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Laragh · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2023 11:38 am

Tara's nose crinkled.

"W-what...where's it gone?"

"Uh...guys...?"

Dawn lifted her arm slowly to point out the windscreen.

taranwillow4ever · **Posted:** Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:40 pm

Which was positioned on the edge of Willow’s kneecaps, still upright and hopefully safe.

Dub · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:26 am

Willow opened her eyes "I was aiming for the trunk. Guess I don't know cars well."

“You did that?” Dawn lowered her arm. “Neat.”

“Aww, you gave the marshmallow snowmen mini marshmallow snow-babies.” Buffy’s stomach grumbled. “I’ll go get the box off the hood.”

Willow unbuckled

shirrey · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:42 pm

and leapt from the car as the Gingerbread House disappeared.
“What the?” Buffy yelled. Willow saw her back away.
The house was back in the box- the 4 Gingerbread people scowling icing eyebrows at the Slayer, candy canes raised like swords.

Dub · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2023 11:57 pm

“This cos of the whole grumbly tummy deal?”

Cars blared their horns along with drivers offering expletives.

“Let’s get it back in the car.” Willow slid back in the car as Buffy restarted the engine. “Tara, the design might have slightly, definitely, kinda, moved in transit.”

Laragh · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:38 am

Tara frowned.

"D-Did you put an enchantment on it, Willow?"

Dub · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:10 am

“No. I just willed it not to be in the car.”

A candy cane stabbed through the side of the cardboard box.

“You didn’t did you?”

Tara lowered her head allowing her hair to shroud her face. “M-maybe a little Hellebore powder in the baking.”

shirrey · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2023 11:30 am

Willow’s eyes widened in shock, “Hellebore is highly toxic! This isn’t what is meant by knock em dead”

Tara shook her head, “I only added a pinch. Not enough to- I w-wouldn’t do that! It was just to protect it Make sure it got there safe.”

Dub · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:12 pm

Tara bit her lip. “There’s a protection charm etched on the baseboard.”

Another candy cane burst through the box, too close for comfort near Willow’s hand.

“Why?”

“Air holes?”

“Not what I meant.”

“You care so much about it. I didn’t want. It doesn’t matter.”

Laragh · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2023 6:27 am

"Well whatever witch-fu you two put on this thing, it looks like I'm going to have to slay it!"

Buffy swatted a candy cane.

Dawn gasped.

"Buffy! Don't hurt the little gingerbread man! He has a gingerbread family!"

Buffy's face set.

"He's about to have a gingerbread coffin."

Dub · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:09 am

The car swerved.

“Drive! No slay. We’ll deal with this, you focus on the road.” Willow pushed the box away from her abdomen, she didn’t need a candy cane insert straight to the guts. She looked to Tara in a panic “Got milk?”

Laragh · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2023 1:06 pm

Tara's eyes widened.

"Willow, you can't! What about the competition?"

"Kinda more worried about my organs right now," Willow retorted right as a candy cane launched itself at Tara.

Willow relied on every Karate Kid memory she had to reach out and snap it with her hand.

Dub · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2023 10:19 am

As her hand made contact the world slowed. Her mind pure, picturing sitting up late with Buffy and Xander.

“That’s an illegal move!” Buffy exclaimed

“Yeah but good guy win. yay.” Xander chimed in.

Willow’s focus came back into the real world. “We can still win the competition.”

Laragh · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2023 12:25 pm

Tara's heart was beating fast as the shards of sticky red and white fell into their laps.

"How?"

Willow reached across and placed her palm on Tara's.

As their fingers entwined, Tara knew exactly what WIllow meant.

Dub · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2023 2:00 am

Rule 1 – Karate for defence only.

Wax on, wax off.

Sand the floors.

Paint the fence.

Paint the house.

It was all house maintenance. All they had to do was show that they were not a threat. The gingerbread only wanted to protect the house.

Apart from the one braiding Dawn’s hair.

Laragh · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2023 5:31 pm

Dawn giggled at the little creature on her shoulder.

"Did you learn to french braid from a macaron?"

Dub · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:33 am

Her new hair stylist gave a wink.

Buffy gave the rear view mirror a glance to see two witches holding hands while seasonal confectionary curiously prodded them.

“Freaky.” Buffy decided it was best to keep her eyes on the road. “Dawn you have frosting in your hair.”

Laragh · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2023 5:19 am

Dawn rolled her eyes.

"God, Buffy, you don't understand fashion."

"I-It's a built-in snack for later," Tara smiled softly and Willow giggled.

"I have my built-in snack sitting right here," Willow whispered to Tara and waggled her eyebrows.

Dub · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:22 am

Frosted eyes thinned to narrow slits and sharpened candy canes pointed towards the red head.

“Oh err, not you. I was talking about, er. Tara?”

Tara’s eyes widened as words failed to form. “W-w-w”

“Slayer hearing!” Buffy announced as she pulled the car over at their destination.

Laragh · **Posted:** Sun Jan 22, 2023 6:36 am

"Oh thank the goddess," Tara whispered under her breath

"Gingerbread men, er, assemble," Willow tried an authoritative tone, but no one moved, "Oh and, um, gingerbread women."

Tara glanced between her girlfriend and the figures

"I-I think technically they're all...non-binary?"

Dub · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:00 am

“Gingerbread people. Get in the box.”

Begrudgingly Dawn’s hairdresser let the locks fall from its grasp. They knew the frosted tip look was in.

Others huddled up in the foot well contemplating their next move.

“There’s a ginger ale in it for you.”

They marched back into the box.

Laragh · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:59 am

Tara giggled.

"Willow, I think you're their ginger boss."

"You made them a ginger wonderland," Dawn added with a grin.

"Ha, ha," Willow replied, rolling her eyes.

"Ooh, ginger snap," Buffy snapped her fingers.

Tara gave a half smile.

"That's the way the cookie crumbles."

Dub · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:39 am

Frantic banging at the window offered a small relief to the newly appointed ginger boss.

“Is that it? A cube with holes in? Oh, is it one of those orgy cubes from the star walk?”

Breathy condensation was wiped from the window, followed by Anya’s face pressing against it.

No relief.

Laragh · **Posted:** Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:02 pm

"Her, you can attack," Willow said, pointing furiously a the window.

"Willow," Tara clicked her tongue, "D-Don't command your minions like that."

She picked up a ginger-person running at speed for the window.

"Fine," Willow agreed flatly, "But I make no promises about...him."

Dub · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:47 am

Willow tried to open the door to no avail “Do you have the child safety on?”

“Oh yeah.” Buffy released the lock. “Had to make sure those cute marshmallow babies got here safe.”

“What about the human passengers?”

“I’m not asking for gas money.”

“Thanks for the ride.” Tara chimed in.

Laragh · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:02 am

"Can I come with you guys?" Dawn asked with an eager grin.

"Sure, Dawnie," Tara smiled.

"Have her back by sundown!" Buffy called after them before turning the engine back on and jerking forward, "Whoops. Always forget which one is the accelerator."

Dub · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2023 9:10 am

They watched as the jeep joined the road to the chorus of car horns.

“Ever think if she didn’t need a stake, she’d drive at night?” Questioned Dawn.

All of them murmured in agreement.

“You have frosting in your hair. Is that why their house looks dry?”

“It’s in the box, Anya.”

Laragh · **Posted:** Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:32 am

"Well excuse me for not getting your ludicrous expression of art! Do you really think you're going to beat Epps with this thing? He made flashing lights out of fondant and lemon power!"

An angry flush rose up Willow's neck and right through her face.

Dub · **Posted:** Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:50 am

“Yeah well, we’ve got animatronics. Completely edible.”

Tara took Willow by the shoulder and turned them away from their company.

“We can’t enter them, we have to fix it first.” Tara kept her voice low.

“We will. They can do a little show and we’ll swap them out for others.”

Laragh · **Posted:** Wed Jan 25, 2023 8:34 am

Tara frowned.

"I-I don't know. It doesn't seem ethical."

"Ethics-schmethics," Willow scoffed but quickly cleared her throat, "I mean it's fine...as long as they consent, right?"

A little ginger-person popped out of Willow's pocket and waved. Willow grinned smugly.

"See?"

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