Tuesday: Family Functions

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Hi! I’m brumeier, and this week we’re going to be filling themes inspired by the holidays. Today’s theme is FAMILY FUNCTIONS, anything and everything about the mixed blessing of family functions (weekly dinner, funeral, vacations, etc.)! Prompts and fills do NOT have to be specifically holiday-oriented.

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 spoiler cut.
If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!

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...
+ Stargate Atlantis, Jeannie Miller + Team Sheppard, during a team visit over the holidays Jeannie is surprised to see how much like a family they are

+ Sherlock (BBC), Sherlock Holmes +/ John Watson, avoiding family gatherings at the holidays

+ Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, Steve tries to surprise Danny for Christmas by sneaking all the Williamses into Hawaii

+ Any, any m/m, paying a courtesy call to an estranged relative

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Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Check out Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 1 (not very current), Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet 2, or the Calendar Archives, or for more recent prompts, you can use LJ's advanced search options to find prompts to request and/or fill.

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[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Stargate Atlantis, Jeannie Miller + Team Sheppard, during a team visit over the holidays Jeannie is surprised to see how much like a family they are

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Sherlock (BBC), Sherlock Holmes +/ John Watson, avoiding family gatherings at the holidays

Fill: Drabble

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry, Mycroft, but I won't be able to make it after all," Sherlock said into his phone. "I'm a bit tied up."

John grinned and held the gag ready to apply once the call finished. Sherlock was already trussed up, so John was holding the phone.

"Nice try, little brother," Mycroft said. "But I'm sending Gregory round to collect you. So, I suggest you finish whatever you two are doing before he arrives if you don't want him to take photos." There was a pause, and Mycroft added, "Or tell you about the ways we've recently used his handcuffs."

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, Steve tries to surprise Danny for Christmas by sneaking all the Williamses into Hawaii

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Any, any m/m, paying a courtesy call to an estranged relative

Fill: HP/SGA, Evan/Draco + Lucius

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7359679/chapters/40149695

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Marvel Cinematic Universe, Any, they have their own way to celebrate the holidays together

[ami-ven.livejournal.com]

Any, any/+ any, Character A brings Character B to their family reunion and Character B is instantly accepted

Fill: SGA/HP, Evan/Draco

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7359679/chapters/40141217

[ami-ven.livejournal.com]

Any fandom with royalty, any, watching their child be crowned

[erinm-4600.livejournal.com]

Supernatural, Dean Winchester+Jody Mills, Take Your Kid to Work Day

[squidgiepdx]

Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams + Grace + Charlie, Danny chooses their Sunday night family dinner to propose to Steve. Optional: Kids help.

[squidgiepdx]

Stargate Atlantis, Evan Lorne/David Parrish, Their first visit to Evan's family as a couple

[squidgiepdx]

Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, The first time they visit Jeannie she figures out they're a couple before they have a chance to tell her

[3am-moonlight.livejournal.com]

Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Nancy Sheppard, their first family dinner with the Sheppard's.

[3am-moonlight.livejournal.com]

Any, any, accidentally walking into a family reunion.

Fill: Weiss Kreuz/Harry Potter, Hidaka Ken + The Weasleys and Hermione

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

Ken knew he had a good lead on his pursuers, could make a pretty good escape if he just made it to the end of the street and -

Pivoted sharply, cut a hard left down a brick alley, and dove through the first door that gave under his hand.

He came up short when a hundred redheaded people turned to look at him.

For one moment he was horrified, because what if this was some kind of horrible trick from Schuldig and his telepathy? That redheaded menace was a first-class Rosenkreuz assassin and -

But then one of the young men said, “Sorry, mate, are you lost?”

Ken looked up and saw the banner strung across the room - apparently a restaurant - that read Weasley Family Reunion 2000.

“Ah, yes, I do apologize,” Ken said, bowing apologetically. He hoped none of them noticed the blood on his gloves, but then he’d been careful to sheath the blades of his baghnakhs before he tried to open the door. He tapped on his comm very subtly, knew it would open a channel back to his teammates who were holding the fort down back at the flower shop. “I am a florist and I have a delivery but perhaps this is the wrong address. Could you direct me to the proper address?”

“What address are you looking for?” one of the redheaded women asked.

None of them had red hair like Aya, all had red hair like Schuldig, but none of them had spoken with German accents - so far.

Ken rattled off an address that he was pretty sure was nearby.

It was a brown-haired woman who said, “That’s around the corner.”

In Ken’s hear, Michel said, “Backup has been scrambled to your location.”

Moments later, it was Free who said, “I’m here. I’ve got the drop on him. He’s not Rosenkreuz, so he should be easy pickings.”

Yes, Rosenkreuz agents were more dangerous because they had psychic powers, but Ken had faced down plenty of dangerous non-psychics. Also, there had been five enemy agents when the mission started, and Ken had taken out four of them.

But he couldn’t say any of that without sounding like a madman.

Ken bowed to the brown-haired woman and said, “Thank you. Apologies for interrupting.” He turned to go.

An older, plump red-haired woman said, “Before you go, luv, take a treacle tart.”

Free said, “Stall for a few minutes, if you can.”

Ken bowed again. “Thank you. A treacle tart sounds lovely.” After fighting off five enemies and running through the streets of London with death on his heels, a treacle tart sounded amazing.

[3am-moonlight.livejournal.com]

Harry Potter, Harry Potter, a distant family member on the Evans' side of the family dies and Petunia is expected at the funeral with her family - including her nephew.

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

Stargate Multiverse, any, Family Memorial Day barbecue

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, the first family Christmas Dinner as a couple

[squidgiepdx]

Any, Any/Any, "Okay, your family has weird holiday traditions."

Fill: Gundam Wing, 6x4, post-series

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

“Your family has weird holiday traditions,” Zechs said.

Quatre glanced up at him, then finished pulling on his gloves. “Your sister throws a Peace Cotillion every year. My sisters and I have a fencing tournament.”

“On Christmas.”

“Well, we’re Muslim. Christmas is a Christian Holiday.”

Zechs blinked at him.

“My mother died before I was born. I’m given to understand that the other mothers shared...a unique sense of humor.” Quatre watched his sisters limbering up on the edges of the mats. The tournament was massive, single elimination, but then Quatre had twenty-nine sisters.

Zechs had always fretted about his one younger sister. He couldn’t imagine how Quatre coped, with twenty-nine sisters to think about, even though Quatre was the youngest of them all and his sisters were all educated, accomplished, talented women.

It had made a lot of news headlines, the last of the Peacecraft name taking up the heir to the Winner fortune, two traditionally pacifist families who had somehow spawned two bellicose only sons, sons who’d found each other in the heat of battle.

At least, that was how the bloggers on the news nets put it.

Zechs had dated other people - mostly Noin - during the Wars. He’d known Quatre, of course, because Gundam pilots were a rare breed, only six in the universe. But he hadn’t properly met Quatre till Relena’s annual Peace Cotillion, which all of the Gundam pilots were invited to and politically obligated to attend. Heero had been steering Relena around the dance floor, stiff as a board and a far cry from the fluid, deadly fighting machine Zechs knew him to him. Duo had been attempting to drink his way through the open bar and Wufei had been trying to stop him. Trowa had been entertaining small children with some of his clown acrobatics, handstands and the like.

And Quatre had been in another room altogether, borrowing the Stradivarius that neither Relena nor Zechs had ever learned to play.

Quatre had learned to play it perfectly.

There were six Gundam pilots in the universe.

Only a fraction of them had ever had extended exposure to the ZERO system.

Quatre had been lost in the song he was playing - the final number from Swan Lake - but Zechs had opened the door and noise from the party had spilled in and Quatre had met his gaze and Zechs had seen - pain. Recognition. Understanding.

After that, they’d called on each other for tea, and then tea became also tea and chess, and tea became lunch, and lunch became dinner, and dinner turned into the opera and the theater and nightcaps after, and now -

Now Zechs was invited to participate in the annual Winner Christmas Fencing Tournament. Zechs and Quatre were the only ones in the room who’d ever faced actual combat. At least one of Quatre’s sisters was an Olympic-grade fencer, possibly even a gold medalist.

“What happens if I lose?” Zechs said.

Quatre shrugged. “I’ve yet to advance more than a couple of rounds. We can have tea and cakes and observe and clap politely.”

“What happens if I win?”

“The entire tournament?”

“Yes.”

“Then I suppose my sisters might consent to your asking for my hand in marriage.”

“Well,” Zechs said, and reached up, swept his long hair into his hands to plait it and get it out of the way, “I suppose I’d better win.”

Quatre added, “Merry Christmas.”

[squidgiepdx]

Any, Any/Any, The one time a year the whole family sits down to watch their favorite movie

Fill: Original

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

When one started dating the leader of a team of assassins who were also family, one didn’t know what to expect from, well, any kind of family gathering.

The first time Bradley went to meet Asia’s brothers, he expected the usual - death threats, torture threats should Bradley ever hurt her.

He hadn’t expected all of her brothers to look like supermodels or for them to take him aside and warn him that she could be a bit of a heartbreaker and they were all willing to listen to him if he needed it.

So when Asia said he was invited to the annual viewing of August Rush, he wasn’t sure what to think. First of all, it was August Rush. Second of all, the fact that Asia and her six teammates/brothers had an annual viewing of the film was just...bizarre.

But he went along, because if he was important enough to her to be invited to a family event like this, well, he ought to go along, oughtn’t he? He wondered who any of her brothers would have invited. Angel was always dating someone or other, seemed to have a string of one-night stands rather than girlfriends, but he never brought any of them home.

Just like every other visit, though, Bradley was the only significant other present, and he was given pride of place beside Asia on the loveseat so they could cuddle during the film.

“All right,” Christian said, brandishing the DVD. “Are we ready?”

Tobias, the official sound guy in the family - as a team of assassins their cover was a band, partially because it gave them an excuse to travel to job locations, partially because all of them were talented musicians and performers - had control of the remotes.

“Ready!” Keith piped up. He had a bowl of spiced popcorn on his lap.

“Ready,” DJ said. He was seated primly on the ottoman and had a box of red vines and soda.

“Ready,” Angel said. He was sitting in one of the armchairs and had tea and biscuits at hand.

Gabriel had an entire vegetable platter, plus homemade dip, on a tray across his knees. “Hit it, AV nerd!”

Christian popped the DVD into the player, and then he sat down beside Gabriel - apparently they were going to share.

Asia had an assortment of snacks for her and Bradley, but she was already engrossed in the film as the opening scenes started to roll.

Bradley had seen bits of the film before, and he was interested in the music in the film - he played the guitar himself - but he couldn’t figure out why seven sibling assassins watched this every year.

And then he realized. They weren’t real siblings, had all been brought up in foster care together. And this film was about an abandoned child who found his real family. Asia and her brothers would probably never find their real families, but at least they had each other.

(And piles of money from killing people.)

(And Asia had Bradley. He still wasn’t sure what to think about her chosen career.)

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Lucifer, Lucifer Morningstar, He hated family gatherings.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Lucifer, Chloe Decker+Trixie Decker+Dan Espinoza(+Any), Holiday dinner

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

Call me by your rpf, armie hammer /timothee chalamet, going to Christmas dinner with the parents

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

Buffyverse, Riley Finn /willow Rosenberg, going to meet his family as the new girlfriend at the family reunion

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

Supernatural rpf, Colin Ford /jensen Ackles, Christmas with the ex wife

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

Veronica Mars, dick casablancas /Veronica Mars, going to jail to visit dicks dad