comment_fic | Wednesday: Weird Holidays

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Happy Wednesday! It's me,

templefugate, your host. It may not be Halloween, but we can still find a way to make today special - such as through today's prompts! Today's prompt theme is weird holidays. Prompts can have anything to do with strange holidays that, while being very fun, likely won't get you a get out of work free card.

Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above mentioned spoiler cut.

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ DC, Jim Gordon & Renee Montoya & Harvey Bullock, national doughnut day
+ Disney, Anna & Elsa, national hugging day
+ Any, any, national bring your teddy bear to work day

We are now using AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2023 collection. See further notes on this new option here.

tag=weird holidays

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cornerofmadness.livejournal.com

Prodigal Son, Malcolm Bright + any, a body left on an ofrenda during the day of the dead

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cornerofmadness.livejournal.com

The Owl House, Hunter + Willow Park (+ any), He's Grom king for Grom Night

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cozy-coffee.livejournal.com

Any, any/any, Cuddle Up Day

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helsinkibaby.livejournal.com

"So, I was talking to Magnum today..."

Gordon's words have Noelani leaning back against his couch with a groan and the certain knowledge that she's going to need that glass of red wine that he's pouring her. "There is no circumstance where that sentence ever leads to anything good," she says and his lips turn up in a smile. "What was it this time?" She stops, tilts her head. "Unless it means one of us is going to have to go into work. Then keep it to yourself."

"Nothing so dramatic." Gordon corks the bottle of wine and waits until he's beside her, until the glass of wine is in her hand and she's taken a fortifying sip. "You might actually be interested in this."

"Oh?" Noelani lifts one eyebrow, curious now. "Now you have to tell me."

"He wanted to know if we were going to be celebrating the holiday." Gordon pauses, no doubt to let Noelani run through her mental calendar and realise very quickly that there are no holidays coming up. Gordon inclines his head, wordlessly conceding the point. "That's what I said. He took great joy informing me that I was wrong and it is, in fact, National Cuddle Up Day."

He says it with such a deadpan straight face that it takes a moment for the words to land. Even when they do, Noelani can only parrot them back to him. "National Cuddle Up Day?"

Gordon takes a sip of his wine, then reaches out to take Noelani's, puts them side by side on the coffee table. "Apparently so." He slips one arm around her shoulders, pulls her close to him and Noelani puts up scant resistance, burrowing into his side and letting her head rest against his chest. His other arm closes around her so that she's completely surrounded by him and she closes her eyes, takes a deep breath. He really does give the best hugs she's ever had - something to do with the solidity of his chest, the muscles of his arms, she thinks.

"I love the holidays," she murmurs against him and when she hears his chest rumble a laugh against her cheek, she's pretty sure he's in agreement.

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cozy-coffee.livejournal.com

How sweet! Oh my gosh, this is so fluffy!!!! Such a darling fic, thank yo so much!!

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cozy-coffee.livejournal.com

Any, any, Feb 3, Work Naked Day

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bk_forever

Ianto wished he could say this had never happened before, but it was Jack, so obviously he couldn’t. Nevertheless, he felt he ought to say something, if only because the rest of the team would be arriving soon, and they might be a bit put out. Well, Owen would be. For someone who delighted in offending other people, he took offence at the most ridiculous things. The girls, on the other hand… That could go either way.

“Jack?”

“Ianto! What can I do for you?”

“Um… You are aware you don’t have any clothes on, right?”

“Yes!” Jack beamed at his lover. “Why?”

“No reason, just checking.” With Torchwood, you could never be too careful.

“Great, isn’t it?”

“That depends. Did you run out of clean clothes, or are you just running a bit late this morning?”

“Neither. It’s Work Naked Day!” Jack put his hands on his hips and gave Ianto one of his most disappointed looks. “And I thought you were supposed to know everything!”

Ianto forced himself to focus on his lover’s face rather than… elsewhere, despite the very obvious temptation. “Work Naked Day? You’re making that up!”

“No I’m not!” Stepping behind his desk, much to Ianto’s relief, Jack spun his laptop around. “See? One of the best things about this planet is that there’s a day for everything!”

Closing his eyes, Ianto drew on his sadly depleted reserves of patience. “Well, whoever came up with that one was a bit short on common sense.”

“What’re talking about?”

“It’s February third, Jack, still winter! The temperature outside is barely three degrees, and there’s an inch of snow on the ground; if you have to go anywhere, you’ll turn blue all over and get frostbite. Even if you’re lucky enough that nothing gets frozen off, let’s just say the effect of low temperatures on certain parts of a man’s body isn’t exactly flattering.”

Jack pouted. “You just have to take all the fun out of everything, don’t you? Fine, if we have to leave the Hub, I’ll put something on, but since you vetoed Naked Fridays, you could at least let me enjoy the official naked day.”

With a heartfelt sigh, Ianto pinched the bridge of his nose to ward off a headache. “Suit yourself, you will anyway, just don’t expect the rest of us to join in. It’s not that much warmer in here than it is outside.” Turning on his heel, he left Jack’s office and headed for the cogwheel door.

“Where’re you going?” Jack scampered after him.

“Tourist Office. It might be wise to warn the others before they get down here. Some people might not appreciate the sight.”

“How can they not? I’m a perfect physical specimen of fifty-first century manhood!”

“Rear of the year, I know.” Amidst blaring sirens and flashing lights, Ianto was gone, leaving Jack forlorn and naked, alone in the Hub.

Reactions to Jack’s decision to embrace Work Naked Day were somewhat mixed. Tosh, who was the first to arrive, giggled but went downstairs anyway, and Gwen seemed more eager to get to work than usual, no doubt anticipating the opportunity to feast her eyes. Owen, on hearing the news, muttered something about not getting paid enough and promptly announced his intention to take the day off, telling Ianto to call if his medical skills were required or the world was ending.

“I might come back then, provided Captain Exhibitionist agrees to cover up, but don’t count on it.”

“He might decide to dock you a day’s pay,” Ianto warned. He suspected Jack would take Owen’s absence as a personal insult; Torchwood’s leader could be petty that way.

“I’d rather lose a few quid than be mentally scarred for life from ‘aving to watch him flashing his bits all day.” Owen gave Ianto a sour look. “You’re probably enjoying it.”

“Not really, it’s a bit… distracting.”

“I’ll bet.” Owen was still sniggering as the Tourist Office door closed behind him.

Ianto rolled his eyes, locked up, and went back downstairs to make coffee, purposefully avoiding looking up at Jack’s office window. Not that looking at Naked Jack was a hardship, but he had a list of things he needed to get done, and ogling his lover wasn’t on it. In his opinion, nudity should be reserved for after hours, preferably when the others had left for the night.

He had a feeling it was going to be a very long day.

The End

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cozy-coffee.livejournal.com

This is too funny!!! OMG! I got the biggest giggle out of this, he just wanted to enjoy the holiday and went all out, and it's adorable and so funny! Thank you! This was so delightful!