In Lowell, Massachusetts, widow Claire Pierce struggles to keep her family together around Christmas following the death of her husband Doug, a firefighter who died on the job. Their son Teddy has lost much of his Christmas spirit, while their younger daughter Kate keeps it alive and believes in Santa Claus. On Christmas Eve, Claire is called in to work, leaving Teddy in charge. While watching old family Christmas videos, Kate notices an arm appear out of the fireplace, and gathers that it was Santa. Teddy agrees to help her prove it, on the condition that she destroy a video she recorded of him stealing a car earlier that day. They set up a tripwire and hidden camera and fall asleep in the Livingroom. After Kate awakens and sees Santa, she and Teddy follow him on to his sleigh to get a closer look. Santa and his daughter ride off with the kids in tow, but he, his daughter and the reindeer are startled when Kate makes her presence known. In the commotion, he loses control of the sleigh, causing it to teleport and crash in Chicago, Illinois. After coming to in Chicago, Santa introduces himself and his daughter Ivy and tells the kids he has to locate his reindeer, hat, and bag of presents, which were lost in the crash, in order to resume deliveries and prevent Christmas spirit from declining. They offer to help him to avoid being permanently on the naughty list.
Will they get the job done in time?
Will they make new friendships?
❝ 𝐈 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 (𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐝),
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧,
𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ❞
⎯ 𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐭 | 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.
❝ I guess your wildest dreams have come true then, haven't they Potter? ❞
Harry grinned⎯it was a bright, pearly grin that she hadn't seen on his face in forever, and she thought that she could have just married him on the spot at that point.
❝ They have, indeed, ❞ he teased, and his lips swooped down upon hers in a kiss so fierce it left her dazed.
.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.
Battling Voldemort? Easy peasy.
But battling oncoming feelings for your best friend of four years? That wasn't easy.
And it took everything within Y/N Andilet to suppress those feelings.
.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.
Y/N Andilet lived a somewhat interesting life. Quarter-Veela, best friends with Harry Potter since their first year and living with a magizoologist father and baker mother, she expected her fourth year at Hogwarts School to be just like the last three - childlike, fun, and fighting some villainous force after their exams. But when she found herself with the symptoms of a textbook, schoolgirl crush, suddenly the year became all the more interesting. And so did the years after that.
.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.
harry james potter x reader
golden era; gof | ootp | hbp | dh
slowish burn romance
started ; 08/06/2023
finished ; n/a
@potterspixie 2024
first draft (emphasis on first; yes, some boring to interesting plotline edits will be made later)
warning: mature language and smut**
**smut does not start until half-blood prince due to age
( I do not own the Harry Potter franchise ! )