Title: The Joy of Giving
Author: Arderyd
Rating: PG-13 (only one instance of mildly sharp language, but I do 'threaten Santa')
Fandom/Pairing: Moonlight BFFs Mick St John & Josef Kostantin
Disclaimer: The following productions & characters are not associated with me: CBS, Moonlight: the series & its creators. Alex O'Loughlin and Jason Dohring don't belong to me. Do not archive or repost without contacting me. Story © 2007 D. M. Cotto.
Spoilers: None that I know of.
Summary: A little Christmas ficlet.
Feedback/Flames: Yes please. / Keep them to yourself.
Beta/Editors: Ariadne Elise & Diana-- thanks!
A/N: This was just a little stress reliever on a really awful day in the office.
The Joy of Giving
By: Arderyd
"I hate you."
"Where's your Christmas spirit?"
"There are not enough words, in every language I know, to sufficiently describe how much I hate you right now."
"What do you have against the mall?"
"It's retail," he growled.
"You are a snob, Josef."
"Yes. It's called good taste. How can you shop here?"
"These are high end stores! Saks, Neiman Marcus!"
"I wouldn't be caught dead…"
"Well technically you are here and you are dead so…"
"Shut up!"
"Look let me just get this gift for Beth and we can leave."
"Hurry up, or I'm having Santa for dinner!"
"You know it's supposed to be the season of joy and merriment."
"I don't see you moving to get the gift, Mick."
"Josef, you're a Grinch."
"Go get the damn gift!"
"Ok! Ok!"
"Mick, we've been in line for over 20 minutes."
"It's the holiday season. The store is crowded. It's moving fast enough"
"Mick, I've decided that I will kill you."
"What?"
"There's no other choice. You are torturing me after all. And my suit is ruined, thanks to that blubbering child with the sticky hands! Where was its mother, may I ask?"
"She apologized and offered to pay the dry-cleaning!"
"Unnecessary. The suit is spoiled, ruined and contaminated from this place. I'm burning it as soon as I get home. And I'm billing you what it cost."
"How is that fair?"
"You made me come. You tricked me! Inviting me to dinner, unless of course you meant for me to lose my mind and start chomping away."
"I'll still take you to dinner! Just as soon as I pay for this we'll be on our way."
Josef was quiet for five whole minutes then…
"I can't believe you are getting her a Christmas gift from the mall."
"What's wrong with that?"
"It's so generic! Where's the thoughtfulness and uniqueness? How's this going to impress?"
"Impress? There is no need to impress. Beth and I are just friends."
"Right, in that case, couldn't you have been a normal little vampire and just got it through Amazon? Or any site online."
"I wanted to show some effort."
"Then why am I here?!"
"I hate coming to the mall alone."
"I hate you."