Prompt: Squirrels and "hoarders"

Pairings: Gen

Content Warnings: N/A


Chapter 5: Well, MAYBE the Best Man shouldn't have been so careless with the rings and this wouldn't have happened in the first place


Edmund strained, stretching his fingers as far as they would go to tap a knock at the little door that someone had put over the tree's hollow. "Look, I know you're quite taken with it, but you must give me that ring back."

"No," the little squirrel shrieked back, safely tucked behind the door, "I shan't!"

"Bloody squirrels," he muttered, trying to restrain himself from just pounding on the tree with his fist. "How's anyone supposed to get married around here when the squirrels steal the engagement ring from the Best Man?"