I have reached a certain level of doneness

Short stories?

I'm considering putting some short stories in this book because they don't belong in any of my other shit and I don't want to make a new book for them, sound like a good idea?

Yeah?

Now, here's something from a fanfic I'm reading, and by something, I mean a whole chapter.

Christmas dinner had no right to be so awkward.

Dinner on Christmas Eve was a family tradition, apparently. Kai wouldn't know, he didn't spend Christmas with his family. But it was Christmas Eve, they were having a fancy dinner, and it was being called Christmas dinner, so Kai assumed it was a thing.

Everything was awkward, and straight, and Erika was talking about how wonderful Skylor had been. Nya, who was not so subtly texting under the table, smiled a little bit as if in agreement. Kai nodded. "Yep, she's great."

"I hope you and Skylor are as happy as your parents are," Erika said passionately.

"Or you and your girlfriend," Maya said to Erika.

"Fiancé," Erika corrected. "She proposed!"

In that moment, Kai's entire world view shattered.

"You- you have a girlfriend?" He spluttered. Nya had dropped her phone, Jay was gaping, and Lloyd just kept blinking a lot.

"Fiancé, now. I can't believe I haven't brought her up!"

"You're- you like girls? You're- you-"

"I'm a lesbian, Kai."

Kai malfunctioned. "You can't be a lesbian!"

"Kai!" Ray said sharply. "I never expected this from you! You should accept people, no matter what."

"She can't be gay," Kai wailed, "because then I've been in the closet all these years for no damn reason!"

Erika started laughing. "Oh, Kai," she chuckled. "Really? You've been scared to come out because of me?"

"Yes!" Kai pouted. "Nya's not dating Jay, I am!"

Jay waved a little.

"I'm a lesbian," Nya said.

"I have a boyfriend, who I'm going to call, right now." Lloyd shrugged. "You guys sort out your gay family drama."

Lloyd walked off, and Kai realized he'd made a scene. A very dramatic one. Kai laughed a little. "Can we skip to the part where you're all bugging me about my relationship with Jay?"

"How long have you two been together? Who made the first move? Who-"

"Sorry you asked," Jay muttered, and Kai smiled and held his hand.

I CHOKED ON AN APPLE I NEED TO BE S T O P P E D !

Anyway, the book is called Christmas Vacation, and it's made by whichlights, and it's on Archive of Our Own.

Bye?