Home for the Holidays

by astudyinfic

James Bond and Q have three children, a home and a happy life that neither of them could have imagined. And now that it's the holidays, the five of them are ready to truly celebrate. Set in the same universe as "Blood is Thicker Than Water". Covering the family of five over the 25 days leading up to Christmas (all the prompts can be found on my tumblr blog).

21. Snowman

While on their holiday in the Alps, the kids had one request on top of the other activities the family had planned. They had never seen so much snow in one place in their lives and having grown up watching every holiday special they could on telly, they wanted to make a snowman.

It was Harry's idea at first, but the other two jumped at the idea, throwing out ideas for how they wanted to decorate the snowman. Abby wanted a purple scarf and a sun hat (an idea quickly thrown out because no one knew where they would be able to find a sun hat in Switzerland in December). Charley wanted a traditional snowman with a carrot nose and a top hat. James vetoed the top hat since he was the only one in the family who owned one and he preferred not to have it sitting on snow all day. Harry didn't really care how he was decorated, only that every part of his body was perfectly formed.

Having never built one before, the kids recruited James and Q to help them. The five of them spent over an hour, rolling the snow into the perfect shapes and stacking them one on top of another. By the time they were finished, Harry was pleased to see it was indeed exactly the way he wanted it – as tall as both his fathers, solid and wonderful.

When it came to decorating, he had no interest in that so he went inside with Q to get the carrot his brother and sister both agreed had to be included. Then, Q made them each a cup of tea and together they worked on some puzzles while the rest of the family finished the snowman.

"PAPA! HARRY! COME SEE!" Abby's voice carried through the chalet and the two put their coats back on to see what they had done.

Harry's eyes were wide as he looked on the snowman and Q couldn't help but laugh. "So using your things isn't acceptable, but mine are okay?" he asked James through his giggles. The snowman had no hat but wore a stylish cardigan and a tie. The glasses, though, were the best part and Q had no idea where they had found them.

"It's a snow Papa!" Abby laughed, wrapping her arms around Q's legs, who hugged her in return.

"Almost as good as the real thing," James added. "Though much rounder, don't you think?"