#Give Billy Batson back his inheritance money 2023

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A Christmas Carol like/type of fic for Billy Batson

You would expect him to love and adore the festive holiday, right? But remember, Billy Batson is a homeless child who doesn't have a family or home for the holidays to celebrate in. He doesn't get presents, a warm bed or nice meals like everyone else does, and probably hasn't for several years despite being a kid. Maybe he's a little bitter that he can't be the kid he used to be

Maybe in the Watchtower the JL is hosting a small holiday party and when someone (The Flash) asks Captain Marvel if he's having a fun time, he lies with a great big smile. But when he walks away into another room, he mutters under his breath that he actually dislikes the holiday a lot, and much to his dismay, Superman accidentally overhears it. Thus immediately begins a surge of rumors spreading like wildfire though the Watchtower about how odd that is the learn about CM.

Slowly each of the members try and bring out the holiday spirit in CM over the next couple of days before Christmas, and CM, who keeps trying to deny his dislike for the holiday, has to just sit down and begrudgingly tell them why he doesn't like the well celebrated and popular holiday (while hiding that he's Billy Batson) and earns so much sympathy and words of encouragement from the others

Superman even offers to invite him over for the holidays, but CM refuses, says maybe another time

That year he spends another Christmas doing patrol and maintaining the Rock of Eternity, but by next year, Billy Batson finally gets to celebrate with the League and the Kent family, finally getting a chance to be a kid, just for a day