Backdated to December 25th

[mo_cara]

WHO: Gamzee Makara, Tavros Nitram
TONE: Playful, light
RATING: PG-13 for language
WHEN: Christmas day
WHERE: The Nitram family farm
WHAT: Gamzee goes to spend the day with his bro!
STATUS: On-going

It hadn't been very hard to convince his da to let him go to Tavros's for Christmas. The man never seemed to know what to do with Gamzee when he was there, anyway, and they opened presents on Christmas Eve. He did insist the boy be there for Christmas morning mass, but after that, he was free to go.

So after a ride from his da, a floo trip, and then a taxi, he arrived at the farm Tavros lived on with his mum, bearing presents, a rucksack, and an enormous grin, excited to see his friend. He'd stuck a reindeer antler headband on through his mess of curly black hair, and the little bells on it jingled as he jogged up to the house to knock on the door.

Comments

[littlefairybull]

"You don't seem to, uh... like going home so much. So I though I could make him, so it wouldn't seem so bad. Tinkerbull, helped me a lot when I needed a friend so I, uh... yeah." And this would be one of the many reasons why people think Tavros is younger than he is half the time.

[mo_cara]

Well, Gamzee personally thinks it's amazingly sweet that Tavros not only noticed that he gets lonely at home, but thought to make him something for it. "Yeah, and that way, when I'm being all at home and missing my bros, I can give this little motherfucker a hug and he'll remind me of you, and that I'll see you again soonest!"

[littlefairybull]

He tends to pay more attention to the needs of everyone important to him than he does himself most of the time. There's part of him that still wants to be a hero with great confidence and bravado, but even the bravest of heroes start somewhere. Not that he really considers giving someone a doll to make them feel less lonely all that heroic. Not so much a great champion of the people. "There's still something for you, under the tree too."

[mo_cara]

"Oh, bro, you didn't have to do that, too," Gamzee says, surprised, but then he grins. "Thanks! I got a few things for you, too, so I guess it be the fair kinda thing."

He moves over to his rucksack, still keeping the sea goat tucked up against his side, and rummages in the bag, eventually pulling out a small package. It's wrapped in Christmas paper, but Gamzee has gone in with Sharpie, and drawn clown faces on all the reindeer and Santas that decorate the festive wrap. Inside is a small bottle containing a potion that looks a little bit like liquid sunlight, rich and gold and thick, like cough syrup. He holds the package out to Tavros, smiling. "This is the big one, though."

[littlefairybull]

Tavros takes the gift with gentle fingers, eyes curiously wide as he takes in the additions to the paper. He starts to open it, then stops and looks back up at Gamzee. "Should I, uh... open it now? Or did you want me to wait. I mean... if this is the one, you wanted to be outside for."

[mo_cara]

"You kinda should probably be outside to use it," Gamzee explains, "But you can open it now, if you're wanting to."

[littlefairybull]

He bites his lip, then starts carefully pulling apart the paper do it doesn't rip too much. Gamzee drew on it so that makes it special? He sets the paper aside and holds up the potion jar, eyes focusing on the liquid inside. He's decent at potions, but he doesn't recognize this one. "Woaah! What's it do?"

[mo_cara]

Gamzee grins, biting his lower lip. He'd considered not telling, but really, Tavros kind of had to have some warning, so he could prepare. "Gives you wings, bro. Gets your sweet ass all up and skyward!"

[littlefairybull]

He looks up at Gamzee again, eyes going almost comically wide as his mouth drops open in surprise. His voice is quiet, like he couldn't believe it. "... Really?"

[mo_cara]

Gamzee nodded, face lighting up as he explained. "I found this old recipe what was in a book for another assignment in Potions? And it was this whole thing on how to be getting your transfig on without actually doing transfig, like changes you can keep in a bottle. And there was one for flying. Some of the shit what goes into it is really dear and rare, so I dunno that I can be making another one for a long time, but I thought if I was gonna make it once, you should be the one to try this motherfucker out!"

[littlefairybull]

Dear and rare? What did he even do to make this?

There's a moment that Tavros actually looks like he might cry. He doesn't have very many friends and the thought that anyone would go through so much trouble just for him is mind boggling and he legitimately doesn't know what to do with the things he's feeling.

So he ends up closing the distance between them and hugging his best friend tightly, "Th-thank you."

[mo_cara]

Gamzee blinks, starting to get worried when it seems like Tavros might cry - did he make a bad call on this? But Tavros has so many fairy pictures, and he loves Peter Pan, he thought-

And then he's getting hugged and everything's okay again, so he wraps his arms securely around the smaller boy, chuckling. "Hey, I figure you'd be the one all appreciating it most, so it's what you deserve, you know?"

[littlefairybull]

All he'd ever wanted was to fly, and the first time he flew on a broom he actually did cry a little bit. Which of course he got made fun of foor because everyone thought he was scared. Far from it though.

This is different. If the potion works it'll be like flying how he dreamed of flying and it makes his heart swell with all sorts of confusing feelings. "Deserve, is a big word. But, uh... I will definitely appreciate it. Love, I think, is the more appropriate term to use, in this case."

[mo_cara]

"Well, damn, guess I hit the motherfuckin' bull's eye, then," Gamzee declares happily, then kisses Tavros on the top of his mohawked head. "You can use it whenever you want, it don't have to be today, but I guess you can be seeing why I was wondering if them normal folks was gonna be sticking around."

[littlefairybull]

Haha. Bull.

"Well I, uh... want you there with me, when I do it. If that's okay?" He has his best friend and he's going to get to fly, he can't remember the last time he felt this happy and content with life. "You're staying, a few days, right? If we can't go out tonight, we can take the horses tomorrow."

[mo_cara]

"Yeah, cool!" Gamzee agrees, flying pretty high himself. This is going to be like the best Christmas ever, and Tavros likes his present! It was totally worth all the work he put into it, and it's going to be motherfucking amazing to see him fly. "I guess it wouldn't be too good to go flapping around in the dark, anyway. There'd be, like, bats and shit."

[littlefairybull]

"I think being able to see, would probably be a good idea yeah." Tavros moves away a few steps so he can put the potion in a safe place inside one of his dresser drawers. "Now I can't wait, for it to be tomorrow. "

[mo_cara]

"That was supposed to be all happening last night," Gamzee teases. "Was for me, 'cause I knew I'd be coming here! I brought my mp3 player, too, if you want to be all listening to some sweet rhymes I done sucked right off them ether waves. Maybe we can be doing that later?"

It's one of Gamzee favorite things ever, to lie side by side with Tavros, with one earbud in his ear and one in his friend's, so they can share music.

[littlefairybull]

"That sounds like, a really awesome and amazing idea. That I will also be looking forward to." He grins and steps closer again, shoving his hands in his pockets. "It will be dinner soon. Ma and I, made enough for an army so... I hope you're hungry."

[mo_cara]

"Damn, you know the way right up into a motherfucker's pump biscuit!" Gamzee enthused. "You did some of that cookin' what's tickling my smell ducts so fine?"

[littlefairybull]

"Yeah. I've been cooking with Ma since I was small." He grins and starts to head back downstairs. "It's just a lot easier now, that I can walk again."

[mo_cara]

"That's pretty cool, that you got a mam what teaches you that stuff," Gamzee said, with a hint of sadness in his voice that was gone half a second later, as he trots down the stairs after Tavros. "You got to be telling me which ones you had your prongs in, so I can eat doubles of them!"

[littlefairybull]

He starts hobbling again once he gets downstairs where the other people are. They're starting to pull up seats around the dinner table, so they're just in time. "Haha, you should eat doubles, of the things you like the most. Not because of who made them."

[mo_cara]

Gamzee laughs, following close behind Tavros and resting his arms on the smaller boy's shoulders, matching his pace to his friend's. "Yeah, but brother, the things what you got your mitts on are made with love, right? And that be making everything taste wicked fine, and makes little Christmas miracles bubble up in my food sack! So they'll be the most delicious!"

Which all makes perfect sense to Gamzee, even if it sounds like idealistic nonsense to anyone else.