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FAKE: Dee/Ryo: Prompt – Ornament: Christmas Memories
Title: Christmas Memories
Fandom: FAKE
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: G
Setting: After Lie Like Love.
Summary: Preparing for Christmas, Ryo comes across a box of memories.
Word Count: 500
Written For: Prompt 469: Ornament.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: A much longer version of this fic will be posted to my journal in the next few days.
Ryo was digging through the storage locker where his parents’ furniture was still kept, hunting up some extra chairs so everyone would have somewhere to sit for Christmas dinner, when he came across a box he’d all but forgotten about; the one containing the Christmas decorations from his childhood. Sitting on the dusty concrete floor, he stared at it for a long time, not even opening it, just letting memories of long-ago family Christmases wash over him, until a voice broke him out of his reverie.
“Hey, you find what you’re lookin’ for yet?”
Dee was standing in the open doorway; he’d been running errands for Mother before coming to help Ryo with the chairs.
“What?” Ryo pulled his thoughts back to the present. “Oh, yes.” He pointed to four dining chairs, stacked in pairs. “They just need dusting and polishing and they’ll be fine.” Standing up, he put the box of decorations on a nearby table. “Give me a hand to get them into the car?”
“That’s what I’m here for,” Dee said cheerfully. “What’s in the box?”
“Nothing important.”
“Didn’t look that way to me. You were sittin’ there holdin it, starin’ at it like it held all the wonders in the world.”
“I wasn’t…” Ryo blushed slightly and frowned at his lover. “How long have you been standing there watching me?”
Dee shrugged. “Dunno, maybe ten minutes or so? Wasn’t sure I should interrupt your communion with your box, but this place closes for the holidays in less than an hour, so…”
“It’s just Christmas decorations. Seeing it brought back a few memories, that’s all.”
“Of your parents?”
“Yeah. It’s silly really. They’re so old I should probably throw them out.”
“No, you shouldn’t. Mother told me once, years ago, that the most precious things in life aren’t the most expensive; they’re the ones that hold the most memories. Come on; let’s get the chairs loaded. And that box is comin’ with us too.
“It is? Why?”
“Because memories shouldn’t be shut away in a warehouse. This is our first Christmas since you moved in with me and it would be kinda nice if all of your family could share it with us; not just Bikky, Carol, and your aunt and uncle, but your parents too.”
“You’re right.” Picking up the box, Ryo carried it carefully out to the car.
Back at their apartment, Ryo sat on the floor, unpacking the box. There were streamers of tinsel, tiny wooden figures, smaller boxes packed with baubles, and tucked right in the middle, his favourite Christmas ornament of all, a little snow-covered cottage with a tiny sleigh and reindeer on the roof, and Santa’s feet sticking out of the chimney. He showed it to Dee.
“Dad made this, and every year when we put up the decorations, he’d add something else to it, some little model he’d picked up on his travels. I spent hours just looking at it.”
Dee smiled. “Then it’s time it was looked at again.”
The End
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: G
Setting: After Lie Like Love.
Summary: Preparing for Christmas, Ryo comes across a box of memories.
Word Count: 500
Written For: Prompt 469: Ornament.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: A much longer version of this fic will be posted to my journal in the next few days.
Ryo was digging through the storage locker where his parents’ furniture was still kept, hunting up some extra chairs so everyone would have somewhere to sit for Christmas dinner, when he came across a box he’d all but forgotten about; the one containing the Christmas decorations from his childhood. Sitting on the dusty concrete floor, he stared at it for a long time, not even opening it, just letting memories of long-ago family Christmases wash over him, until a voice broke him out of his reverie.
“Hey, you find what you’re lookin’ for yet?”
Dee was standing in the open doorway; he’d been running errands for Mother before coming to help Ryo with the chairs.
“What?” Ryo pulled his thoughts back to the present. “Oh, yes.” He pointed to four dining chairs, stacked in pairs. “They just need dusting and polishing and they’ll be fine.” Standing up, he put the box of decorations on a nearby table. “Give me a hand to get them into the car?”
“That’s what I’m here for,” Dee said cheerfully. “What’s in the box?”
“Nothing important.”
“Didn’t look that way to me. You were sittin’ there holdin it, starin’ at it like it held all the wonders in the world.”
“I wasn’t…” Ryo blushed slightly and frowned at his lover. “How long have you been standing there watching me?”
Dee shrugged. “Dunno, maybe ten minutes or so? Wasn’t sure I should interrupt your communion with your box, but this place closes for the holidays in less than an hour, so…”
“It’s just Christmas decorations. Seeing it brought back a few memories, that’s all.”
“Of your parents?”
“Yeah. It’s silly really. They’re so old I should probably throw them out.”
“No, you shouldn’t. Mother told me once, years ago, that the most precious things in life aren’t the most expensive; they’re the ones that hold the most memories. Come on; let’s get the chairs loaded. And that box is comin’ with us too.
“It is? Why?”
“Because memories shouldn’t be shut away in a warehouse. This is our first Christmas since you moved in with me and it would be kinda nice if all of your family could share it with us; not just Bikky, Carol, and your aunt and uncle, but your parents too.”
“You’re right.” Picking up the box, Ryo carried it carefully out to the car.
Back at their apartment, Ryo sat on the floor, unpacking the box. There were streamers of tinsel, tiny wooden figures, smaller boxes packed with baubles, and tucked right in the middle, his favourite Christmas ornament of all, a little snow-covered cottage with a tiny sleigh and reindeer on the roof, and Santa’s feet sticking out of the chimney. He showed it to Dee.
“Dad made this, and every year when we put up the decorations, he’d add something else to it, some little model he’d picked up on his travels. I spent hours just looking at it.”
Dee smiled. “Then it’s time it was looked at again.”
The End
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Just wait until I post the 1500+ word extended version. This turned out okay, but 500 words can sometimes be far too limiting. Just finished editing the long version last night, hopefully I'll post it Thursday.
Thank you!