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 Post subject: Pens Write A Holiday Story (Entries Only) - Entries Welcome!
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Pens Write A Holiday Story


Well that looks garish. Must mean its the holiday season!


Over the years there has been many writers contributing to Pens with their festive tales, however this year, there is (hopefully) going to be many writers contributing to one festive story.


Pens hosts a wide range of writers and styles, what better way to highlight this through collaboration. That's right, it's your Christmas table with waring political views and dietary needs. Some people can make it work, some fight long after the last drop of rose is spilt and others remember to charge their phone for the three hour sit in with stuffing. What outcome will Pens have?


How is this going to work?

Much like the folded drawing game, where you fold a piece of paper in four strips and one person draws the head, one the torso, one the legs and another the feet but they have no idea what each other has drawn until its unfolded at the end. However we will see the story unfold as each addition is added by writers, we just wont know what the story will end up as until we reach the end.

But here's the fun part. We all have different styles and preferences so we can either make a monstrosity of clashing ideas or we could try and get along to create a nice Willow and Tara festive one shot. That's for each contributor to decide.



To keep us in order there are some rules:

- Stick to Pens rules
- No double posting, if you write the previous section you cannot write the next. it can alternate between two people all month but there must be a different writer in between a writers posts.
- Minimum post limit is a sentence, maximum is 280 characters.
- All additions must be posted on this thread

Why 280 characters?
This is because the story will double as a Twitter Fic on the KBs official twitter account. Allowing Pens writers to be seen on a larger platform while still very much representing the values and talent the KB hold.

The story will be open for entries starting 1st December 2022 and close January 1st 2023. in this time we should hopefully have a beginning, middle and end.
There are no limits to how often you can post, only that you cannot double post. There must be a different writer than yourself in between your additions.


What will Pens create? a cynical outlook on the corporate greed of the holidays? A hygge inspired smut fest? or a cheese board of a story that will make even hallmark rethink the limit of cheese one human can handle? Canon? AU? A retelling of the nativity told through Willow and Tara or perhaps their kids? Die Hard? Who knows? We wont until its finished. anything goes (within board rules).


Our only prompt - It's a Willow and Tara Holiday Story
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This thread is for entries only! For feedback and discussion please check out the Pens Write A Holiday Story Discussion Thread.


Thread open for entries December 1st.

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Cinnamon and pine scented the air as seasoned oak logs crackled in the fire place. The orange of the flame dancing on the whites of blue eyes. Eyes wide with awe and dismay.

“There’s no way that's going to fit.”


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"It will," Willow replied, her eyes bright and eager as she twirled a candy cane between her fingers, "I promise."

Tara let out a soft, trusting breath.

"Okay," she nodded once, "Show me."

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Tara wanted a less is more approach but couldn’t deny Willows enthusiasm to expand their boundaries.

They’d been at it for days. Sweat, tears and ecstasy. Hands sore from repetitive movement with required delicacy.

They were determined to win this gingerbread house competition.


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"Willow, um, why are we doing this again? Especially considering neither of us is, you know...Christian?"

Willow's eyes flashed with anger.

"He took the science fair from me, I won't let him take this too!"

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Allowing the anger to give the final push needed, Willow proceeded to attach the candy cane to the intricate roof.

“Plus that’s also why we’ve gone for a pagoda design, to honor the Jewish tradition of ordering Chinese takeout for Christmas dinner.”


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Tara's lips lifted on one side as she looked across at Willow through a lidded gaze.

"Do you remember the first time we ordered Chinese take-out together?"

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Willow glared at their creation. She knew they needed more, unlike the 10 slices of shrimp toast she ordered. A special offer that almost sent them to the emergency room.

“You made us tomato soup.” The red head looked up and gave a wide grin. Best Chinese take-out she ever had.


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Tara blushed.

"And you made your Yummy Face."

She picked up a headless gingerbread man from the plate between them.

"I think Miss Kitty has been exploring decapitation again."

"She's young," Willow reassured, "She's just going through a phase."

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“Hmm that well known phase of chopping off ginger heads.”

“I’m a survivor” Willow snapped off a gingerbread arm and gave Tara a little salute before popping it in her mouth.

Tara withheld her sigh as her baking passed the yummy face test.

There was no way they’d lose the taste test.


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"So," Tara said as she replaced the last gingerbread man on the snow frosting lawn, "I think it's ready."

"You sure?" Willow worried, "maybe it needs more gumdrops, everybody loves gumdrops, you know with the colors, and and the sugar sparkles and the, um, gumminess."

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Her body groaned as Tara got to her feet. Extending out a hand for her perfectionist.

“Sweetie, it’s finished. You’ve made an amazing home. All the Gingerbread families will dream to live there.”

Willow took the hand but one thing still remained.

“How are we getting it there?”


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Tara arched one eyebrow softly.

"How do we ever get things anywhere?"

Willow grinned.

"Teeny Tinkerbelle ant colony?" she asked, blushing lightly at the smile it produced from Tara, "Right, I know."

She pulled up the phone and dialed a number.

"Hey, Xander?"

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After a few minutes of heated exchange, Willow hung up the phone in grievance.

“He says we have to try Buffy with Joyce’s Jeep. Seems Anya has entered the contest”

Tara gulped as her knuckles turned white anticipating the bumpy ride. “Oh.”


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"It will be fine," Willow smiled warily, then went pale as a truck driving by outside made a mini-marshmallow fall off of the gingerbread roof, "Oh god, my sweet creation! I can't subject you to Buffy's driving! She gets into more accidents than all the Kardashians combined!"

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Tara assessed the confectionary structure. Her arms folded in contemplation. Buffy wasn't that bad a driver. They occasionally trusted their lives with Buffy behind the wheel but was their creation more important than their lives?

"Think it will fit in a pull-along cart?"


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"We could put it in a box with some of those plastic popping things, hold it between us in the back seat", suggested Tara.

"I think it would still bounce around too much if we did that," replied Willow. "Why don't either of us know how to drive!"

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Begrudgingly Willow made the call, expressing repeatedly the need for a careful drive due to precious cargo.

Tara would have smiled but noticed every time she said precious cargo, Willow's hand instinctively pointed to the gingerbread house.

With a little help, Tara boxed it up.


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"Tara..." Willow said in a hushed tone as she looked out the window below as Joyce's jeep turned the corner and slid onto the curb, narrowly missing a woman walking along.

Though on second look, Willow realized she was one of those Wanna-Blessed-Be's and didn't feel so bad.

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Together they carefully carried the box down the stairs, to accompanying yells of “PIVOT!” by wonkily wandering students, bleary eyed, hoping this time, this hall was their dorm.


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They got to the street where Buffy was waiting with a helpful smile on her face.

"Got here in five!" she said as she came out of the driver's seat and opened the back door of the Jeep for them.

Willow glanced at Tara. Pale.

"It's a ten-minute drive!"

"Just go," Tara whispered.

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“Let’s load up the trunk and get this thing to Mom ASAP. She’s barely eaten this week, prep for the whole judge deal. Don’t expect it back in one piece.”

Buffy clasped the box in both hands. Willow did not release.

“Getting there in one piece would be fine and dandy. Right Buff.”


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Tara put her hands on the box between them.

"Why don't I hold this thing in the front?"

Buffy glanced between them slowly.

"Does this have your...fun time things in it or something? What's the sitch with the overprotectiveness?"

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“Ew, you think Mom wants to eat those?”

“Dawn get back in the car.”

“I am in the car!” screeched Dawn as her upper body popped out of the sunroof like a whack-a-mole.

“I let you com-“

“Like those fun time things in the box?”

“It’s a gingerbread house.” Tara meekly responded.


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"Enough!"

Willow's voice rose an octave too high to be comfortable and her eyes flashed darkly.

Tara's eyes crinkled in the corners. Buffy raised an eyebrow just a tad.

"Okay then."

Willow marched around the car and sat in with a rough pull of the belt across her and the box

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Dawn sunk down into her seat and buckled up. “Guess we’re going then. Hey, can I choose the station?”

“No. You gave me mental images of Mom I so do not want.” Buffy unconsciously shut the driver’s door with too much force causing the car to shake.


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squeezed her hand.

The Jeep lurched forward as Buffy hit the gas, knocking Tara against the back seat.

"Seatbelt," Willow reminded, softening with concern for her girl. "I can't let him win Tar."

"Sweetie, whatever happens, you did your best,” Tara soothed.

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“Did my best at the science fair. Didn’t stop their scrutiny.”

Tara kept her voice low. “It wasn’t all science though, was it?”

“It’s a different kind of science.”

Tara took in a deeper breath “He was-“

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Tara instinctively put her arm across Willow, accidentally pummeling it right through where the box was.

Or at least, where the box had been.

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Buffy slammed on the brakes as a Santa clad drunk belting out a slurred rendition of, I’ll be home for Christmas, cut across the road on a kid’s scooter.

“Is everyone okay?”

Dawn nodded.

Tara looked at Willow whose face was scrunched tight and hands still positioned to hold the box.


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