Bent But Not Broken

Ugh... Took Little Halo to see the Christmas parade in town, and ended up sore as hell yesterday after sitting on the cold concrete for almost an hour and a half. Still kinda stove up even now but I have yesterday's and today's drabbles for both adventdrabbles and slythindor100. Will post them all at once to avoid extra spammage. I hope you enjoy!

( Day 5 )

( Day 6 )

Title: Safe in the Harbor
Author: unbroken_halo
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Prompt: #4 and Prompt4
Warning: None
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Author's Notes: written for both adventdrabbles and slythindor100's prompts

The wind howled all around the little cottage, rocking the shutters and blowing away the smoke from the chimney. The white flakes flew haphazardly, stirring across the snow-covered roof, collecting in the doorways, and icing the windows.

Though the storm raged on outside, inside, it was toasty warm. The light from the fire set their shadows on the walls as they snuggled in bed. Soft sounds echoed, hands grazed along skin, seeking and sharing the warmth.

Harry sighed, drew the blanket up to his chin and lay back against Draco. Together, they watched the embers die before slumber took them.

Title: Pretty Ribbons
Fandom: HP
Pairing: Billville
Rating: PG

Neville prided himself on being prepared and having everything he needed for Christmas. This year, he'd managed to finish his shopping early and had the entire afternoon free to complete the next step in the gifting process; wrapping. He pondered each person and their gift before choosing the perfect paper.

After wrapping and tagging the gifts, he stacked them neatly before placing them underneath the tree.

Bill came home and looked at Neville's handiwork. "Pretty presents, Neville, but where are the ribbons? It's not Christmas without ribbons.

Neville glared at him, and then conjured a red ribbon over Bill's lips.

Title: Do Not Open Before Christmas
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Billville, Snarry background
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100

Neville ventured into the kitchen and grinned as he found Bill peeking into what appeared to be a cauldron.

"What's that and what are you doing?"

Bill jumped, dropping the spoon and lid he was holding before turning around. "Nothing!"

"If it's nothing, why do you look so guilty?"

Bill sighed and dipped his spoon back into the pot, offering the bite to Neville. "Here, taste Severus's Christmas pudding. It's excellent, just don't breathe in while you swallow; it's been soaking in Firewhisky since last summer."

Neville laughed out loud.

"Shhh… Mum hates that his pudding is better than hers."

Title: The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snarry
Rating:R

Severus stared around the room. Red decorated nearly every surface from the poinsettia wrapped candles to the shiny balls and bows festooned on each bough of the little tree standing in the corner.

"Is it that time of year already?" Severus huffed.

Harry hummed as he walked past, toeing up to plant a kiss on Severus's cheek.

Severus rolled his eyes and turned to face Harry. It was then that he noticed Harry only wore a small Father Christmas hat, and he was standing under the mistletoe.

Leering, Severus followed Harry, softly singing, "It's the most wonderful time of year!"

I made it, even if it is a bit late. But here they are! The last three and I hope you all enjoyed them and had a wonderful holiday!

Title: ( Job Security )

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Title:( Candy Promises )

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Title:( Grammatically Correct )

YAY! I'm all caught up. *whew* I'll post #24 later this evening but here are these to tide you over until then.

Title: ( A Helping Hand )

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Title:( Eternal Flame )

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Title: ( Sweet Destruction )

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Title: ( Nuts Over You )

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Title: ( Fire Gods )

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Title: ( Liquid Courage )

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Title: ( Just Like Mom Used To Make )

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Title: ( For The Children )

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Title: ( Surprise! )

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Title: ( Fairy Odd Tales )

This is yesterday's but I'll be back with the rest of the others I missed including today's then I'll be all caught up.

Title: The Name Game
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snarry and Billville
Rating: PG
Prompt: #22: Reindeer
AN: Thanks to the slash chat ladies for the once over *smishes*

The Name Game

"Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder, and Blixem," Severus snarled out then slapped his hand on the bell.

"No!" Harry shouted as Neville and Bill cheered then poured a shot of firewhisky for Harry and Severus.

Severus narrowed his eyes at Harry. "No? Then what were the bloody reindeers' names?"

"Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Bliksem," Harry said, picking up his shot.

Bill shook his head. "Actually, you're both wrong. It's Donder and Blitzen. The names have been changed from the original Dutch to German, then to English translations."

"You forgot Rudolph too," Neville chirped cheerfully.

Yeah, I know I am behind, but in order not to spam you all with twenty some-odd drabbles, I am breaking them up into two posts. And then I'll be all caught up by tomorrow! Go me! Yay!

Title: ( So Appealing )

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Title:( Seasonal Senses )

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Title: ( A Warm Embrace )

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Title: ( No Pity )

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Title: ( Stopper Death )

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Title: ( More Than Enough )

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Title: ( A Sensible Gift )

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Title: ( A Shocking Revelation )

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Title: ( The Nutcracker Sweet )

Title: Surprise!
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Billville
Rating: PG

Surprise!

Neville surveyed the mound of wrapped presents. Satisfied with a job well done, he began stacking them under the tree until he found an untagged gift.

Neville shook the present, trying to recall just exactly what it was without unwrapping it.

Bill found Neville amidst the gifts, bows, ribbons, paper and tape stuck haphazardly in his hair. "What happened?"

Neville sighed, holding up the lone gift. "This one doesn't have a tag."

"How did that happen?"

"I don't know. Everything else has a tag."

"Unwrap it."

"And ruin the paper? No! Someone will just have to be surprised on Christmas."

This year I am going to make it... hopefully.

Title: Seasons Greetings
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snarry & Billville
Rating: PG

Seasons Greetings

Neville and Bill arrived early at the Burrow for their first Christmas together. They were instantly jerked inside, swept up in Molly's arms, squeezed, kissed, and passed down the line, all before they even had a chance to remove their winter cloaks.

Neville barely managed to catch his balance with the aid of Bill's sturdy hand upon his back as he came face to face with Harry and Severus.

"Happy Christmas…" Neville began.

"Bah…"

"Humbug!" Harry finished cheerfully before moving on, dragging Severus with him.

Bill chuckled as Neville stared. "We all do our part to spread the holiday cheer."

Title: Mistaken Identity
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Rating: G
AN: Day 7 of adventdrabbles Thanks to the_minx_17 for the prompt of Yule. The story Harry is reading is a bit of lore, in my own words, about the pagan traditions of Yule from which the original Victorian idea of Santa Claus is derived.

"And Father Christmas, sometimes called Jölnir, was tall and lean, wearing a dark cloak as he rode upon his steed, Sleipner. The elder "Yule Elf" was a bit stern also, and could be quite a terrifying figure, especially to rude or ill-willed folk." Harry looked up from the book and out at Rose and Hugo, who stared back at him wide eyed. He smiled at them and bent back to continue the story.

Severus entered the room and the children turned, gasped then looked back at Harry whispering softly as they climbed into his lap.

"Is Uncle Severus Father Christmas?"

Title: It's In The Little Things
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Rating: PG
AN: Day 6 of adventdrabbles. For sassy_cissa and her prompt of cookies, I changed it to the British friendly biscuit but it's all the same I'm told, and for dementordelta's prompt of gingerbread. Thank you r_grayjoy for the title.

Harry grinned as he placed the finishing touches on the biscuits. He was quite proud of the treats; he'd made them all by himself and even decorated them as well. Without magic, even though he'd looked at the spell book Mrs. Weasley had given him he'd decided against using it.

Some things just tasted better handmade.

Severus swept into the kitchen and looked around at the destruction wrought by Harry and shook his head. "What are you doing? Did you have to make such a mess?"

"Making biscuits, want one?"

Severus eyed the little gingerbread men and smirked. "Anatomically correct?"

Title: Lords Of Light
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Rating: R
AN: Day 5 of adventdrabbles but I used Prompt # 4 Candles. Thanks to irana for the once over.

Hundreds of flames from the floating candles made the light flicker across Harry's pale skin. Their glow highlighted the hollows at his throat and Severus drew his tongue across Harry's Adam's apple.

Harry arched into Severus, drawing his nails down Severus's back. He tightened his legs around Severus's waist, toes reaching out to carefully tilt one candle closer.

The light haloed around Severus's head, creating a corona. Slick skin slid along damp limbs and soft sighs echoed in the room. They gasped and came together.

Severus collapsed on Harry and pressed a kiss to his mouth. "Luminous."

Harry grinned. "Nox."

Title: Snow Incubus
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Rating: PG
AN: Day 4 of adventdrabbles for the prompt of snow and angela_snape who gave me the prompt of "snow angel".

Severus eyed the flakes that clung to Harry's hair, lashes and clothing as he rolled over and got to his knees. His laughter rang out, echoing off the castle's stone walls, and Severus shook his head.

White, fluffy snow decorated the grounds and his lover as they stood outside in the freezing winter wonderland just so Harry could make the snow angel… and Severus could watch.

"You'll catch your death one of these days doing that."

Harry jumped to his feet and sidled up to Severus, rubbing against him, the cold seeping in through his robes. "Warm me up then?"

Title: Striped Tease
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Rating: PG
AN: Day 3 of adventdrabbles for lalaith_niniel and her prompt of candy cane. Thanks to lesyeuxverts for the title and to eeyore9990 for the once over.

Severus stared at Harry. The show the other man was putting on was decidedly salacious. In fact, he was almost certain that one wasn't supposed to treat candy like that.

He licked his lips and swallowed hard as he watched the candy cane slide in and out of Harry's mouth once again, the red and white pole gliding across Harry's slick lips, the hook catching and caressing his cheek as he twirled it with his tongue.

Severus shook his head, reaching out to grab the crook of the cane. "Candy rots your teeth. I've a better use for your mouth."

Title: To The Victor Go The Spoils
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Rating: PG
AN: Day 2 of adventdrabbles and because I got so many great prompts on my poll I'm using two. Thanks lesyeuxverts and angela_snape who both gave me the prompt of "mistletoe" and to suemonroe for the prompt of "fire".

Severus looked up as Harry brushed past him, the magic washing over him as the Sticking charm held the parasitic plant fast in place. He arched an eyebrow as Harry reached up, plucked one white berry then brushed a soft kiss along his forehead. "That's one."

Severus rolled his eyes, going back to his book silently.

"Two," was offered the next morning. Severus nearly missed the kiss on his cheek as Harry hurried by.

Severus aimed his wand at the plant, "Incendio!"

Harry gaped at him, "Severus!"

Severus stood, grabbing Harry around his waist then kissed him deeply. "I win."

Yay! I did it, with the help of alisanne! My first drabble for adventdrabbles!

Title: Nothing But A Smile
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Rating: PG-13

Severus entered the flat, looked around at the Christmas decorations and scowled. Rolling his eyes and removing his cloak with a flourish, he hung it up on the coat tree. Hiding somewhere amidst the cheerful trimmings, there was a Potter. He just had to find him.

Striding from the sitting room to the bedroom, Severus found him. He crossed his arms and arched an eyebrow.

Lounging against the headboard was Harry, wearing nothing but a smile and a Santa hat. Over his crotch.

Severus eyed the erect hat, shaking his head. "Getting right to the point of things, are we?"