I decided to make an advent calendar for our favorite clones! It's going to be a new story every day. They're mostly just fluff, sometimes a bit suggestive or angsty, but all in all, sfw!
(p.s. english isn't my mother tongue, sorry for mistakes!)
a/n: this is the eigth fic for my advent calendar! i can't wait for the 24th or 23rd when i realize i have to make a few cards for my grandma and get stressed out.
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You are sitting at your table. There are different things scattered around. Papers in various colors and sizes, some glitter, stickers, pens, water colors, felt markers... In short, everything a person would need to craft lovely Christmas cards. In the background, you can hear Christmas songs, adding to the whole mood.
Next to you is Omega. She excitedly wiggles her feet while eating one cookie after another. You were a bit scared she would get a stomach ache at first, but she insists she has one made of steel. So you hope she will still feel well after the amount of sugar.
"What kind of card do you want to make?" You ask, pointing at some of the references you opened on your data pad.
Omega takes a look, scrolling through different pictures before stopping at one. A big smile spreads on her lips as she shows you the picture.
Two reindeer made out of fingerprints in front of some colorful fairy lights.
"Can we make this? I could draw a bandana on this one, then it's Hunter and me!" she asks, excited. Smiling, you nod and help her prepare everything. You're happy that your idea to make Christmas cards makes her so happy.
"Then I'll make one for Wrecker. I could make one with a reindeer too, or I'll make one with presents! He said he's really excited about them," she already thinks about the next one before suddenly gasping, "I'm going to make reindeer in front of presents!"
"Uuuh, yeah, that sounds great," you say, smiling and painting some color on her thumb.
After that, she carefully presses her finger on some white paper. She concentrates on the task and puts another fingerprint next to the other.
After making another two, she looks at you again.
"I could make one for Tech with messy wires on his antlers! And goggles! And Echo gets one with some cybernetic legs and a Christmas tree in the background!" she continues, putting her thumb in front of you again so you could recolor it.
After quite some time, she finished the fingerprints for four of the cards. Just as she wants to put her thumb on a fifth one, she hesitates. A sad look crosses her face.
"What's up?" you ask, a little bit concerned at the sudden switch in her mood.
"It's nothing... It's,- it's just that Crosshair isn't that long with us again. I don't really know what he likes...," she mumbles. Her nose crinkles, just matching said brother's perfectly.
"Hm... He likes his rifle. And his toothpicks," you put your thoughts into words.
Omega puts her hand on her chin, making a thinker's pose, not realizing that she smudges the brown paint all around her face.
"Yeah, that's right, but that's the obvious choice," she comments, tapping her chin again.
"Isn't it with the others too?" you ask her, a little bit rhetorically.
"I'm sure Crosshair will be happy about every card you give him," you add. Still a bit uncertain, she nods. "Okay. You're right. Maybe I'll come up with something when I have finished the others." She presses her new-colored thumb on the last Christmas card.
For the next half hour, she is busy painting the small details on the reindeer and cutting out different shapes of colorful paper to decorate the background.
In the end, she decides to make a Crosshair reindeer, too, with a toothpick and his tattoo. Next to it, she cuts out his rifle, puts some glitter on it, and adds some small hearts.
"Perfect!" she grins, showing you all of her cards again, already putting another cookie in her mouth.
"Now, I need to make some more for my friends from school... But no reindeer anymore. They're just for family," she says thoughtfully while looking at your reference pictures again.
By the end of the day, you two had made a few funny, colorful cards and left a mess on the table. You weren't looking forward to cleaning that up. But it was worth it. You had some bonding time with Omega and cute little Christmas cards out of it.
The whole thing gains value on Christmas day when you see all the happy faces of her brothers while looking into their cards. Even Crosshair seems to be touched, if you can read the softness in his eyes correctly.
When Omega comes over to you and gives you your own card, you can't stop the happy tears that suddenly rise in your eyes.
Two reindeer, sitting at a table, crafting Christmas cards.
