A/N: I don't own Skul or Val. Val is in her 20s, I guess. Um, this idea came to me on the bus and I'm really, extremely, truly sorry? No, I'm not, mwhahahaha. Again, I love Val to bits, and this is soooo wrong, but yeah. That's me. There be spoilers ahead.
Valkyrie couldn't believe it. Skulduggery had invited her to his house on Christmas Day to pick up her gift. And he never did that. They always exchanged gifts at the pier. So she wondered as she drove over what it could possibly be, visions of her very own Bentley dancing in her head.
Skulduggery met her at the door and hugged her briefly, then tilted his head in a smile. "I was feeling rather festive this year, so I got you two gifts. Do you have mine?" He rubbed his gloved hands together in eager anticipation and Valkyrie handed him the rather obvious gift of cologne. But it was in a skull-shaped bottle so she knew she'd get bonus points for that.
They went into one of the living rooms and Valkyrie saw the two packages waiting for her. "You know how I never give gifts after the holiday?" He asked and Valkyrie nodded, eager to tear into them. The green box is an old gift, but it still counts." Valkyrie tore into the wrapping, eager to see what he'd gotten her. And she came up with a dog collar.
A black leather dog collar studded with metal spikes big enough to fit her and Valkyrie looked at Skulduggery. "What is this?" She asked, holding the collar in one hand and feeling her temper rise.
"A dog collar. For you, my little puppy, so we can remember the good times when you used to follow me around." Valkyrie glared at Skulduggery and tore into her second gift. A black leather leash and a muzzle. "You better run, bonehead!" She roared as she got up, snapping her fingers and gathering flames in both hands.
Skulduggery laughed. "Want to try them on?" He offered and Valkyrie was chasing him with a roar, lobbing fireballs at him and the two friends couldn't have been happier.
And just think, I don't have to be on drugs to write this way. Unless you count caffeine, then yes, yes I am.