Hello! Back for a new year- and possibly the final year! When I started this it was my freshman year of college, I'm now in my Senior year. I've successfully done the 12 days of Christmas for two years and I'm going to try my hardest to keep up with this year as well. Last year was a bad year for motivation, it was a bad year in general, but I'm hoping to make it through this year since it might be my last, not as a fanfiction writer but as a college student doing crazy challenges and the like.
I'm very, very excited to tackle these stories and these fandoms. I hope you enjoy this year's contribution and that maybe you're motivated to go back and read the previous year's Christmas fics.
This is the spiritual successor to Men Out Of Time, which you can and should read especially since I just finished it! I know I'm one of a very small number of people who write this ship but who cares? Merry Christmas!
Dec 14th- Black Panther
Dec 15th- Ducktales
Dec 16th- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Dec 17th- Gravity Falls
Dec 18th- Over The Garden Wall
Dec 19th- Legally Blonde Musical
Dec 20th- Kid Cosmic
Dec 21st- Falcon and The Winter Soldier
Dec 22nd- Big Hero 6
Dec 23rd- Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Dec 24th- Percy Jackson
Dec 25th- Teen Titans
Deke had an elaborate musical number, Daniel had a well-polished speech, and Daisy had a box and prayer.
This was the first Christmas they were spending together on earth as lovers. Each one, independent of the other two, had something very special planned for this momentous occasion. Each one was going to be very surprised when their plans came to fruition.
Days got jumbled in space, time was what you made of it. What they'd made of it was a passionate love connection, the three of them (Plus Kora) against the world. But now that they were back down on earth they followed the laws of gravity and time and experienced holidays like everyone else. On earth, they were just like everyone else.
Except for the fact that Daisy was an inhuman and her two lovers were men ripped from their own timelines mere minutes away from death. Second chances like the one they had together didn't come around every day so all three of them wanted to make sure this thing was at least semi-permanent. Which is why each one of them planned on proposing to the other two on Christmas Eve.
"Why not Christmas Day?" Mack had asked Deke when they were ring shopping together. Deke had already preemptively asked Mack to be his best man, so sure that his partners were going to say yes.
"Too predictable, too public. We're spending Christmas morning with my family, I don't want to have to propose in front of my grandparents and the child version of my mom."
"Point taken. Are you really sure you have to sing All I Want For Christmas Is You, though?"
"That was my main idea but I guess I could try something a little more laid back. I could sing that Justin Bieber song- isn't that one romantic?"
"I think maybe less singing, more proposing is the way to go."
While Mack was giving Deke some much-needed advice, Sousa was trying a different approach, approaching FitzSimmons for their blessing to propose to Deke.
"Are you sure you want him?" Fitz asked, "Because he's a piece of work."
"I know sir, but, respectfully, he's my piece of work."
"Of course you have our blessing, Daniel," Jemma said, glaring at Fitz.
"Thank you, ma'am, I mean, Jemma, er, nana, er-"
"Jemma is fine. Fitz, give Daniel your blessing." She nudged her husband a little.
"Yeah, knock yourself out. But we won't judge you if you change your mind."
"Fitz!"
"I'm just being honest!"
"Are you going to propose on Christmas?" Jemma asked.
"Christmas Eve. I just want it to be a special, quiet moment with the two of them, I hope you understand."
That Fitz understood, "You clearly love them. I think you three will be very happy together."
"Thank you, sir, I think so too."
Daisy didn't feel the need for permission but she did want a little parental advice. So she dialed up May and hoped she'd get through.
"You've been married before, help me," She begged.
"I cannot help you, in that scenario. Polyamory is unfamiliar territory for me and I didn't propose to Andrew."
"Yeah, but you could have!"
"Of course I could have. I didn't even know what I wanted back then. I hurt him in ways he never deserved…"
"May?"
"I'm fine. Just… Get your boys alone, get down on one knee, standard stuff."
Deke had had a song, Daniel had had a speech, and Daisy had had a prayer. But when the moment came, they were left with their boxes, staring at each other from their spots down on one knee.
"Why are we all kneeling?" Deke asked when his brain started working again, "And why are we all holding boxes?"
"Can I guess what's in those boxes?" Daniel asked.
Daisy opened hers, revealing two sparkling gold rings, "I was going to propose. I guess I'm not that unique."
In turn, Daniel and Deke revealed their own golden bands and Daisy burst out laughing until tears streamed down her face.
"So that's a yes then?" Deke joked.
"I don't think anyone's actually asked the question," Daniel said.
They exchanged a look and then three voices at once practically screamed, "WILL YOU MARRY ME?!" Destroying any chance at a quiet moment.
The question posed, they held their breath and waited for someone to speak the obvious answer into existence. They were still kneeling like children until Daniel stood up.
"This is kind of ridiculous, my loves, of course I'll marry you." He helped Deke and Daisy to their feet and the next few minutes were spent pressed up against each other under the mistletoe. The six golden rings were forgotten on the floor for the rest of Christmas Eve but come Christmas morning they'd have an unsurprising announcement to share with their loved ones. Tonight, it was enough to be together, in private and in love.