[ thomas has two presents waiting for him under the tree. one is small, inside he'll find a set of vaguely creepy stress balls. the other has an odd vest that almost looks like a fleece scuba suit, except only a vest, grey with a blue stripe. really, it's her best attempt at adapting the thundershirt for a human. she misses having a dog. ]
[ after opening them up christmas morning, he'll be either turning to kanaya in the living room, or heading to her sewing room to peek in ]
I'm not sure how I feel about crushing these. [ he says with a mild smile, squeezing one of the weird stress balls in his hand. and then he holds up the vest. ] Not that I'm not grateful, but, uh... what's this for?
[ Okay so Annie was expecting zilch except from the three people she talked to who all went I CARE ABOUT CHRISTMAS in some sense or another, so gifts from elsewhere kept taking her by surprise and has thoroughly made her frown thinking about her birthday so now she hopes she ports out for a while around march, but - that aside - she feels he does need to acknowledge the things people have given her, and the thought probably behind it. Research informed her one means of doing so is in writing a thank you note, and that seemed like the... easiest course of action.
Here's your letter, Thomas! ]
Thomas - I wanted to thank you for the gifts you sent by mail over this past holiday. Stiles isn't wrong about the ice cream, since anything that needs to be kept cold like ice cream does we don't have on hand. Thank you for the rest as well. I apologize I didn't have anything prepared in return.
May you and yours stay in good health for the coming year.
[ ...he was not expecting a written letter in response to some ice cream gift cards and moonshine. and knives. honestly, he hardly even remembers what christmas is supposed to be about aside from trees and presents and a baby in a barn, there wasn't a lot of attachment to it, but the thought of gifting stuff had been fun. and thomas has never been that clingy to material things, so tossing cash into it wasn't that big of a deal.
so, wow, here's a letter. after a while of staring at it, he decides to actually send one back - hand written, and he takes the attempt to make his hand writing legible. maybe also amused some at the super formal take to it. ]
Annie - I honestly have no idea what this past holiday was supposed to be, aside from an excuse to give people stuff. I'm glad you're happy with the ice cream and the rest, and don't worry about it. If I was expecting something in return I'd have sent a receipt or contract with it.
Wishing you a good year to come as well. Try to take some time for yourself.
[ he doesn't actually consider 'edison' his last name. he was just amused at copying her format. ]
I'm inviting all could-be Young Avengers to the NYE party. You're already coming, but we'll be having a nice hangover preventing grease-filled breakfast when all the partying is over.
[ this he pretty much expected happening. for the trip, he'd likely done a lot of Not Mentioning That One Conversation At All and aggressively avoiding arguments with her. but it was still a thing that happened, so. yep. ]
yeah, sounds good. i'm still around nonah - wanna meet there?
[ so at 2am, thomas gets a text. because 2am texts are totally polite and socially acceptable. look, sometimes she feels bad ruining stiles' sleep so maybe she's going to start ruining someone else's. :) ]
Would you do a book club?
Edited (idk what the date is) 2015-01-13 07:18 (UTC)
Look kid, I'm seeing you digging into a lot of stuff, and I want you to know- [God damn it this was never weird back home. Losing his badge is so emotionally crippling.] -you get in over your head, you can give me a call, alright?
[ he's just kind of staring at the phone for a minute or two after he listens to the message. he's mildly irked at 'kid' and the defensive, knee-jerk reaction like the one he'd had on oliver's post, to argue capability, but he gets the meaning of the message. he's offering to have his back.
after that moment, he dials the number back. ]
It's Thomas. [ there's a pause, like he's not sure what to say after that, before picking up again. ]
I can handle this. I handled a lot more, where I came from. [ 'worse' would be more apt, but thomas isn't a fan of getting dramatic. well, not most of the time. ]
I am very interested in us having a session of maybe talking about stuff and figuring out our next step. Especially now that I can really do anything that might entail.
so im sure youve already guessed by the fact that they havent yet come running to meet you since your return but newt and minho are both gone you would have just missed them actually which isnt to say that they couldnt possibly return but it isnt to say that they will either
[ not long after he showed up. he'd almost been to the house, been ready to tug newt into a hug and do anything he could to try to keep him from going back. it's too late, now. he's not holding out hope to see him again. minho will be safe, but not newt. ]
i'm staying at will and april's for now. they gave me a cheeseburger bed.
[ that he's been sulking in for like the entire week. ]
[ This text doesn't come immediately. It comes once he knows something's wrong, after Olivier has posted and messages have started to filter through. His fear for Thomas is immediate and almost crippling.
[ grey won't be getting an answer until about 2 or 3 am, well past midnight, half because checking his phone wasn't nearly on his mind, and the other before he was so out of touch with reality that talking to anyone just seemed like an impossible task ]
halloween party on saturday? at adam and gansey's in de chima, i can give you a ride
for the uninitiated, halloween is a dumb holiday where people dress up in costumes and teenagers drink booze in unsupervised amounts and everyone is hopped up on a lot of sugar
so it should be fun
whispers i am such trash, this is so late, i'm sorry....
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