Prompt: Stocking Fillers

Inspired By: "There's always an orange in a stocking, and chocolate coins, and a sugar mouse. Everyone knows that." Martin Crieff, Cabin Pressure, Molokai (Christmas Special 2010).

Pairings: Sally Donovan/Anthea

Word Count: 221 (excluding headers and footnotes)


Sally was dividing up the goodies that they'd bought into equal piles for her nieces and nephews. Each child had an orange and a walnut, and now Sally was trying to remember GCSE Maths lessons by dividing fifty by seven. Fifty by seven doesn't go fully, so it's seven remainder one. Therefore they have seven chocolate coins each.

"Heads or tails?" Anthea balanced the spare coin on her thumb. She was knitting the stockings herself because she enjoyed knitting, and because it made the gifts more personal. "Go on," she urged. "Pick one."

Sally conceded, "Heads."

The chocolate disc was propelled into the air, landing back in Anthea's hand. She slapped it onto the back of her other hand. Her eyes twinkled mischievously as she slowly moved her hand. "It's tails. You lose."

"I lose what?" Sally asked, sprawling on her front to poke the piles some more. "That one's for you, by the way."

"Because you only like white chocolate," Anthea bit down and let the chocolate taste disperse across her tongue. "Anyway, you have to accompany me to the office party."

Sally grinned. "I'm already coming." She placed a small box in each collection of treats, "How are those stockings coming, Bubbles?"

"Almost as cute as those sugar mice," Anthea held up a stocking with green and red bands.


This might be a good point to tell you all that I've only got up to day 16 written, so there may be delays on the horizon. I am working on them though. I have a half-written drabble still in its first draft in my notebook and I'm writing it in my free periods between lessons.

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