Holiday Fest 2008: Submit Your Prompts Here!!!

[spikedluv]

Okay, everyone, time to hit us with your prompts for our first ever Holiday Fest here at shelter_diner! We’ll take general (word or phrase) or more specific (scenario) prompts. Since this is our first Holiday Fest, the only requirement is that your prompt must have something to do with the holiday season.

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Examples of both general and specific prompts (you do not have to submit both, this is just to serve as an example):

Christmas tree
present
snow

Shaun takes Cody shopping to buy a present for Zach
snowball fight!
Zach and Shaun decorate their first Christmas tree, then have sex beneath it

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Get the idea? Now it’s your turn! Comment here with your holiday prompts, and I’ll collect them all in one list for claiming. You can submit prompts for one week, through next Saturday, November 15. I’ll post the complete list of prompts to the comm on November 16. Fic/graphics/etc will be due end of December, December 22-December 31. That'll give you a full 5-6 weeks to create your submission.

Please remember that you will be able to write fic, create graphics, etc, so keep that in mind, also, when you submit your prompts.

You will not be required to claim a prompt in order to submit a prompt and you may claim your own prompt. There is no limit on the number of prompts you may submit. However, if you come back at a later time to submit more prompts, please do so in a new comment to this post rather than in a reply to your previous comment. This makes it easier for me to make sure I don't miss any.

Okay, now say something! *g*

Comments

[spikedluv]

Christmas tree
present
snow

Jeanne visits for the holiday
Shaun and Zach drive down to Laguna Beach for the holiday
Shaun rewards Zach for staying up late wrapping Cody's presents
Shaun takes Cody shopping to buy a present for Zach
snowball fight!
Zach and Shaun decorate their first Christmas tree, then have sex beneath it
Zach tries to sneak a peak at what Shaun bought him for Christmas; Shaun 'punishes' him for it

[spikedluv]

mistletoe

Cody (or Gabe, or both) catches Shaun and Zach kissing under the misteltoe

Okay, I'll stop for now, give everyone else a chance. *g*

[rendrag45.livejournal.com]

Holiday cooking ( or cookie baking) turns into a lovefest for Zach and Shaun
Cody wants to make a gingerbread house
Zach decorates the family room for Christmas; he might get help from Shaun or Cody
Cody plays a reindeer in his school's Christmas play; Zach and Shan make the costume
Zach and Shaun take Cody to see Santa at the big department store; are they ever surprised at what he tells Santa he wants for Christmas?!
Enough for now, I think.

[spikedluv]

Got 'em, thanks! *g*

(Feel free to post more if the mood strikes. *g*)

[boonesfarmgirl.livejournal.com]

Zach, Shaun and Cody go to Shaun's parents for Christmas.

MIL to Zach and a grandparent (Shaun's mother's POV)

Christmas concert at school: explaining Cody has two dads

Cody's present to Zach and Shaun, new names--Daddy and Papa

Apparenty I am in a schmoopy mood not a porny mood. God, I hope that changes.

Chelle

[spikedluv]

Got 'em, thanks! *g*

(Schmoopy is good!)

[admiratio.livejournal.com]

-- A survival story about Zach, Shaun, and Cody getting stuck on their Christmas holiday - perhaps by a blizzard, or some other means.

-- Future fic about Cody, teenaged, falling in love for the first time at the Holidays, and wants to talk to either Zach or Shaun about it.

-- Zach and Shaun putting together a present (author's choice) for Cody late at night and get a little cozy

[spikedluv]

Got 'em, thanks! *g*

[rendrag45.livejournal.com]

Zach and Shaun buy Cody a puppy for Christmas
Gabe brings a new girlfriend home for the holidays; she's a little confused by Zach and Shaun's relationship
Zach helps Cody string popcorn and make Christmas tree decorations; Shaun insists on stringing cranberries
Shaun dresses up like Santa and pays a visit to Zach and Cody

[spikedluv]

Hee, puppy! And Shaun dressed like Santa! *g* (Got 'em added.)

[scissorknot.livejournal.com]

Angst with a happy ending.

I do not really care what happens in the story (they can be mad at each other, Zach can be mad at Shaun or vice versa) just as long as there is some good angst that is worked out by the end.

[spikedluv]

Your prompt is very welcome, I love me some angst with a happy ending, but could you reword it so that it has some connection to the holiday season? Even a generic "Holiday angst with a happy ending" would be okay, but I don't want to change your prompt myself. *g*

[scissorknot.livejournal.com]

No problem at all.

Lets see something like...

Zach has not been getting along with Shaun's friends and it all comes out at a christmas party.

The holiday season is making Zach miss San Pedro causing a strain on their relationship.

Of Christmas time has never been a happy time for Shaun. Instead of telling Zach he tries to fake it but he does not do such a good job.

[spikedluv]

Perfect! Thank you. *g*

[spikedluv]

Christmas has always been about Cody, but this year even Zach’s feeling merry, for which he credits Shaun

Jeanne takes Cody for the holiday; Zach and Shaun try to cope

Shaun asks Zach whether he's been naughty or nice (or vice versa)

Shaun normally finds Christmas with his mom and Larry to be awkward, but this year he’s excited to be there with Zach and Cody

Zach has known Shaun’s parents for years, but Christmas is the first time they see one another since he’s moved in with Shaun

[fizzerbass.livejournal.com]

Zach remembers his Mom at Christmas - or his last Christmas with his Mom.

Christmas isn't about gifts - it's about family. (Whoops, that sounds like a last line!)

Zach finally finds a better gift to give Shaun than a talking dartboard.

Cody runs away on Christmas Eve. (Don't ask me why he runs away - that's up to the author.)

Gabe plays Santa and comes down the chimney at the wrong time - interrupting Zach and Shaun getting "merry", so to speak.

Christmas morning is perfect - until Jean shows up.

[spikedluv]

Got 'em, thanks! *g*

[jess-d-10.livejournal.com]

Flashback Christmas to when Zach was 16 and spent Christmas at Gabe's--Zach and Shaun have a talk

On Christmas, Zach and Cody meet Shaun's real dad (not Larry) for the first time

Christmas from Cody's POV as a teenager

Zach, Shaun and Cody go on a ski trip for Christmas ... and none of them have ever skied before

...More to come, I think!

[spikedluv]

Fabulous, thanks! And more would be very welcome. *g*

[spikedluv]

champagne

Gabe and Zach go Christmas shopping together

Zach angsts about seeing Shaun’s parents over the holidays

Zach gets tipsy on eggnog and tells Shaun how much he loves him - in front of an audience

Zach, Shaun and Cody spend a quiet New Year’s Eve at home

[hugsuzie.livejournal.com]

carol singing

Zach and Shaun are forced to spend Christmas apart, so they send letters...

Cody's letter to Santa

Snowfall on the beach

Surfing on Christmas Day

Turkey Stuffing ;o)

Zach impersonates Swoff (Jarehead) *grin*

Sx

[spikedluv]

Got 'em, thanks! *g*

[spikedluv]

Cody asks about Hanukkah

Cody leaves milk and cookies for Santa

Shaun unwraps his ‘best gift ever’

Zach takes Shaun to a holiday party at CalArts, their first huge public event since moving in together

Zach wraps something besides presents in ribbons and bows

[spikedluv]

Eggnog

Cody gets lost in the mall on a Christmas shopping trip

The boys attend a Christmas Eve service (with or without family)

[spikedluv]

jingle bells

sleigh ride