#I know this doesn't SOUND like the beeeeest?? relationship

[twistedwonderlandshenanigans]

December Drabbles

Prompt 17: Snow boots Characters: Cheka, Leona, and Viz (OC) --------------------------------------------------------------- "Can I talk to Unca? Pleeease! Pleeease I really gotta show him my new sh- boots!" Leona grumbled pre-emptively. Hearing Cheka's voice meant one of two things. Vizzie had consensually kidnapped the child, or she was on a video call with him. Neither were ideal for Leona's plans. His plans to stay in bed and lay uninterrupted all day. Although he found Cheka slightly more tolerable now than he had before, he knew Vizzie's insistence on "exposure therapy" was bullshit - she just wanted to babysit somebody and his nephew for some reason, was her go-to. Probably because it usually got him out of bed...which...usually resulted in exercise in some capacity...which...also often made him feel less shitty, but that was besides the point! "I actually think he's napping right now." Oh thank the seven "But he can see your boots when we take you sledding, ok?" You little fucker Cheka squealed with joy at the idea. After a few more minutes of conversation that Leona blocked out, Viz knocked at the door before letting herself in. "You suck, you know that? I don't want to be out in the cold for hours watching Cheka tucker himself out, that's something you can do on your own." She frowned and sat on his bed, hitting him lightly over the head with one of his pillows. "You haven't left your room in four days Leona. Besides, if he's sledding he's basically babysitting himself, even...if he asks you if you're looking every time he goes down....I'll bring a camp chair, you can just sit in that the whole time, but you need to get outside." "Not in the fucking cold I don't." "Ok....but consider....you'll be able to watch kids wipe out in funny ways for a few hours and we can layer you up so you don't get that cold." His silence was enough to tell her he was considering it. "Will you make hot chocolate?" She smiled a bit, knowing she was about to cinch the win. "You give me the thermos, I'll make enough to fill it." He sighed dramatically and rolled over a bit. "I guess I'll come. Ruggie needs to clean my room anyways." She rolled her eyes a bit. That was a battle for another day. "We're taking him tomorrow, as a heads up. I'll be here around 11 in the morning." "Mmn....fine." Within a few minutes he was asleep again. She sighed softly, before heading to Ramshackle to prepare for the next day. (Continued tomorrow)