say with confidence that it's helped someone else.

[yeah!!]

[alcobrawlic]

[ Poor Akira, you never know which word choice will get you fanged music notes-- ]

Good! Maybe I'll get my Teacher of the Year award yet.

[ She's not even remotely serious, though she is touched. ]

[jokered]

[it's hard to know! sometimes he doesn't get it right at all.]

In a place like Shujin, that might be wishful thinking. [but, you know.] But I'll say you deserve the honor. To me, at least.

[alcobrawlic]

You miiiight be a little biased, but...

Well. I won't tell if you won't.

[jokered]

I'm a little biased, but I don't think it's a secret.

[alcobrawlic]

Really? I thought I was pretty subtle.

[ Okay, Sara. ]

[jokered]

[shrugs.]

Which part of it was subtle?

[alcobrawlic]

The part where I defended you like I'd defend any student wrongly accused!

[jokered]

....What part of that was subtle, again?

[alcobrawlic]

All of it!

[ No. ]

[jokered]

...No.

[yeah.]

[alcobrawlic]

Hey--! You didn't have to shoot it down that quickly!

[jokered]

[he laughs a little... it's endearing, honestly.]

...That was definitely the least subtle, though.

[alcobrawlic]

I-it was... a little subtle, at least...

[ Look, now she's pouting. ]