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desertfangs · 5 months

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O Tannenbaum [AO3]

Armand/Lestat (primarily), with a hefty scoop of Armand/Daniel, a little dash of Lestat/Daniel, and a pinch of Armand/Louis & Louis/Lestat (all the ships exist, the fic just focuses more on some than others) Mature, Humor & Fluff + Sexy Kissing - 6,512 words Post-Canon/Prince Lestat Era

It's Armand and Lestat having a non-fight about something that does not matter at all except to them (who can decorate a Christmas tree better), with Daniel and Louis around to give them strong side-eye. Plus they make out and stuff. Merry Christmas!

This fic is definitely humorous, but it has some heartfelt moments, some sexy kissing and blood drinking, and shameless flirting. It was such a blast to write! I really love post-canon stuff with different groups of characters and Louis, Lestat, Armand, and Daniel have always felt like "the main four" to me and I just like them doing stuff together.

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Armand stood in the ballroom admiring the Christmas tree. It wasn’t quite as magnificent as the one at Rockefeller Center that always captivated him, but it was massive, rising up to skim the tall ceiling. It had been trimmed with lights and ribbons. Red and gold bows were strategically placed and silver and gold ornaments adorned the branches. The topper was an elegantly crafted three-dimensional star covered in glitter.

Armand loved most holidays but Christmas had the best decorations, particularly in the modern era where everything was bright and shiny. He’d always adored it, though for a long time, he thought such decorations were a mortal ritual, one he had no right to partake of.

He remembered staring at a tree in a hotel lobby in the early 1970s, demanding Daniel explain to him the significance of every ornament on the branches. Daniel, tired and exasperated, told him how ornaments could be personal or just colorful baubles. He’d been enamored with that tree and the warmth of the hotel lobby with its garlands and candles and fire in the fireplace. And he’d loved listening to Daniel talk about anything and everything, even if he'd hardly admit that to himself at the time.

“Incredible, isn’t it?” Lestat’s voice echoed through the large room, pulling him back to the present. Lestat was incapable of making a soft entrance. Instead, he burst forth, moving next to Armand with preternatural speed.

He wore a red sweater and that ridiculous golden crown on his head, as if anyone might possibly forget that he was the Prince. His hair was whiter these days, bleached from so many trips into the sun, which also tanned his skin. For creatures that largely did not change, it was strange how different he looked now then when they’d first met. Lestat had been new in the blood then, with bone white skin and golden blond hair.

“I’d wager it’s the best Christmas tree in the world,” Lestat continued.

“You’d lose,” Armand said.

Lestat pouted and Armand had to hold his expression steady so he didn’t laugh. “What makes you say that? You’re the one staring at it.”

“It’s beautiful but it lacks personality.”

Lestat clutched his heart melodramatically. “Such cruelty. It has my colors. Gold and red! It’s stunning. You’re just jealous my tree has reached such levels of elegance. I doubt you could do something so glorious.”

Armand glared at him. Lestat had seen Armand's efforts in the past, of course. But to remind him, he pulled out his phone and scrolled through his photos until he found a photo of last year’s tree at Trinity Gate. He and Daniel had decorated it, though Armand had chosen most of the adornments. It was colorful, with rainbow lights and a silver ribbon snaking over the branches to reflect them, and full of a variety of ornaments, some of sentimental value and others purely for decoration.

He showed the image to Lestat, who looked at it and then shrugged. “It’s a matter of preference, I suppose.”

“Preference? Mine is clearly superior and it’s my design. You didn’t lay a finger on this one.” Armand gestured to the tree. “Your little helpers did it all and you still want to take the credit.”

Lestat’s grin faltered and he looked wounded. Armand ignored the pang of guilt that rang through him. Lestat was the one insisting he was the best at things all the time! It wasn’t Armand’s fault if he could prove him wrong.

The cloud passed over his face and then that sinister grin returned. “You’re right.”

Armand nearly fell over. “What?”

“I did not design this tree myself. I’m busy with important duties to protect our kind,” Lestat said. “But if you wish for me to prove that I can do better than you, fine. Challenge accepted.”

Armand sighed. “It wasn’t a challenge.”

Lestat wasn’t listening. He took Armand’s arm and pulled him out of the ballroom.

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beautifulfaaces · 2 years

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Masterlist - Female Green Eyes

2000s

Addy Miller

Ava Kolker

Amirah Johnson

Beatrice Kitsos

Caitlin Carmichael

Ella Ballentine

Ella Rubin

Isla Johnston

Larsen Thompson

Mackenzie Foy

Megan Scott

Melissa Collozo

Sky Katz

90s

Alana Boden

Alba August

Aleece Wilson

Alexandra Tikerpuu

AJ Michalka

Ali Collier

Alicia von Rittberg

Alina Bobyleva

Alina Boz

Alina Kovalenko

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Allegra Carpenter

Amine Gülşe

Amy Forsyth

Anna Grace Barlow

Brec Bassinger

Breezy Eslin

Brenna O’Brien

Cailin Russo

Caitlin Carver

Camren Bicondova

Catherine Missal

Chloe Grace Moretz

Danielle Campbell

Dove Cameron

Eda Ece

Emma Appleton

Ester Expósito

Esti Ginzburg

India Gants

Frances Encell

Isabel Hodgins

Jella Haase

Jenna Boyd

Júlia Molins

Katerina Tannenbaum

Laura Bilgeri

Lauren Froderman

Lauren Jauregui

Lauren Potter

Leonie Benesch

Lexi DiBenedetto

Lilli Camille Schweiger

Lola Rodríguez

Louisa Connelly-Burnham

Lucy Boynton

Luna Marie Schweiger

Madeleine Coghlan

Madisen Beaty

Madison Davenport

Madison Lintz

Marielle Scott

Meredith Mickelson

Mia Healey

Natacha Karam

Nell Tiger Free

Paula Beer

Pauline Burlet

Pinar Deniz

Rachel Matthews

Riley Voelkel

Romi Van Renterghem

Sabrina Bartlett

Savannah Baker

Sophie Turner

Stephanie Styles

Tiera Skovbye

Ulrikke Falch

Vanessa Grasse

Willa Holland

80s

Abbey Clancy

Abbie Cornish

Alex Paxton Beesley

Alexa Chung

Alexa Davalos

Alexandra Turshen

Alissa Jung

Alison Sudol

Amanda Seyfried

Amy Winehouse

Ana Beatriz Barros

Ana de Armas

Angelina Häntsch

Avigail Harari

Bar Paly

Beren Saat

Carrie MacLemore

Claire Boucher

Clara Alonso

Darla Baker

Eliza Coupe

Elizabeth Knowelden

Elle Evans

Emilia Clarke

Emily Baldoni

Emily Tremaine

Esther Povitsky

Felicity Jones

Genevieve Angelson

Georgia King

Haley Webb

Hannah Ware

Hilarie Burton

Isidora Goreshter

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Jen Lilley

Jenna Dewan

Jessica Keenan Wynn

Jessica Lowndes

Joy Lauren

Julia Hartmann

Julie Marie Berman

Kate Lambert

Kate Phillips

Katie Cassidy

Katie Leclerc

Kayla Ewell

Krysten Ritter

Laura Bell Bundy

Lauren Cohan

Lindsey Kraft

Lucy Hale

Mallory Jansen

Marcella Lentz-Pope

Maria Sole Mansutti

Meg Steedle

Meghan Ory

Melissa McIntyre

Monika Reithofer

Paige Spara

Priscilla Quintana

Rachael Taylor

Razane Jammal

Rebecca Breeds

Sara Canning

Sarah Power

Shelley Regner

Tammin Sursok

Yasemin Kay Allen

70s

Adamari López

Alison King

Amber Valletta

Angela Kinsey

Anna Torv

Artemis Pebdani

Becki Newton

Brandy Clark

Brooke Elliott

Charlize Theron

Christina Applegate

Constance Zimmer

Dorian Brown Pham

Erica Durance

Ginnifer Goodwin

Jennifer Morrison

Jessica Chastain

Jill Flint

Julia Parker

Kathy Kiera Clarke

Keri Russell

Leslie Bibb

Melissa McCarthy

Niki Karimi

Portia de Rossi

Sabrina Grdevich

Sarah Rafferty

Stephanie Waring

Traci Dinwiddie

60s

Alexandra Paul

Amy Ryan

Catherine Tate

Elisabeth Shue

Emily Procter

Francie Swift

Gia Cardis

Julianne More

Kelly Rutherford

Marcia Cross

Mary Page Keller

Melina Clarke

Natascha McElhone

Rebecca Stab

Sherry Stringfield

50s

Allison Janney

Chloe Webb

40s

Diane Keaton

#masterlist #masterlist female green eyes #90s fem green eyes #2000s fem green eyes #80s fem green eyes #70s fem green eyes #60s fem green eyes #50s fem green eyes #40s fem green eyes

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oonajaeadira · 1 year

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For the Love of Fic: Nov. 21

For reasons of a personal mood, I’ve fallen behind on reading. But What I’ve managed to consume in the past couple of weeks has kept me warm. Here are some of my favorites!

DIETER BRAVO

You Belong With Me by @lowlights It’s your birfday and Dieter gives you a whole range of toys to choose from. But your present isn’t having them used on you. I love how soft and loving this little subby-D fic is. It hits all my buttons.

DIN DJARIN

A Galaxy Far Far Away Part 9 : Tannenbaum by @grogusmum It’s tree-gathering time! As someone that knows nothing about this practice, it was nice to see this one through Din’s eyes, the ritual of choosing the tree and cutting it down, of using the lower branches in more holiday decorations. And of course, Grogu has his own thoughts about the tree I’m sure! The sweetness between Din and reader kick into high gear on this installment... I would love to have a Din of my own under my Christmas tree...

JACK DANIELS

It is There to Keep You Warm by @writeforfandoms I mean. Is there anything more romantic in the fall than pumpkin picking with someone? I love that Jack of course goes a little overboard and that Jen insists on taking home the weird ones. She’s right. They have more character.

PERO TOVAR

Stay Close (vi) by @ezrasbirdie Now that they’re all hiding in the cabin, this chapter’s cozy AF. There’s some wood chopping and caretaking and kinky list making and I even learned about a new soup that I’m totally going to make and try not to think about a sexy Spanish bodyguard letting me cockwarm him while he works.

FRANKIE MORALES

Maze by @insomniamamma J does it again with her soft Halloween fics. Have you ever wanted to just wander a corn maze with Frankie? J paints a beautiful, rustic picture, complete with lit pumpkins and jar candles and gazebos and hand holding and homemade costumes.... You want this.

#for the love of fic #the bubble fanfic #dieter bravo #mandalrian fanfic #din djarin #kingsman golden circle fanfic #jack daniels #the great wall fanfic #pero tovar #triple frontier fanfic #frankie morales

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delicatestm · 8 months

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MUSE LIST.

(Will be added to as time goes on).

Derek Venturi (Michael Seater)

Stiles Stilinski (Dylan O'Brien)

Lydia Martin (Ellie Bamber)

Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich)

Stacey Copeland (Lili Reinhart)

Evan Copeland (Matthew Daddario)

Cadence Mitchell (Hailee Stienfield)

Seth Mitchell (Dylan O'Brien)

Owen Grant (Jack Falahee)

Anna Sawyer (Megan West)

Sadie Hawthorne (Dove Cameron)

Connor Russo (Matthew Gray Gubler)

Bennett Campbell (Crystal Reed)

Dakota Harper (Dylan O'Brien)

Rafael Vigara (Noah Centineo)

Savannah Grace (Renee Rapp)

Noah Davis (Jordan Fisher)

Scarlett Arnolds (Taylor Swift)

Meghan Cooper (Danielle Campbell)

Jeremy Lodge (Peyton Meyer)

Felicty St. James (Selena Gomez)

Landon Royce (Harrison Osterfield)

Quill McKeon (Alberto Rosende)

Lilith Balthory (Devory Jacobs)

Aphrodite Lafont (Leven Rambin)

Simon Lewis (Alberto Rosende)

Reggie Peters (Jeremy Shada)

Audrey Stevens (Katerina Tannenbaum)

Jesse Anderson (Jeremy Strong)

Willow Evans (Sabrina Carpenter)

Finn Langston (Chase Stokes)

Harper Finkle (Jennifer Stone)

Allison Watts (Danielle Rose Russell)

Henry Fox (Nicholas Galitzine - previously found on princehenrytheutterlydaft but because tumblr sucks he is moved here for now)

Siobhan Davis (Charli Wookey)

Katelyn Alvarez (Adria Arjona)

#muse list.

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loonafrogg · 2 years

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Magic Goes Wrong

I saw Magic Goes Wrong live last night and the cast was brilliant! It was very fun, and even my mam enjoyed it and she was hesistant since she didn’t like the pre-show cast bit where they were walking around the cast in character. I have to give props to The Mind Mangler actor specifically, Rory Fairbairn, as he was fantastic and he was a crowd favourite! Also saw Daniel Anthony who was on a cbbc I watched when I was younger so that was cool! Also loved the Wedge character played by Ricky Oakley, was very Max-esque vibes if that makes sense?? Also Bar was soo good! Chloe Tannenbaum was amazing and was excited when she came onto the stage.

#mischief theatre #magic goes wrong

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mirandamckenni1 · 5 months

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SCARDUST feat. PATTY GURDY - "CONCRETE CAGES" (Official Music Video) SCARDUST - Concrete Cages feat. Patty Gurdy (Official Music Video). Taken from the album "Strangers". More music: http://scardust.co/ Follow: https://ift.tt/glWdAcL Like: https://ift.tt/Rw7VOxi Support: https://ift.tt/ldG0gqR Extra special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Lisa Korrigane, Oxana, Heimen Stoffels, Tadeusz Raven, Yotam Braunstein, Stephan Degel, Volodymyr Polosukhin, Michael Didi, Andrei Octavian Dan, David Cooper, Melli Möp, Ben Baskin, Eldar, Daniele Purrone, Rinaldo Chiti, Antonello Mulas, Heiko Maaß, Roger Busquets Duran. You are the best! --- CONCRETE CAGES --- Music and Lyrics: Noa Gruman, Orr Didi Lead vocals and Hurdy Gurdy: Patty Gurdy Lead vocals: Noa Gruman Drums: Yoav Weinberg Guitars: Yadin Moyal Bass: Orr Didi Keyboards: Aaron Friedland Choir: Hellscore --- Video Credits: Hellscore choir singers: Atar Abramson, Bennie Bachner, Danny Semiat, Daria Singer, Dima Fridrich, Enav Kedar, Evgeni Galperin, Goni Davidson, Guy Pery, Hilla Bernstein, Itamar Menuhin-Gruman, Kfir Ben Aroia, Maayan Gad, Michal Friedman, Mikey (Bar) Nadel, Noya Shamir, Ofer Kedar, Ofir Arnon, Sapir Bura, Shani Gruman, Victoria Smolensky, Yarden Gruman Strings Quartet: Violins: Rinat Gruman-Menuhin, Elad Bogomolny | Viola: Hadar Levy | Cello: Tamar Deutsch Gomberoff Producers: - Lahav Levi | Producer (produced by) - Scardust/Noa Gruman | co-producer Concept/Screenplay: Noa Gruman Floor Director: Michael (FRESH) Rom Director of Photography: Guy Bartov Editorial: Noa Gruman | Editor Lahav Levi | Finecut, Colorist, VFX 1st AC, B cam operator (Forest): Orel Betsalel 1st AC, B cam operator (City): Omri Ben David Gaffer: Lee Alfie Lighting Technician: Shachar Alfie Location Manager: David Amar Styling: Maayan Gad Victoria Smolensky Daria Singer Goni Davidson Noa Gruman Yoav Weinberg Noa's hair&makeup and Patty’s hair: Dana Ayalon Choir’s makeup: Hilla Bernstein Michal Friedman Rinat Gruman-Menuhin Reut Paz Natovich Art: Amily Glick Weill Props: Adi Golani Playback: Lev Kerzhner Production Assistants: Lev Kerzhner Yarden Gruman Guy Perry Orin Mashiach Moral Siani Caterer (city): Kfir Ben Aroia B.T.S: Shir Didi Special thanks to: Hotel Indigo Tel-Aviv Shlomi Hdmi Buffery Beer Sheva --- Recording Credits: Bass: Yanai Avnet Keyboard: Itai Portugaly Strings: Alexandra Marcu, Elad Bogomolny, Keren Tannenbaum, Rinat Gruman, Sofie Keren, Yoed Nir --- All rights reserved to Scardust 2022 via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9El7fWOPpY0

#IFTTT #YouTube #Youtube

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suseetrends · 10 months

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Eat Your Young Song Lyrics (Official Video English)| Hozier

Eat Your Young song lyrics penned by Daniel Tannenbaum, Andrew Hozier Byrne, Peter Gonzalez, Sergiu Gherman, Craig Balmoris, Marius Feder, Tyler Mehlenbacher, Daniel Krieger, Stuart Johnson, music composed by Bēkon, Hozier, Rappy, Pete G & Chakra, and sung by Hozier from the movie Eat Your Young Song Lyrics (Official Video English)| Hozier.

>> enjoy song with lyrics >> here

Hozier

Hozier published the track’s first-ever release date, the EP’s cover art, and the tracklist on his social media accounts on February 24, 2023. The first music video with lyrics followed.

#lyrics #music #songliyrics #entertainment

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perry-tannenbaum · 3 years

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Gay Educators Freak While Their Gay Students Cope in Neaptide

Review: “UNC School of the Arts’ production of Neaptide” By Perry Tannenbaum In a twisted way, this once-in-a-lifetime pandemic year brought more to Ticket Knowlton’s senior year thesis than it took away. Slated to direct the UNC School of the Arts’ production of Neaptide by British feminist playwright Sarah Daniels, Knowlton lost the opportunity to interact with cast, crew, and design team in a…

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#Amar Bains #Belle Le as Terri #Eddy Grace #Jane Clara Cooper #Jeremiah McLamb #JerFilm Productions #Lawrence Davis #N’yomi Stewart #Noa Beckham-Chasnoff #Olivia Daponde #Parker Robertson #Robin Christian-McNair #Sarah Daniels #Ticket Knowlton #Yasmin Pascall

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sodalitefully · 4 years

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Cliches, Part 3

As promised, Steven’s annual holiday party! More of the reptile store/bakery AU, Sluff with just a hint of Izzal, lots of fluff and drunken shenanigans.

(Cliches part one, two, check out my masterlist for more!)

🎄🌟🎄🌟🎄🌟🎄

11:30AM, The Friday Before Christmas:

There was always a lull in customers between the breakfast and lunch rushes, but instead of taking a well-deserved break, Duff was used to finding ways to keep himself busy, starting by wiping down the few tables he managed to fit inside his tiny store. Damp rag in hand, he paused at one of the tables to check on the napkin dispenser and of course it was that moment, bent over to reach the dispenser by the wall, his ass in the air and his back to the door, when the bell over the entrance jingled. He spun around at the sound, whacking a table leg with his shin, and instinctively braced himself against the chair behind him when he saw Slash standing in the doorway.

Slash had… a presence, you could say, an aura about him that always seemed to hit Duff like a freight train. It must be the hair and the bulky black leathers, Duff decided, making Slash seem bigger than he really is and absorbing all the light in a room so that Duff’s eyes were always drawn straight to him. Sunglasses hid his eyes (did he really need them just to cross the street to Duff’s bakery?) and his lips were pressed together, but they softened into a tiny smile when he looked at Duff.

“Slash! Hi!” Duff squeaked, then cleared his throat and hoped he wasn't visibly blushing as he scrambled back to safety behind the cash register. Slash followed right behind him, stopping in front of the register with his fingers resting on the edge of the counter. Duff couldn’t stand watching his own reflection in Slash’s glasses, so his eyes wandered as he continued.

“Uh, what can I do for you?” he stammered, staring down at Slash’s silver rings.

“Mm, I just thought I’d drop by and check that you're still planning to come to Steven's Christmas party tonight."

“Oh! Yeah, of course. I am. Uh, I’m looking forward to it."

“Good.” Slash shuffled his feet, a gesture that would have seemed more nervous if not for the pleased little smirk on his lips. “I’ll see you there, then.” Slash took a step back as if to leave, then paused and leaned back in.

“Duff?” The baker froze in mortification when Slash pointed a finger up at the red and green elf hat that Duff completely forgot he was wearing. “Bring that."

*****

6:00PM, Steven Should Really Be Decorating The Bar Right Now:

“Nah, I’m not going to go as hard this year."

Steven snorted in disbelief.

“Yeah right, Slash. Like how last year you said you were gonna take it easy but you ended up jumping off the roof? Or the year before, when you had a flight to catch the next morning but you still challenged Axl to a drinking contest, and then as soon as you beat him you turned around and challenged Izzy?"

Slash grimaced. Steven always tended bar for the first couple hours of the party and was therefore the last one to get drunk, which meant that he had dirt on everybody. Slash resisted the urge to argue that the roof was only seven feet high, and he’d landed on his feet without even spraining anything – it was nothing Steven hadn’t heard before.

“No, seriously…” Slash lowered his voice a little and leaned across the bar, even though absolutely nobody was listening in on their conversation. “…I really don’t want to embarrass myself in front of Duff. It’s his first party with us, you know? He hasn’t seen me drunk off my ass yet and I don’t want to, well, scare him off."

Steven nodded sympathetically, but mentally he was weighing the odds. It was true that Duff was a timid sort, and Steven knew all about Slash’s massive crush on his neighbor. But he also knew that Slash had been going steady with Jack Daniels for way longer than he’s been hung up on Duff. Could Slash make it through a holiday party without getting wasted? Not a fuckin’ chance.

*****

9:30PM, Time (And Liquor) Makes Fools Of Us All:

Duff stepped foot in the building all of two seconds ago and already Slash was latched onto his arm and dragging him to the bar.

“Stevie, Duff’s here!” The party officially started at nine, but Duff suspected that Slash may have gotten a head start on the bottle of whiskey clenched in his fist, if his uncharacteristically cheery demeanor was anything to go by.

“Pick your poison, buddy,” Steven invited with a knowing smirk.

“Uh, I don’t know, something with vodka…?” Duff was very preoccupied by the warm leather of Slash’s sleeve pressing against his side and the barest brush of his frizzy hair against Duff’s neck, but Steven sure got his attention when he slid an unopened bottle of Smirnoff across the bar.

*****

10:30PM, Santa’s Helpers Are Bringing Down The Neighborhood’s Property Value:

Every year, Axl and Izzy responded to their invitation with humming and hawing, as if they just might not be able to make it to the party this time, and every year (fashionably late, of course), Axl strutted into the bar like he owned it and Izzy slunk in behind him like a party crasher trying not to get caught.

Axl was more than ready to get his hands on a stiff drink, but the scene in front of him stopped him in his tracks: Slash and Duff, wearing an antler headband and an elf hat (respectively), equipped with window markers that Axl could only assume Steven had provided, were well on their way to turning the front window into a mural of lewd and filthy and sometimes festive doodles. When they finished, it would surely be a masterpiece to rival the Sistine Chapel, or maybe an issue of Hustler.

“Jesus Christ.”

It was only 10:30, did they really have to get such an early start on the shenanigans? Duff blushed red at Axl’s resigned exasperation, but it didn’t stop him from completing a crude drawing of a dick. The tiny bells on Slash’s headband jingled as he just laughed and added nipples to an (actually quite impressive) portrait of a shirtless woman. Fucking hell. At least they weren’t breaking anything… Yet.

*****

12:00PM, Good Fucking Luck Getting A Turn At The Karaoke Machine:

"Oh, Nikita, you will never know, never know anything about my home. I'll never know how good it feels to hold you... Nikita, I need you so."

As he sang the last words of the song, Axl spotted Izzy slipping away from the karaoke stage, ducking his head to hide the pink flush on his cheeks as he hurried back to the bar. Axl just smirked; Izzy always got embarrassed when Axl serenaded him in public, but he’d be back for more soon enough. Axl thought about following him, thought about getting Izzy even more flustered then dragging him to the restroom for a little fun like they did last year… But there’d be time for that later. For now, Axl wasn’t about to give up his reign as the undisputed Karaoke King.

Duff was sitting at the edge of a booth next to the karaoke machine, absentmindedly sucking on a cigarette and watching Axl pace the tiny stage like a caged animal ready to snap at anyone who tries to stick their hand through the bars, when Slash snuck up behind him with three beers balanced precariously in his hands.

“Watch this,” Slash stage whispered conspiringly as he handed one beer to Duff and then slid the second over to Axl. “Taking requests tonight, Ax?"

Axl sipped his drink and quirked his eyebrow at Slash. “Maybe."

“Well, Duff says he wants to hear some Nazareth."

“I said what?” Duff spluttered, narrowly avoiding choking on his beer, but Slash just elbowed him in the ribs.

“Shut up dude, it’s about to get good!"

Axl rolled his eyes at Slash’s bullshit but he jabbed a song into the karaoke machine and twisted the dial on the speaker.

“Gonna need some volume on this one…"

As the intro to a familiar song started to play, Slash wrapped an arm around Duff’s shoulders in apology. Duff leaned into the touch, and any remaining indignation he might have felt vanished as soon as Axl opened his mouth and started to scream.

“You’re a heart-breaking soul shaker, I’ve been told about you…"

“Shit, Axl can fuckin’ sing!” Duff whisper-shouted into Slash’s hair. Slash laughed, a sound that Duff had been graced with more times in this one night than all the rest of their acquaintance. He leaned up to put his lips by Duff’s ear.

“I dare you to request All I Want For Christmas Is You next!"

*****

1:00PM, O Tannenbaum:

“Hey, what are you guys doing to my – OH. Oh my god!”

A patch of branches on Steven’s Christmas tree was stripped bare of it’s dressings, but Steven couldn’t bring himself to stay angry about the vandalism when he saw how the decorations had been repurposed.

Slash sat cross-legged in front of the tree, very patiently doing his best to keep any drunken swaying to a minimum as Duff carefully wound a popcorn garland around his shoulders like a feather boa. Slash’s hair was sprinkled in gold tinsel, a pair of glass baubles dangled from his hoop earrings, and at least a half dozen more glass and paper ornaments were lovingly nestled in his voluminous curls.

Steven sprinted for the camera.

*****

3:00AM, Come Here Often?:

Slash couldn’t actually remember where he and Duff were trying to get, but it was clear that Duff was having a hard time getting there without swaying and stumbling. Duff was leaning heavily on Slash’s shoulder to stay upright – even though Slash wasn’t doing much better himself.

“Oof!” Duff tripped on something (likely as not his own feet) and tumbled to the side, where he was fortunate enough to land on a sticky leather couch instead of falling all the way to the floor. His arm was still wrapped around Slash’s shoulders, which meant that Slash was also yanked off his feet and dragged by the neck onto the couch where he landed gracelessly on top of Duff.

“Shit, sorry –“ Duff wheezed, sounding like he might have had the breath knocked out of him.

“S’fine, fine… You ok sweetheart?” Slash’s pet-name filter had disengaged completely a couple hours ago.

“Yeah, lemme just… hold on…”

Getting up from the couch seemed like too tall an order, but after some squirming and fumbling they managed a more comfortable position: Duff lay on his back with his knees hooked over the armrest and his hair splayed around his head like a wreath on the cracked seat cushion. Slash was draped on top of him, his forearms on either side of Duff’s head and his thigh conspicuously dipping between Duff’s legs.

Duff suddenly felt a lot more sober as he stared straight up at Slash’s dark eyes. Slash’s hair fell like a curtain around their faces, and the slivers of light that pierced the veil left a gleam in Slash’s eyes that Duff couldn’t quite read. He was nervous as hell, but for once he relished the feeling, that intoxicating cocktail of terror, anticipation, and arousal.

“Duff?” Slash’s fingertips wove into Duff’s hair, the gentlest touch but still enough to hold Duff’s head in place, not that he ever wanted to move.

“Yeah?” Duff was surprised by the thickness of the want in his voice, a low, heavy tone that resonated in the small space between them.

One moment Duff could feel Slash’s warm breath on his cheeks, the next he could feel his hot lips, then his tongue when Duff’s mouth fell open, in surprise or invitation he didn’t know or care.

Duff couldn’t say how long they lay tangled together, Slash’s body pinning him down, his hands buried in Slash’s curls, gasping for air when Slash finally broke their heated first kiss. They each caught their breath and stared at each other’s wet lips, neither sure what to say except:

“Again."

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Steven has a secret box with a secret compartment full of embarrassing pictures of his friends at the Christmas party!

Axl’s karaoke songs are Nikita by Elton John, Hair Of The Dog by Nazareth (also on The Spaghetti Incident) and All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey.

Also, I’d like to formally request a drawing of Slash with ornaments in his hair. (Edit: here!!)

#it's fucking 2:30 in the morning so I really hope I'm still happy with this in the morning #sluff #slash #saul hudson #duff mckagan #steven adler #axl rose #izzy stradlin #didn't get a speaking part this time sorry about that izzy #gnr #guns n roses #this isn't actually that festive go figure #alright imma go to bed #sodafics

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