Bonus Christmas Drabble 1 - Fire (for glasswing-butterfly and see_a_panther)

“Do you know how to build a fire?” Matt asked, once they got to the campground.

“Of course!” Brem and Athena chorused, because how hard could starting a fire be?

An hour later, Matt was enjoying a beer and giving lots of advice that mainly constituted mockery.

“You know,” Brem huffed, “not all of us were Boy Scouts!”

“Actually, I was in the Girl Scouts, remember?” said Athena.

“That’s right. So why don’t you know how to build a fire?”

“Because Dad and I were too busy killing a man-eating slug.”

“You guys have the best stories,” said Matt fondly.

Bonus Christmas Drabble 2 - Sisters (for knackorcraft)

“It isn’t that I’m nervous,” Eames said.

“Yes, you are,” said Arthur, fixing Eames’s tie.

“She’s not making a mistake. He’s nice, right?”

“He’s nice, Eames. He’s lovely. He loves her. He’ll be good to her.”

“It’s just that it’s kind of my job, right? To look out for her? I mean, when your sister asks you to give her away at her wedding, you should…be sure she’s going to be happy.”

“You’re a good brother. And you love her a lot. You’ve already done a good job. She’ll be happy.”

Eames tugged Arthur into a hug. “I just want her to find an Arthur. I want her to be that kind of happy.”

“You need an Eames for that,” said Arthur.

Bonus Christmas Drabble 3 - Butterflies (for azriona)

“They turn into butterflies,” John told Oliver.

Oliver frowned at the caterpillar. “‘Turn into’?”

John nodded.

“Well, you make it sound like it’s magic. It’s not magic. How does it happen?” demanded Oliver, confident in the steadiness of science.

“They make a cocoon and then they turn into a butterfly,” said John.

Oliver, perplexed, insisted on keeping the caterpillar. Oliver took copious notes on his butterfly experiment. And on the morning when John found him staring at a butterfly fluttering around the container, John said, “What is your scientific conclusion?”

Oliver watched the butterfly intently, then admitted, “It was magic.”