#the bluetooth speaker aspect is so silly but fun

[shes-an-iso]

Anyway, I caved

(and it was so worth it 😭)

[5am-the-foxing-hour]

The Adventures 2020

2nd Advent (December 6th) Holiday Baking

Year 2020’s Adventures

5 parter, each part posted on advent: 1st 29th November, 2nd 6th December, 3rd 13th December and 4th 20rd December and the last part on Christmas 24th of December

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Characters: Thomas, Janus, Remus, Patton.

Words: 1101 

Warnings: none that I can think of

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General Fanfic Tag list: @ebony-wolf, @nashiraneko, @i-sold-my-soul-to-thefandom, @rabbitsartcorner, @punsterterry,  @sleepyssnail,  @nightmaresides, @virgilswritings, @ninja-girl2846, @ninjago2020, @starryfirefliesbloggo, @garecc,  @sympatheticdeceit, @cookiethedevil, @askthesnake,  @all-bridges-will-burn, @tacohippy56900, @little-euro-girl, @aggressiveshipper, @imbasicallyshakespear, @slayerofspiders, @prinssess61, @underthesea73​,  @suicidalcitrusfruit​,  @sander-side-stuff, @franthehorsegir, @frogdadpatton

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The scent of sweet baked goods spread throughout the apartment, christmas songs playing from the Bluetooth speakers. Thomas sighed with a pleased smile on his lips as he removed some finished twirled saffron buns from the oven, putting them on the racket to cool. Happy that the kitchen hadn’t caught on fire, Thomas turned to start on the gingerbread dough, glancing up when he heard the tell tale of a side arriving. Thomas chuckled as he turned around.

  “They are just out of the oven, Patton they will burn...” Thomas trailed off when he found none other than Janus about to snatch one of the saffron buns. The side stood stiff for a moment, before he straightened hiding his hands behind his back, and smiled. Appearing as inconspicuous as possible, as if Thomas hadn’t caught him about to steal a bun.

  “Janus.”

  “Thomas~”

  “I didn’t take you for a sweet tooth.” Janus looked like he was about to argue but Thomas continued, returning his attention to the dough “Give them a few minutes to cool down, you silly snake, then you can have one.”

  “... right.” Janus huffed, before he moved over to look past Thomas and glanced at the cooking book. “If you don’t mind me asking… what are you doing?”

  “Uh, I’m baking, what does it look like I’m doing?”

  “Trying to make some weird clay?” Janus said pointing at the batter with a gloved finger.

  “It’s gingerbread dough, Janus.”

  “I knew that.” Janus said straightening up again. Thomas gave him a raised eyebrow in reply.

  “Sure.”

Thomas continued with the dough, Janus’s eyes watching him work. Thomas sent him a glance when he was almost done with the dough.

  “Do you want to help?”

  “Huh?!” Janus reared back one step, blinking owlishly at Thomas. “Not the reaction I was expecting” Thomas thought with a wry smile.

  “Do you want to help me make the gingerbread house and cookies?” Janus was quiet for a while before he huffed and inspected his nails beneath his gloves.

  “I think i would be able to put away some time for this gingerbread making from my, oh, so important schedule.” Thomas couldn’t help but snort before he smiled.

  “Good, first things first, we will use a lot of flour, so if you care about your clothes, I would advise a change, as well as getting an apron, and maybe skip the gloves?”

Janus gave him a weary look before he sighed and snapped his fingers, the capelet and shirt changed to the christmas sweater.

Thomas had thought up for the others, since Patton, Roman, Logan and Virgil already had their own. Thomas didn’t want Remus and Janus to feel forgotten so he and Roman sat down to come up with a design, before Roman created the two knitted sweaters.

Janus summoned a yellow apron and put it on, it had a big honey dripping honeycomb on the chest and a couple of bees flying around said honeycomb.

  “Honey dee?” Thomas asked with a smirk when he caught sight of the text. He wasn’t sure if he imagined the yellow that suddenly dusted Janus’s cheeks.

  “It was a gift from Patton… ” he huffed, rolling up the sleeves on the sweater, revealing some speckles of scales on his arms. appearing almost like bigger freckles. He looked down at the gloves with an unsure expression.

  “You don’t have to remove the gloves, if you don’t want to. I’m sure we can keep them protected by putting plastic bags over them.” Thomas said. Janus looked thoughtful for a moment before he shook his head.

  “It’s fine, Thomas... ” Janus removed the gloves with a flick of his wrists. Revealing nails a bit sharper than Thomas’s and a cluster of scales on the back of his left hand.

 They were just about to start on the second batch when the sound of another side appearing reached Thomas ears, Janus was fully focusing on rolling the gingerbread dough flat, tongue poking out between his lips. 

  “Hi Patton.” Thomas said with a smile.

  “Hi Thomas, I thought I smelled cookies. Do you need help?” Patton asked as he walked over.

  “I think we got it covered at the moment, but when the gingerbread house is done in the oven, I’ll need help building it.”

  “Okay!” Patton beamed and changed into his sweater and an apron of his own, covered in cat and dog paw prints with the words “Paw-some”.

Janus was just about to use the cutters to make some more gingerbread when a somewhat smelly weight leaned atop of him. 

  “What are ya doing Jan Jan binks?” Remus asked, taking a bite from the deodorant he held in his hand. Peering over Janus’s shoulder in interest.

  “Gingerbread cookies.” Janus said ��And please do lean on me, it’s not as if you’re heavy or anything.” Remus snickered but stood up to hold his own weight.

  “Oh! What are you two doing Daddy-o’s!” Remus called bouncing over to look at Patton and Thomas who were trying to get the gingerbread house’s walls to stick together.

  “Hi Remus...” Patton sighed with a small unsure smile.

  “Gingerbread house.” Thomas said with a smile. “Do you want to help us decorate it?” Remus stilled, staring at Thomas with wide eyes.

  “You want me to help you decorate?”

  “Yeah.”

  “But- Roman?”

  “He and Logan are brainstorming for the Christmas gifts I have to get for my family.”

  “Keep it pg.” Janus piped up.

  “Oh, you don’t have too, I mean. It’s not like anyone but me is going to be here to see it, and it will be eaten in the end. so maybe more like pg13”

Remus’s eyes grew wider before he grinned and threw his hands up in the air and cheered.

 It was later the day when Thomas had taken a shower to get clean and came back downstairs, finding Janus curled around two saffron buns and some of the gingerbread Remus had helped him make at the last batch of the dough. Remus was lying with his back on the floor and his butt on the couch, swaying his feet. Patton had returned to the mind palace, after having cleaned up in the kitchen.

Thomas sent a glance at the gingerbread house. It was surprisingly tame at first glance, until you caught sight of the more disturbing aspects Remus had added. But despite that, Thomas did like how it turned out. He walked over and sat down on Janus’s other side.

  “This was fun, maybe we could do it again next year.” Remus and Janus shared a look before they looked at Thomas.