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[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

When; Friday, December 18th, Mid-day
Rating; PG to PG-13 (Brennan may be cursing :D)
Characters; Brennan Mulwray (theshockvalue  and Shalimar Fox (feralside) 
Summary; Brennan and Shalimar are hell bent on having Christmas XD

Log; Yeah, it was cold. The slush on the ground had somehow wormed its way into his boots, he was fairly certain he'd lose the top half of his head to frostbite, and the sky was just gray.  To say Brennan was a city-boy was the understatement of the century. He'd grown up a hood-rat, prowling the streets, but he'd always had a warm bed at one foster home or another to crawl back into.  But when Shalimar had called and suggested they get and decorate a tree and get eggnog and all that other Christmasy stuff he couldn't help but get excited. Even when he was a kid, Christmas had never felt like home. His step-father was an abusive bastard who never liked him and beat his mother. After they left him, it was hand-me-down Christmases, and after his mother died, he'd felt like an outsider in every foster home the state had stuck him in.  No, Brennan Mulwray had never been included in the magic of Christmas, but damn it, that was going to change.

He was totally down with the lights, tinsel, ornaments, apple cider, eggnog, fruit cake, gingerbread houses, and all that other Christmas stuff. As he trudged through the slush behind Shalimar, heading into the forest on his suggestion, though, he had to winder: Why the hell did he suggest they go out and cut down a tree?

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[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

The cold was kind of nice in a way, it made it feel more Christmas like. Or at least Shalimar thought it probably did, she hadn't really done Christmas since she was a very small child. Before the psych ward her family had moved around a lot and after that she didn't have a family. She grew up on the streets mostly alone, sometimes with another Feral girl. So when she got the idea that maybe it'd be fun to really do this Christmas thing she couldn't help but call Brennan and ask. Not that she didn't know what his answer would be, she knew it'd be an excited yes. She didn't think it'd come with a suggestion to cut down their own tree though. If she hadn't been so into things during the phone call she probably would have realized this would not be pretty.

Shalimar kept looked back at him and trying hard to not laugh. He just looked so out of his element. But it was his suggestion after all, she thought that this needed to be pointed out.

"You know it was your idea to come out here and cut down a tree. So suck it up City boy," she said laughing.

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

Brennan heaved a huge sigh and quickened his steps to catch up with her. That just made it all the more apparent his boots were slowly filling with freezing water.

"Yeah, yeah. Yuck it up."

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

Shalimar started taking quicker steps, just to make him more aware of the fact that she wasn't having a hard time moving. She turned back and grinned, oh she was enjoying this.

"You get to pick the tree, if you'd like I'll cut it," she said. "And babe, make sure your boots don't fill with water, your toes will freeze and I'm not carrying you back."

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

"Already frozen." He grabbed a handful of snow from a low-hanging branch as he passed, mashed it into a hastily formed snowball and hurled it at her back. "I didn't expect any sympathy from you, though."

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

"I'm not taking you to the hospital," she said. After the snowball hit she spun around and lunged at him landing just a few inches from him. "I could push you down into that cold, cold snow. And leave you," she said putting a hand on his chest. She pushed very lightly and then spun around and took off running.

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

His face broke into a broad grin and he took off after her, his frozen feet forgotten. It'd been a while since they'd just goofed off and it was high time, damn it. "You think you're getting away that easily, huh?"

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

She laughed as she turned back to look at him. "Of course I can get away. If I wanted to. Maybe I want you to catch me," she said, slowing down slightly.

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

His eyes narrowed a bit, but he couldn't keep the smirk off his face. "Yeah? And what do I get if I do?"

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

She scooped up some snow and shaped it into a ball, "I won't throw this at you. If you can catch me."

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

He cocked his head to the side, raising an eyebrow. "That's all I get?"

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

"Well if that's not good enough for you...." She shrugged and threw the snowball at him. "Then you can have it"

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

He dodged to the left and the snowball scraped his shoulder. Hard. "Okay, ow. Jeez, watch that arm, will ya?"

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

"Oh wow. You are such a baby," she said, laughing at him. She walked up to him and grinned. "Am I damaging the merchandise too much?"

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

He stepped closer to her, a mischivous smile on his face. "Maybe," he said suggestively.

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

She tilted her head and smirked, "Guess I'll have to take better care of you. Especially if I ever want to sell you." She pressed her lips together and grinned. "I wonder how much I'd get."

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

Brennan started off again, looking thoughtful. "Well, I'm healthy, big, I can throw lightning bolts. I guess the only downside in a transaction if the coffee." He shrugged. "You should be able to get at least 8 mil, easy."

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

She chased after him laughing. "I'm not sure. Although if I advertise that you can also power large cities it'll help." She grinned as pointed at a tree. "I think we should get to the cutting. I think you should be the one to cut the tree down."

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

He laughed. "You already said you were doing it. No backing out."

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

"Then you have to pick the tree out at least," she said, waving her hand at him. "Do something."

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

"See, I figured I'd just laugh at you while you crawled under a tree, but fine." He heaved a sigh and started taking a look around. After a moment, he smiled. "What about that (http://www.taylortrees.com/images/1Douglas%20Fir.jpg) one?"

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

"You just want to see my ass as I crawl under the tree," she said, laughing. She studied the tree for a minute and nodded. "Looks good to me. You sure you don't want a try at it?" She offered him the axe and grinned.

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

Brennan stepped back and held his hands up. "I'm not a lumberjack, and that's okay." He smiled. "You just do your thing."

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

Shalimar shook her head and laughed, at him. "You wear high heels too?" She picked up the axe and moved closer to the tree to begin chopping it down. "You're carrying it."

[theshockvalue.livejournal.com]

He heaved a sigh of resignation. "Fine."

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

She proceed to lift the axe and swung it into the tree. After a short time it fell down and she grinned. "Your turn"