Christmas under siege.
This idea stared out as a one shot of the Cain family when Jeb was small, but sort of snowballed on me. Its about the first Christmas after the Mirror scene/ Ambrose flashback.
The first Christmas under the witches full reign Tin man belongs to Sci-fi and all those uber cool people The song is Christmas 1915 By Cormac MacConnell and the version I found is by Celtic Thunder. I highly recommend it but I warn you, it could make you cry
Silent night no cannons roar
Jeb sat by the fire, carefully stringing the tree. Popcorn cranberry,popcorn,cranberry, an endless chain. Something normal and consistent when nearly nothing else was. Jeb had lived his entire life in Central city, with his father by the fire every night. Now he and his mother were tucked away on the edge of Munchkinland, while Wyatt was off in the city doing missions for the resistance.
"Mother? When will things go back to how they were?" He asked,not looking up from his work.
"Soon dearest, soon." Adora smiled to her small son.
He nodded. He didn't believe it, and knew she didn't either. But each would pretend they did, for the sake of the other.
The fire crackled and the silence stretched. Popcorn cranberry,popcorn,cranberry popcorn cranberry,popcorn,cranberry.
"Will we have cookies this year"
"Only gingerbread this year,I'm afraid"
"But those are my favorite" Jeb smiled. He set down his string and joined his mother at the window.
"Look at all the never see this many stars in the city Mother. Just think,when the fire burns low, all the stars will glint off the tree and the ornaments will glow. this is going to be a great Christmas."
Adora smiled and patted her sons head. As she started for the kitchen, she heard him murmur an old,overlooked Christmas song
"Silent night no cannons roar"