p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"strongSo I've decided to do a series of AUs leading up to Christmas. Each one will focus on a different couple/set of characters, but if you like a particular chapter, let me know and I'll try to incorporate that pairing again (Because I totally don't have enough different pairings for this at the moment). I'm going to put the prompt/pairing at the beginning of each chapter so you can skip some if you want./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"strongPrompt: I'm really tall but I work as one of Santa's elves in the mall and a kid asked me if I was a giraffe and you heard and now you're cracking up/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"strongCouple: Liam Jones/Elsa/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Normally Liam Jones liked his job. Not so much in December./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"He worked in the local mall, which was a nice, normal job eleven months of the year. But in the month of December, it turned into hell. The crowds and irritated customers was only made worse by the fact that he had to take shifts as one of Santa's elves./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Liam stood in his elf costume next to Santa's chair. He tried to look jolly, even though he'd rather be anywhere else in the world. He handed out candy canes to the kids when they were done talking to Santa. After a few hours, one of the guards announced that Santa and his elves would be taking a break. Liam sighed in relief; he was really hungry. "Time for the food court." he thought to himself./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Liam was waiting in line for his burger, still in the elf costume. He felt something slamming into his leg. When he looked down, there was a small boy. He looked up. "Sorry mister." He said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""It's alright lad." Liam noticed that the boy was still staring at him. "Is there anything else?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Mister, are you a giraffe?" The boy asked. Liam stood there speechless. Behind him, he heard uncontrolled giggling. He turned around to see a young woman in blue laughing as she watched the exchange./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""What makes you say that?" Liam turned back to the little boy./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"The boy shrugged. "You're really tall. And you're wearing yellow. Are you a giraffe?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Liam could finally form a complete sentence. "No, I'm not a giraffe. I'm an elf."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""You're not an elf. Elves are short!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Well I ate all my vegetables as a child." Liam deadpanned. He noticed out of the corner of his eye that the woman was still laughing. A man came up and took the little boy's hand./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Sorry sir, I hope he didn't bother you too much." The man apologized./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""No problem. Have a good holiday."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Merry Christmas Mister!" The boy walked away. Liam shook his head. Kids could be so weird sometimes. Meanwhile the woman in blue was still cracking up. Even Liam had to chuckle./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Something funny, miss?" Liam raised an eyebrow. The woman looked up and caught her breath./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""I'm sorry. That was just really funny." She blushed./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Don't apologize." He smiled, extending a hand. "I'm Liam."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Elsa" She shook his hand. "So do you always dress like this?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""You don't think it's a good look?" Liam teased. Elsa blushed some more. "I'm one of Santa's helpers at the mall here. It's my break."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Cheeseburger, fries, and chocolate shake?" A shout came from the food counter. Both Liam and Elsa started walking forward./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""That's my order." Liam said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""No, it's mine." Another tray was brought to the counter with the exact same food on it. "Ok, maybe not."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Here," Liam handed her one of the trays before taking his own./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Thank you." She smiled shyly. They stood there looking at each other for a moment./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Liam cleared his throat. "Well, I guess I should let you get back to your shopping. I'll see you-" He started walking away./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Hey Liam?" Elsa stopped him. "Would you like to have lunch with me?" She asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Liam grinned. "I'd love to."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"strongPrompt: I'm really tall but I work as one of Santa's elves in the mall and a kid asked me if I was a giraffe and you heard and now you're cracking up/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"strongCouple: Liam Jones/Elsa/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Normally Liam Jones liked his job. Not so much in December./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"He worked in the local mall, which was a nice, normal job eleven months of the year. But in the month of December, it turned into hell. The crowds and irritated customers was only made worse by the fact that he had to take shifts as one of Santa's elves./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Liam stood in his elf costume next to Santa's chair. He tried to look jolly, even though he'd rather be anywhere else in the world. He handed out candy canes to the kids when they were done talking to Santa. After a few hours, one of the guards announced that Santa and his elves would be taking a break. Liam sighed in relief; he was really hungry. "Time for the food court." he thought to himself./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Liam was waiting in line for his burger, still in the elf costume. He felt something slamming into his leg. When he looked down, there was a small boy. He looked up. "Sorry mister." He said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""It's alright lad." Liam noticed that the boy was still staring at him. "Is there anything else?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Mister, are you a giraffe?" The boy asked. Liam stood there speechless. Behind him, he heard uncontrolled giggling. He turned around to see a young woman in blue laughing as she watched the exchange./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""What makes you say that?" Liam turned back to the little boy./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"The boy shrugged. "You're really tall. And you're wearing yellow. Are you a giraffe?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Liam could finally form a complete sentence. "No, I'm not a giraffe. I'm an elf."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""You're not an elf. Elves are short!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Well I ate all my vegetables as a child." Liam deadpanned. He noticed out of the corner of his eye that the woman was still laughing. A man came up and took the little boy's hand./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Sorry sir, I hope he didn't bother you too much." The man apologized./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""No problem. Have a good holiday."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Merry Christmas Mister!" The boy walked away. Liam shook his head. Kids could be so weird sometimes. Meanwhile the woman in blue was still cracking up. Even Liam had to chuckle./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Something funny, miss?" Liam raised an eyebrow. The woman looked up and caught her breath./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""I'm sorry. That was just really funny." She blushed./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Don't apologize." He smiled, extending a hand. "I'm Liam."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Elsa" She shook his hand. "So do you always dress like this?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""You don't think it's a good look?" Liam teased. Elsa blushed some more. "I'm one of Santa's helpers at the mall here. It's my break."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Cheeseburger, fries, and chocolate shake?" A shout came from the food counter. Both Liam and Elsa started walking forward./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""That's my order." Liam said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""No, it's mine." Another tray was brought to the counter with the exact same food on it. "Ok, maybe not."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Here," Liam handed her one of the trays before taking his own./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Thank you." She smiled shyly. They stood there looking at each other for a moment./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Liam cleared his throat. "Well, I guess I should let you get back to your shopping. I'll see you-" He started walking away./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;""Hey Liam?" Elsa stopped him. "Would you like to have lunch with me?" She asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11px;"Liam grinned. "I'd love to."/p