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WHO: Sort of open. This is for of Themyscira-Zatara Family & friends.
WHERE: Diana and Zee's place and elsewhere.
WHEN: Throughout December.
WARNINGS: Enough of them.
SUMMARY: Cute winter holiday stuff. Please specify in the subject line if your threads are open or closed (and if they are closed, to which people).
FORMAT: Whatever you feel like.

[Come December first, Zatanna's already done a number on the house. Mostly in that she has finally relinquished her death-grip on the spooky Halloween mansion that it had been for Halloween (that had morphed into Thankschilling Day).

By the eighth, she has given up on normalcy and forced snow upon the house itself and the front and backyards; it is natural and cold and wet to the touch. More importantly, it's clean. It doesn't melt much or get sloshy and muddy. The forest she'd created for Halloween remains, though not overgrown. The air is sweet with the smell of pine, but not thickly so. She's cleared it out a little, made it easier to navigate. There is now plenty of room for building snow people and snow forts, in addition to the occasional snowball fight.

The inside of the house no longer (quite as) spooky. The fireplace in the living room seems to permanently be full of logs and remains lit even when no one is home. Halfway through the month, a pine tree also appears, growing through some dimensional wormhole so it remains real without having to cut one down. The dining room has a warm glow from candles and wall sconces and the kitchen seems to always have some wonderful smell wafting from it.

There is a fat orange Persian walking around, dressed as a reindeer. It doesn't seem perturbed by its costume and appears quite content, although trying to curl up and sleep almost anywhere in between desired pettings. Hermes has become more mellowed out since Halloween (and much larger, too) and only wears antlers on his head. Teekl and Gabranth declined to join the festivities.

This holiday season is going to be good. Or, hopefully at least much better than last year's.]

► OPEN: COOKIES FOR ME, COOKIES FOR FREE (ZATANNA).
► CLOSED: VESPER & ZATANNA.
► OPEN: ROASTING MARSHMALLOWS (APRIL).
► OPEN: AWKWARD SOCIALIZATION (GIL).
► OPEN: EXTREME MANLINESS CHALLENGE (JAMES)!!!
► OPEN: S'NO PROBLEM (TEREZI).
► OPEN: CUTE CHRISTMAS SWEATER PART II: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO (MOLLY).
► OPEN: HOW DO I SECRET IDENTITY? LOL (WALLY).
► OPEN: PRETTY MUCH JUST A FUN-HATER (MITCH).
► OPEN: SNEAKY SANTA (HAN).
► OPEN: A LOT LESS OF A FUN-HATER, APPARENTLY (BRADBURY).
► OPEN: THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR PIE (NED).

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[ He snatches another, too fast to see and more importantly too fast to stop. And he talks with his mouth full. ]

How many of these you got? I don't want to eat 'em all but I tell ya my stomach is bottomless.

[Wow she would offer them to him if he gave her a chance!! But just taking them is alright too, especially if she... can't see him do it. Molly manages to set the platter of cookies down on the counter after he's taken another one, and she turns to face him properly, trying not to stare at his, well. Bodysuit thing.]

Um, just these ones here...

I'll save the rest for the others then. Thanks a lot!

[ Finally, after he's finished talking, he swallows. ]

[Of course, she isn't going to comment on his bad manners.]

You're welcome, um... I don't think I know your name.

[ It's for the best, really. ]

The Flash. Fastest Man Alive.

[A beat. Then a smile.]

Well then, it's nice to meet you, Flash. I'm Molly.

[She sticks out her hand for a shake like the polite person she is.]

[ He shakes her hand quite vigorously, and without much thought to a secret identity. ]

Same to you, Molly. You make fantastic cookies.

[Oh wow that's quite a handshake! Like an overeager intern (she's been one of those, she knows what it feels like). And at the misguided compliment, her cheeks go pink.]

Thank you, but I didn't make these. I-I bought them on the way here. I'm afraid I'm not much one for baking.

Well in that case you have great taste in cookies! [ He is never discouraged.

Never. ]

[No don't he'll only encourage her.]

You think so? I wasn't sure what other people would like so I just got my favorites...

They're awesome! [ He shoves another into his mouth. He's incorrigible. ]

Which grocery store did you get 'em at? I may pick some up on my way home.

[Oh man.] I'm glad you like them! And just a place off [some street and some store name].

Hey, I know where that is! [ He knows where everything is. That happens when you travel as fast as he does. ]

Sweet. I know what I'm doing on the way home.

[Molly does not. It is on the route she takes to and from work haha.]

Really, you think they're that good? [Hopeful.]

They're not bad, and I can tell ya lady I eat a lot.

[Oh no she can't stop grinning.]

I sort of guessed as much!

[ Yay! He likes making people happy. ]

You better get those to the rest of the party before they're all gone.

[ There goes another one. ]

[He is doing an excellent job.]

Well, I can leave a few for you, if you'd like.

You don't have to do that. They'd be gone pretty fast anyway.

But you'd still be eating them, which would be the point of giving them to you.

That is an excellent point. And since you insist it would be rude of me to refuse!

[She laughs, and grabs one of those tiny paper dessert plates so she can scoot a few more cookies on to it for him. There are only about half the original number left now.]

There! Problem solved.

Sweet! You're the best. I'll try to make 'em last.

[ More than. Five minutes. Five minutes would be pretty impressive. ]

[Oh you flatterer.]

You're more than welcome!