Il libro di Jaylos

Mistletoe Mischief

taken from: under-latest-nostalgia (psionicTrickster) on Ao3
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Auradon had some strange winter traditions, Jay thought, as he helped his tourney team put up strings of lights around the school.

Of course, he's known about Christmas, but if he went off of the mad ravings of Old Man Frollo, he wouldn't envision the cheery colorfully lit landscape the school was turning into. Jay wonders if any of the stories about staying quiet before the midnight monster came was tru-

Before Jay could finish that thought, he slams into a solid wall muscle that yells "ow!"

"OOOOOOHHH looks like the captains' have been caught under some mistletoe." His teammates sing-song as Jay composes himself.

Jay glowers at his teammates, not really understanding what they meant as he turns back to his unattended victim.

"Hey, sorry about that!" He says before realizing it's Lonnie that he slammed into. "Lonnie! Oh damn, well at least I know why I felt like I hit a statue."

Lonnie snorts, "Well, you're not so bad yourself, ex-captain."

His teammates have managed to form a loose circle around them, snickering and waggling their eyebrows.

"So... do you know why my team are acting like dickheads?" Jay says flatly with an unamused eyeroll.

Lonnie raises an eyebrow at them before looking up, "Oh, we're under some mistletoe."

Jay looks up as well, seeing a small plant hanging from the ceiling, bright green with red berries, sparkling as the sun hit it though also most likely with some sort of decorative magic.

"Mistletoe?" Jay asks suspiciously.

Lonnie laughs at Jay's tone, "It's nothing to be wprried about! It's a bit of a cheeky tradition in Auradon, catching someone under the mistletoe means you have to kiss each other."

"Kiss? What the hell?" Jay says with a grunt, he's learned kisses have much more meaning here in Auradon and he was hoping his first one would be- um, someone else. Not that Lonnie wasn't amazing, she was, Jay just thought...

"A girl might wilt with that kind of reaction Mr. MVP." Lonnie says with a knowing smirk, pulling Jay out of his thoughts, "Don't worry I won't take your precious moment but I do have to give you a kiss cause these mistletoe are enchanted. Now lean down, doe-eyes."

Jay obeys more out of confusion than anything and Lonnie plants a chaste kiss on his nose. The telltale pop of a satisfied enchantment echoes in his ears and Lonnie smiles at him.

"Well, I do hope you use this new knowledge well. I'd like to think the guy who promoted me had a little bit of brains." Lonmie says with a wave.

Jay smiles back, blushing a bit as he realizes what Lonnie meant.

Carlos groaned as Dude dragged him across the snow covered track. The dog apparently didn't care that it was below freezing outside, running time was running time and Carlos was apparently not allowed to forget about it.

"Just because I've survived worse condidtions doesn't mean I like it, goddammit Dude." Carlos mumbles under his breath as they finish up the fifth, and thankfully final, lap of the day.

He's not completely out of breath but he is tired enough not to notice Evie creeping up on him and grabbing his arm suddenly.

"C!! Auradon has the most adorable winter tradition I've ever known!" She says excitedly pulling him into a brisk walk.

Carlos laughs, "I think any Auradon winter tradition is more adorable than 'freezing your toes off in iced over garbage water', E."

Evie makes a disgusted you-know-what-I-meant face before morphong back into bubbly as they step under a doorway and Carlos finds himself unable to move.