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priscaTitle: First date at Christmas
Character: Casey Connor, Stokely Mitchell, mention of Zeke Tyler
Word Count: 685
Prompt: first family meeting at Christmas
Finished: 20.12.2021
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„Hey, what's wrong with you?“ Stokely eyed her friend questioningly. „The new Marvel comic is released today, and you are not hyper to go to the mall?“
„I am a freak,“ Casey sighed.
„You are?“ She grinned. „ Well, depends on the point of view. We are not assimilated idiots who follow every trend. If this makes you a freak, I am one, too. And I am not unhappy about it.“
„Oh god.“ Casey rolled his eyes. „I wish it would be so easy. I've learned to live with it, that I am different than my cousins. I don't want to go to College after Highschool, and I am not interested in dating a new girl every year, shallow-brained, with big tits. But it's Christmas again, and the big family gathering will take place at our house this year.
Don't get it wrong, my family is great, and at every other time of the year, I love them. It just won't be impossible to escape all the curious questions. And no matter what I'll say, it will ruin Christmas Eve for me.“
„Hm. Maybe you could whitewash the truth a tiny bit.“
„What are you talking about?“
„They expect you to bring a girlfriend for dinner. Why not do them the favor?“
Casey blinked, confused. „Oh, yeah, sure. Unfortunately I am not a wizard who can snip with his fingers, and the princess will turn up out of the blue.“
„You just need to ask.“
„Asking... what?“
„Stokes, if you don't have anything better to do, would you be my Christmas date?“
Casey opened his mouth, only to close it again a split of a second later. She chuckled, amused. „Okay, I know, I might not be as pretty as the bitches your cousins bring home, but at least I have a brilliant mind.“
„You must have lost your brilliant mind.“
„Oh c'mon, this will be fun.“
„Fun?? You don't know what you are talking about. My family is running mad when it comes to Christmas.“
„Why am I not surprised?“ Stokely's eyes rested on the thick sweater with a Santa on his sled motive and the handmade bobble hat with a fitting scarf, red-and-green striped.
Casey decided to ignore this. „My mom loves every kind of tradition, and with the whole family around, it will get worse this year. Singing Christmas carols in front of the tree. Snow angels after dinner; we will have a contest, who can build the most giant snowman. Ugly, handmade gifts for everyone. And... mistletoes... at every doorstep. Do you know how many doors a house can have?“
„Oh. Don't worry, Even if it doesn't look like it, I have kissed before.“
„Stokes! I won't kiss you!“
„I know you are dreaming about someone else. Maybe we could fake a kiss.“
Casey paled at first; then, he blushed deeply. „You... you can't know.“
„Like I am said before, I have a brilliant mind. And I don't run through the world with my eyes closed. I guess there is a good reason why you never bring someone home. But maybe it's time to stop fooling your family.“
Casey stared at her with his blue eyes sparkling. „As if Zeke would ever agree to meet my family. At Christmas,“ he murmured. „He is a Grinch.“
Stokely laughed. „Even the Grinch has learned to love Christmas. And he loves you,“ she reminded him. „Your family is so important for you. You don't want to be caught between a rock and a hard place for the rest of your life.“
„But they can't even understand that I plan to go to art school next autumn. A coming out would make me a freak even more.“
His voice so unhappy that Stokely stepped forward to pull him into her arms, though she usually was not a friend of so much nearness. „As I said before, being a freak is not always bad. Maybe they will surprise you. And if not: fuck them; it's your life.“
Character: Casey Connor, Stokely Mitchell, mention of Zeke Tyler
Word Count: 685
Prompt: first family meeting at Christmas
Finished: 20.12.2021
:::
„Hey, what's wrong with you?“ Stokely eyed her friend questioningly. „The new Marvel comic is released today, and you are not hyper to go to the mall?“
„I am a freak,“ Casey sighed.
„You are?“ She grinned. „ Well, depends on the point of view. We are not assimilated idiots who follow every trend. If this makes you a freak, I am one, too. And I am not unhappy about it.“
„Oh god.“ Casey rolled his eyes. „I wish it would be so easy. I've learned to live with it, that I am different than my cousins. I don't want to go to College after Highschool, and I am not interested in dating a new girl every year, shallow-brained, with big tits. But it's Christmas again, and the big family gathering will take place at our house this year.
Don't get it wrong, my family is great, and at every other time of the year, I love them. It just won't be impossible to escape all the curious questions. And no matter what I'll say, it will ruin Christmas Eve for me.“
„Hm. Maybe you could whitewash the truth a tiny bit.“
„What are you talking about?“
„They expect you to bring a girlfriend for dinner. Why not do them the favor?“
Casey blinked, confused. „Oh, yeah, sure. Unfortunately I am not a wizard who can snip with his fingers, and the princess will turn up out of the blue.“
„You just need to ask.“
„Asking... what?“
„Stokes, if you don't have anything better to do, would you be my Christmas date?“
Casey opened his mouth, only to close it again a split of a second later. She chuckled, amused. „Okay, I know, I might not be as pretty as the bitches your cousins bring home, but at least I have a brilliant mind.“
„You must have lost your brilliant mind.“
„Oh c'mon, this will be fun.“
„Fun?? You don't know what you are talking about. My family is running mad when it comes to Christmas.“
„Why am I not surprised?“ Stokely's eyes rested on the thick sweater with a Santa on his sled motive and the handmade bobble hat with a fitting scarf, red-and-green striped.
Casey decided to ignore this. „My mom loves every kind of tradition, and with the whole family around, it will get worse this year. Singing Christmas carols in front of the tree. Snow angels after dinner; we will have a contest, who can build the most giant snowman. Ugly, handmade gifts for everyone. And... mistletoes... at every doorstep. Do you know how many doors a house can have?“
„Oh. Don't worry, Even if it doesn't look like it, I have kissed before.“
„Stokes! I won't kiss you!“
„I know you are dreaming about someone else. Maybe we could fake a kiss.“
Casey paled at first; then, he blushed deeply. „You... you can't know.“
„Like I am said before, I have a brilliant mind. And I don't run through the world with my eyes closed. I guess there is a good reason why you never bring someone home. But maybe it's time to stop fooling your family.“
Casey stared at her with his blue eyes sparkling. „As if Zeke would ever agree to meet my family. At Christmas,“ he murmured. „He is a Grinch.“
Stokely laughed. „Even the Grinch has learned to love Christmas. And he loves you,“ she reminded him. „Your family is so important for you. You don't want to be caught between a rock and a hard place for the rest of your life.“
„But they can't even understand that I plan to go to art school next autumn. A coming out would make me a freak even more.“
His voice so unhappy that Stokely stepped forward to pull him into her arms, though she usually was not a friend of so much nearness. „As I said before, being a freak is not always bad. Maybe they will surprise you. And if not: fuck them; it's your life.“