#thunderblink christmas fic
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Let Your Heart Be Light Ch. 3
THE CHRISTMAS FIC!!! Okay, get ready for a lot of shorter updates as I try to finish this in like 3 days! :D
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"And here, take these over to Denise," Aunt Evelyn said, pressing a tin of cookies into John's hands. He was trying to get out the door with Riley and James but Riley was hunting for her favorite hat and James was actually refusing to wear a jacket. Which was ridiculous, it was gearing up for snow outside.
"Yes, ma'am," John said, holding onto the tin as he shot a glare at James. "We're going to be late and it's going to be your fault. We're not leaving until you put a coat on."
"You're worse than Aunt Evelyn," James said, leaning against the doorway that led into the den. "I'm fine, I've got on long sleeves."
"It's not here," Riley complained, her voice muffled since she was digging around in the coat closet by the front door. "I think it's lost."
"Can't you wear a different hat?" Aunt Evelyn said, "And James, go get a coat, it's freezing. See, John's not worse than me."
James made a disgruntled noise opened the closet wider so he could grab a coat.
"It's my favorite," Riley complained. She stepped around James and out of the closet, a pout on her face. "I don't want to wear a different one."
"Here, wear this one." James grabbed a black toboggan and plunked it down on Riley's head, pulling it down so it covered her dark brown eyes.
She immediately pulled it off and flung it back at him. "It smells like boy! I'm not wearing your hat."
"There's this one." James snagged another toboggan, this one with a massive pink pom-pom on it, and tried to put it on Riley's head. She shoved at his hands and then darted toward John, hiding behind his legs.
"You wear it!" she said, shooting James a frown. "I want my hat…"
John glanced at his phone and ran his hand over Riley's head, giving her braid a tug. "Kiddo, you might have to wear a different hat. I wasn't kidding about being late."
James shrugged on his coat and smirked down at Riley. "Pom-pom nightmare for you."
"You don't have to make it worse," John said, rolling his eyes as Riley stuck her tongue out at James.
Eventually they made it out the door and to the truck after getting Riley to accept a less-fantastic but somehow-okay bright blue, sparkly toboggan. They piled in and headed down the road, partially blinded by all the Christmas lights in their neighborhood.
"Wow, is that a whole merry-go-round with reindeer?" John asked incredulously as they drove past the Camerons' house.
"Yuh-huh," Riley piped up from the backseat, "And if you turn the radio, their house lights up with the songs. It's so cool."
"She's not serious," John said, looking over at James for confirmation.
His little brother smirked. "She's dead serious. Those people are more dedicated to their Christmas display than ever since Sarah went off to college."
"I like it," Riley said, leaning forward. "Can we go drive through the town to look at the lights after practice, John?"
"No, Riles, we're not feeding your addiction," James said. He put a hand on her forehead and pushed her backwards into her seat but she struggled against him.
"I didn't ask you, I asked John!"
"As long as it doesn't go too late and Ms. D doesn't mind if Norah goes," John said.
"And Norah's friend," Riley said, sitting back now that she had gotten some sort of agreement. She leaned against the window and drew little pictures on the foggy glass.
"Right," John said, wondering who exactly that friend was. Probably one of the other kids from the neighborhood. While they were at the Fergusons, he was going to have to ask when Clarice was getting home. That way he would have some time to mentally prepare before seeing her again.
The drive to the Fergusons was only a couple minutes since they lived at the end of the lane. John grinned as he recognized the fake reindeer standing in Ms. D's bushes as the same one that Marcos had shot so long ago. It had been before John had moved to town, but he had heard the story dozens of times. Cupid was wearing a Santa hat, and he had a big silver heart made of duct tape over the hole from Marcos' arrow.
Riley exploded from the truck when James opened her door, racing around the front and launching herself up the steps. John and James followed at a more sedate pace. John glanced at James, wondering why he wasn't arguing more about going to this play practice thing. Normally he would have refused to go, especially because Riley kept dropping hints about the play needing more people, which John assumed meant that the director might try to absorb them into the production. But James hadn't complained yet, so John was guessing that he had ulterior motives.
Riley was ringing the doorbell for the fourth time when John reached the door. He picked her up and shook his head at her. "Stop abusing the doorbell."
"I don't think they heard me," she said, straining toward the door.
"I think the whole neighborhood heard you," James said.
Finally, the door opened, jingle bells ringing as Norah appeared. She smiled and turned around, opening the door wider. "Riley's here!"
"Oh good," Ms. D said, walking out from the hallway that led to the kitchen. She glanced over at the stairs and then came to the doorway, waving her hands. "Come in, get out of the cold for a moment."
"Can't stay long, we have to go," Norah said.
John set Riley down, and she automatically raced over to Norah, grabbing her friend's hand. Norah was a few years older than Riley, but living on the same street and going to the same school had turned them into friends a long time ago. "I can't wait for practice!"
"Me neither," Norah said, but John noticed how she kept looking at the stairs, just like Ms. D.
John held out the cookie tin to Ms. D. "Aunt Evelyn sent those over for you."
"That was nice of her," Ms. D said, "Tell her thank you and that we'll be sending some back in a couple days."
John nodded, knowing that Ms. D would probably send a whole box of Christmas snacks back as a 'thank you.' She was really into baking this time of year. "I guess we should get going."
"We can't yet," Norah said, shaking her head, "We have to wait."
"They're going to start practice without you guys," James said, frowning.
"They can't," Norah said, putting her hands on her hips, "Or they won't."
John was about to ask why when he heard someone coming down the stairs. Must be Norah's…friend… His eyes widened at the sight of Clarice, her hand on the banister as she hurried down the stairs. She skipped the last one and came to stand between James and Ms. D, as if nothing about this whole situation was shocking. "Hey," she said breathlessly, "Sorry, I couldn't find my socks." She stuck out a leg and pulled her jeans leg up, showing off a tall evil Frosty sock. "The other one is an exploding reindeer."
"Clarice," John said, staring at her, "You…" He swiped a hand back through his hair, completely caught off guard. "Hey."
There was a tiny smothered giggle from Norah and Riley's direction, and he shook his head.
"I didn't know you were home yet," he said, gathering his composure even as he continued to simply look at her. Her hair was longer and dark purple, loose curls playing around her shoulders. She had on a hooded grey long-sleeve and dark jeans with worn patches, plus a pair of black Converses.
Clarice was beautiful.
"Just got in today," she said, looking back at him, dark green eyes as captivating as ever. He didn't fail to notice the blush in her cheeks, though that was surely from racing down the stairs, not because of him or anything. "Did you get even more muscles, Superman?"
"Maybe," he said, falling into a grin even as his emotions roiled. He was happy to see her even if it brought up a lot of memories he didn't want to face, like sitting on a bench in a park far away as she ended things.
James made a face. "Okay, let's go before you guys find some mistletoe for an excuse to start making out."
Okay, James was going to have to die later. "Wait, what about Norah's friend?" John said, tearing his eyes away from Clarice so he could fully glower at his little brother. Way to make things extra awkward.
Ms. D had a mischievous smile on her face, and Norah walked over to Clarice, taking her hand. "Clarice is my friend, she's coming with us."
Riley smiled at Clarice. "You can sit in the front seat, I'll make James sit with us." She pointed at James. "You're in the middle!" With a laugh, she grabbed Norah's hand and took off, darting out the door.
"Hey, no! No way," James said, going after them. He gave Ms. D a little salute at the door. "Later, Ms. D."
"Be good, James," she said, and then clapped her hands together as she looked at Clarice and John. "You two better go catch them before they destroy the truck."
"Right," John said, looking at Clarice again. "You don't mind riding shotgun?"
"As long as I get to pick the radio station, I don't mind."
This was going to be interesting…
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Inspired by/in anticipation of @themutantunderground‘s Thunderblink Christmas fic I made christmasy family moodboards for the Fergusons and Proudstars.
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Let Your Heart Be Light Ch. 4
John is home on leave from the Marines and Clarice is home on winter break from grad school. While they used to date in high school, Clarice and John haven't been together in a long time... But it's Christmas time, and it seems like everything and everyone in their small, holiday-obsessed hometown is trying to get them back together. Modern Thunderblink AU!
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What was she supposed to do with her hands? Clarice wasn't nervous or anything, but she just couldn't figure out where she should put her hands. If she put one on the middle console, it would be too close to the elbow that John was resting there. And if she put them in her lap, that was awkward. And she just kept thinking about how the last time she rode with John in a truck like this, they were holding hands like it was the most natural thing to do. She settled for tapping her fingers against the dashboard, listening to the Christmas music on the radio station she had picked out.
"So, who exactly is in charge of this theater thing?" Clarice asked, looking back at Norah and Riley in the mirror. James had managed to get a window by actually pick up Riley and plunking her down in the middle seat. They had spent the first five minutes of the ride fussing and then there had been a couple songs that she and the girls had sung along to, which meant Clarice had managed to avoid awkward conversation for that long.
But really, talking to John hadn't felt as weird as she thought it would. Actually, back at the house, it had almost felt like nothing had changed. But everything had, and she had to keep that in mind.
"Mr. Kurt," Riley said. She was leaning against James and playing a clapping game with Norah. "He's going to be the Ghost of Christmas Present."
"Kurt Wagner?" John asked.
"Yeah, him," Riley said, "He really likes acting a whole lot."
"That sounds like him," Clarice said with a grin as she glanced over at John. He was smiling too, probably remembering how goofy and playfully dramatic Kurt had been back in school. Kurt had been the leading guy in practically every play and musical the little high school had put on. Their senior year was the one year that Clarice had coaxed John into being in the musical, though he had only joined in as a background pirate in some pirate-based musical their director had found for cheap. Still, there was video out there somewhere of John and Marcos in pirate outfits, singing along and waving swords.
"Norah told me that you're playing Tiny Tim, Riley," Clarice said, turning around in her seat, "Are you excited? That's a lot of lines."
"Yep, I've got a bunch of them memorized," Riley said, "James has been helping me."
James shrugged and gave her ear a tiny pinch. "Because you pester me about it all the time."
Riley just grinned at him. "You don't care! And you're doing it because Al—" James' hand came down over Riley's mouth and he pulled her to him, squishing her.
"That's enough out of you."
"Don't crush her," John said, "But now I'm putting two and two together."
"Ditto," Clarice said with a smirk. She glanced over at Norah. "Is Alison Blaire in the play?"
"Yep," Norah said innocently, "She's the Ghost of Christmas Past."
John and Clarice shared a look, and Clarice laughed. "Wait, when did you officially start liking Ali as more than a friend, James? I mean, I always assumed you loved her but—"
"No one said that," James said, still wrestling with Riley, though now it was pointless. "I'm just hanging out with her and Romeo while they're at practice."
"Oh, is that it?" Clarice said, "Just hanging out. And pining."
"I'm not pining! She's my best friend!"
"I guess we'll call it staring from afar and sometimes sighing," Clarice said, merciless in her teasing, "Would that work?"
"John, I think Clarice wants to walk from here," James said, nudging the back of Clarice's seat.
"It's too cold, I think she should stay in the car," John said, a smile playing at the corner of his mouth, "You could just admit your crush, though. She'll might leave you alone after that."
"Might is a strong word," Clarice said, giving James an evil grin. She had always suspected that James was infatuated with his best friend Ali, but it had never been this clear before. Apparently senior year of high school had put some things into perspective for him. "Is she dating someone else? That Romeo guy?"
"No, no way," James said, "He's dating Bobby Drake, so no."
"Is anyone else from their group in the play?" Clarice asked Norah.
"Um, Jubilee and some kid named Ethan," Norah said, "There's a few kids, and then some older people, and a lot of retirees."
"Clarice, drop it, I don't like Ali like that," James said, clearly suffering.
"We're here," John said, pulling into a parking spot.
Clarice turned around in her seat and opened her door. "You're lucky, James."
The community center that also worked as the town's only theater was in the middle of Westchester, and it was covered in white Christmas lights. Old-fashioned black cast iron street lamps lit the path to the front door, and Norah and Riley linked arms as they headed up the brick path. Riley grabbed James' arm and tugged him along with the two of them as they skipped along to the front door, leaving John and Clarice to walk behind them.
She wanted to joke more about James and how she couldn't believe he wasn't already dating Ali, but suddenly it didn't seem right.
"How long are you going to be in town?" she asked John, quieter now that it was just the two of them.
"The rest of the month and a few days into the New Year," he said. He matched her pace as they headed up the path, cutting down his longer stride so that they were in step. "What about you?"
"About the same amount of time." Her breath swirled into the dark winter sky. "It feels like snow."
John took a deep breath and then nodded, letting it go slowly. "Yeah. Are you going to make snow angels?"
That had always been one of her favorite things to do. There were so many memories of flopping back into the snow, laughing and making an angel, then letting John help her up. His arms going around her as he lifted her from the snow, his hands on her hips, pulling her close. Her eyes lingered on his chest, his broad shoulders, anything that kept her from meeting his eyes for that moment. "Probably. Maybe Norah will make them with me."
"Riley's probably going to want to make some kind of snowman."
"Do you remember that snowman massacre we made in Marcos' yard?" Clarice said, laughing at the memory.
John chuckled. "I thought his dad was going to kill us. I still can't believe you brought all that red food coloring."
"So much fake blood."
"The spray bottle was a great idea, though."
Clarice nodded and she was about to say something about how it was his idea to block the car in with a snowman when her boot hit an icy patch on the pathway. Her foot slid, nearly sending her tumbling, but John reached out and grabbed her elbow. He stepped forward and ended up in front of her, holding her up. And so close.
"Are you all right?" he asked, not letting go of her.
"Y-yeah," she said, steadying herself and finding her balance. He still didn't let go, and she didn't mind…
"Are you guys coming or what?" James yelled from the doorway.
That broke whatever was going on between the two of them, and they started up the path, John following right behind Clarice. He was probably ready to catch her again if she fell. That was so him.
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I need to try my hand at creating moodboads, I’m going to need like twenty for this Thunderblink Christmas fic.
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Hahah, this Thunderblink Christmas fic is going to be so fluffy and holiday-packed… So far, I’m planning for it to include:
-Marine!John is on leave for the holidays
-Grad School!Clarice is back for winter break
-the town’s local drama group trying to put on A Christmas Carol but not having enough members, so they’re trying to enlist whoever they can
-John’s brother James is a high school senior. The Proudstar brothers moved in with their aunt (who left the reservation after high school) back when John was a high school sophomore, after their own mother passed away. Their aunt has an adopted daughter, Riley, who has already signed up to be in the play (she’s dragging John and James into it).
-Clarice has a younger foster sister, Norah. She has an older foster brother named Remy LeBeau, aka Gambit, who will definitely be making an appearance. Norah also signed up to be in the Christmas play, which means Clarice is getting dragged into it.
-The town is ALL ABOUT SOME HOLIDAYS. They deck everything out in winter-y goodness with Christmas trees, holiday wreaths, fairy lights, the WORKS.
-Neighbors have decorating competitions. It’s a thing.
-John and Clarice keep winding up at these town functions. Their little siblings are friends even though they’re a few years apart. Plus, their houses are on the same street, so it’s impossible to avoid each other. Not that they really want to…
-COOKIE BAKING
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So sorry, y’all, I know I said I would update, but I got super anxious about the episode and then the episode turned out to be a muse murdering thing from my nightmares, so there’s that. I’m sorry!!! I AM going to write!! But it’ll be tomorrow or Wednesday. Some upcoming things for the week:
-Clarice getting puppy!Zingo in the Resistance AU
-Actually lots and lots of Resistance AU stuff from various points in the timeline. Like John and Clarice getting married, Lorna joining the MU, a mutant-focused illness, etc. Sorry, I’m having trouble writing this one in chronological order! Maybe I’ll make a post to put all the stories in order (they’re listed in chronological order on AO3).
-Getting a look at Xavier’s school and the X-men in the Single Dad John story
-a few new Christmas chapters! The next one will be Clarice coming home for the holidays. She doesn’t know John’s home but yeah, she finds out REALLY quick.
-Prompt Fills. All The Prompt Fills I haven’t posted.
-Eclaris angst
-more of the Thunderblink Family AU, especially the running-from-HQ story
-an update for the Tracklight and Thunderblink fic where James and Ali screwed up and Ali is sort of dying while James freaks out??
-starting the Clarice’s Foster Siblings series off by going canon-divergent from episode 9 onward. Starting with Norah and Riley hanging out (yeah, Riley is in this one toooo) and the Trask operation going differently so they’re also rescuing Chloe’s daughter.
-plus other stuff
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I have a silly need to write an AU Thunderblink Christmas fic that is Hallmark level fluffiness.
Like they used to be high school sweethearts and then they broke up, but now they’re both back in town for Christmas and they somehow get sucked in to being a part of the town Christmas play and the parade and all these tiny small town USA Christmas traditions and so they keep getting thrown together and old feelings start stirring...
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So tired, y’all... I’ll have to post the rest of my updates and fic starts and prompt fills tomorrow. It’s been a long day. ❤️❤️❤️ also, I’ve posted a few things about prompts for this next week and New Years, totally still taking those. Dropping one of the prompts from the list or an original New Years prompt into my ask for me to write would be AWESOME. I’m writing for Thunderblink, Eclaris, and Tracklight. I’ve got a couple requests so far and I am excited!! 😄 I’m mostly finished with the prompts I have, I just need to post them all tomorrow. 💕 I have a ton of time this upcoming week so I should be able to write a lot. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!
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Writing Update
Okay, so I’m finishing up the New Years prompts that I haven’t gotten to yet and finishing up some older prompts and suggestions! I won’t ask for any more prompts until I finish the ones in my inbox, promise. ^_^ I’ll probably put up another hurt/comfort prompt request or maybe one for some Thunderblink family stuff, so yeah, that’s on the way!! New Years Resolution is to finish every story I start and finish the old in progress ones, so yeah, lots of writing! Here are some of the fics I hope to update this week and stories I’m hoping to write this week and next week:
Trust Fall (John basically rescues Riley and gets her to trust him)
Come Running Back (James and Ali screwed up BIG TIME)
Take My Hand (Thunderblink Family on the run)
Mostly (Poor John...)
Let Your Heart Be Light (The Christmas fic!! haha, even if it’s post Christmas...)
In Another Life (the Single Dad! John fic)
Pacific Rim AU (which is totally going to be titled Drift Compatible, btw)
The Thunderblink Spy AU (with spy!/bodyguard!John and asset!/hacker!Clarice)
Miss Congeniality Eclaris AU (with a bit of Thunderblink on the side)
AU where John is captured by Sentinel Services and he and Clarice meet while they’re both held captive (they find Chloe’s baby!)
Clarice’s Foster Siblings AU START!!! Finally...canon divergent after episode 8
Lots of Resistance AU stuff, like Lorna joining the Underground in the Resistance AU, Clarice helping Ali pierce her ears in the Resistance AU, Clarice finding Zingo, a long fic about a mutant-targeting disease, Clarice and John finding out that Clarice is pregnant (this series is allll over the place timeline wise! one day i’ll make a post about the timeline and keep it update)
Thunderblink Family ficlets
Modern No Powers AU backstory stuff, because they’re so HAPPY back then!! And I like Westchester, and it’s just a fluffy AU.
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Writing Update
Okay! Sorry I haven’t been super prolific this week, the episode sort of threw me off. But this weekend is going to be dedicated to writing. It might take most of the weekend, but I plan on getting all of this done.
I have about 26 Thunderblink/Eclaris/Tracklight prompts to either edit and finish writing. lol, some people asked for multiples, which is fine! It’s just taking me a bit to get through them. I’m probably going to put up one more prompt list and take at least 4 more prompts because I like counting by 10s.
I intend to update, start, or begin all of the following:
Randoms
-Single Dad John Update
-Christmas Fic 2
-aftermath of last episode (possibly
That One AU aka Resistance AU
-John, Marcos, and James find the bank
-Clarice joins the Underground
-Underground rescues Ali
-Shelf Elf 2
-Christmas at the Underground 1st year
-James and Ali building a blanket fort for Norah
-Thunderblink mini-marriage (that’s right, I’m going to let them be married)
-meeting Lorna aka the fic where Marcos falls head over heels on sight
-James and Ali infiltrate Empower Academy
Clarice’s Foster Siblings aka Rescue AU
-John Rescues Riley 3
-Norah and Riley hanging out with Clarice
-Riley standing up for Norah
-Riley, Norah, and Clarice comforting John
-multi-part rewrite of the last episode with them rescuing Chloe’s baby
-Remy shows up at HQ
Thunderblink Family AU
-JD getting captured fic
-aftermath of JD’s capture / finding out Clarice is pregnant with Hope fic
-HQ Raid Thunderblink Family
-Hiking Pt. 2
-Come Running Back (the James and Ali made a mistake fic) update
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I’ve got work to do this morning and afternoon, but this evening I should be able to write! I have about seven Thunderblink prompts to work on and finish up (feel free to send more if you see my dialogue prompt post and want to send a number), then the start for the Christmas fic, then updates to a few chapters of my other stuff, plus the start to some of my Clarice’s Foster Siblings AU stuff.
I also sort of want to do a few ficlets about some of the background characters like Harry, Shatter and Sage (sorry, Sonia, probably not you), and maybe a piece about how my OC Riley ended up in a sideshow, because it wasn’t actually her real parents who put her there. She has a complicated backstory, lol.
This will probably wind up spanning today and tomorrow, but yeah… all the fanfics? Sorry for spamming the tags with stories!!! I can’t really do art or gif sets or anything nifty like that. I just contribute through writing. I try screencaps sometimes! And sometimes I try fic-inspired photo sets but that’s about it… 🙃
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All right, I have most of these prompts halfway finished, so I’ll be posting them tomorrow, along with the next chapter of Trust Fall and the first chapter of the Thunderblink AU Christmas fic. ^_^
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