“Friendsgiving.”
Chris looked up from his maple bacon donut at Zach who stood next to the counter where Chris leaned against eating his donut and sipping his espresso. “What?”
“Why don’t you do a Friendsgiving?”
“Why would I?”
“To have a big turkey feast with your friends.”
Chris shook his head. “Just come to my parents for Thanksgiving.”
Zach sighed. He turned away to nuke his coffee which had cooled after he put tons of cream in it. Chris had teased him about it.
“I won’t be here for Thanksgiving. Which is why I want you to host a Friendsgiving.”
Chris frowned. “Where will you be?”
“Back to New York.”
“Well.” Chris paused to take a bite of his donut. He needed a moment to deal with Zach leaving again. “When are you returning?”
“The Monday before Thanksgiving. I’m hoping to beat some of the crowds.”
“When would I do Friendsgiving then?”
“Saturday before. I just think it would be nice. All of us. You, me, our friends. Turkey, stuffing, pies.” Zach smiled. “I’d help of course.”
“Damn straight you’d help.” Chris made a face.
“What’s wrong, Christopher? You like to entertain.”
“Just bummed you’re leaving I guess.” He avoided Zach’s gaze.
“Hey.” Zach put his hand on Chris’ arm to draw his attention back to him. “I always come back.”
“Yeah.”
Zach put his hand on Chris’ jaw. “To you. It’s always back to you.”
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25 responses to “Flash Fic, November 11, 2022”
Awww. This is super cute and that ending made my heart melt. Nicely done!!
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thanks 🙂
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I clenched….
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🙂
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Well, I have to admit you lost me there for a few seconds at maple bacon donut. I mean, what could be better???? I’ve never had one of course. Didn’t know anyone had. Still, that’s gotta be a GREAT invention.
And then, I realized that I read Jim as Chris and Spock as Zach anyway all the time, even when nobody MEANS it that way.
So it didn’t even click in my head that this was PINTO for like 20 seconds!
And then I KNEW what could be better! PINTO anything!
So I, of course, am a very happy happy girl! Yay!
Apparently, I always go back to them too!
But nothing has smacked me in the face before like this. I had my suspicions about myself. But seriously I read right through the name “Chris” and saw Jim.
Hmmmmm. I need therapy.
HEY – I know a good therapist! I just need a 2000 mile trip and a few hundred $$ to get in to see her!
(For others, that would be Chris’ sister, who actually ADVERTISES near you under her own name!) (Which to me would be soooooo scary!)
Anyway – you made my Friday soooo much better already!
Thank you for a PINTO Friendsgiving.
(And Z, quit running off back to NY, will ya? C may not tell you, but he really DOES need you. Always.)
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Well you know I included Pinto just for you!
I’ve seen chef’s make a maple bacon donut that’s where I got that from LOL so it’s real!!
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Thank you!!! 🥰❤️😊😘😋🤗🖖
(That’s ‘thank you’ in Vulcan if it works. If not, it’s just …art.)
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it’s cute at least!
And I deleted the others
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GRRRR – so NOTHING works for me to post just an image here. Gif – yes. And that last way I tried is what works for a gif. But NOT an image. That makes no sense!
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WP is not particularly user friendly unless you want to pay massive amounts of money to get all the extra stuff
I do not!
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Nor should you!
Nor should we! (I just like to mess around with images, as you know – but they truly serve no purpose but a few seconds’ amusement! Definitely NOT worth $$)
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(The thing that drives me cra-zier is that it USED to work. Then one day – no more!)
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AND WTH IS THAT HUGE MISPRINT that got the wrong Chris name for Sexiest Man Alive or whatever the heck that thing is? WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? Chris Pine has been the sexiest man alive for going on – what, about 22 years now, right?
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Indeed!
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They obviously have no real appreciation for beauty !
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Exactly!
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Friendsgivings are always fun 🙂
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Oh – while I’m blathering all over the place, may I please request a Consuming Me Christmas thingy somewhere in your December flashes?
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Yep I am taking requests.
Keep in mind I am PROBABLY only doing MWF in December rather than an every day thing (for my sanity such as it is LOL)
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Well, I mean, we had a good run. 2 years of every day Christmas (advent calendar) flashes, with an everyday post of one running fic. That’s 3 years in a row of covering every day, at least 1-25. So hey, I enjoyed the heck out of those 3 years. I can force myself to handle a previously-normal December M-W-F thing again.
I think I know therapists will talk with me on Zoom, right?
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They DO have those therapists! Ha
Yeah to be honest I am struggling with that last prompt for the Advent Calendar. I hope I can get it done but I only have a week and it’s not going well and I have one more November flash to write, I might need the therapy too LOL
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I say, screw that last one. Totally. In your brain, it’s gone.
Because I absolutely guarantee you, by Wednesday night you’ll wake up in the middle of the night with an idea for it that will BURN A HOLE IN YOUR BRAIN until you get it written. You won’t be able to NOT write it.
That’s how your brain works, isn’t it???
Take the pressure off.
And then your brain says Thanks.
And then 3 days later it says, hey, you were kidding weren’t you? Hey? HEY? H E Y??? SIT DOWN AT YOUR COMPUTER RIGHT NOW!!!
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Well I did start at it at least so we will see
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And therapists are like doctors with confidentiality, right? And they’re not allowed to be judgmental, right?
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Quite true!
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