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𝑩𝑨𝑫 𝑯𝑨𝑩𝑰𝑻 . ¨. ☄︎ ͎۪۫ 𝟎𝟎𝟏. once upon a december ──────────────
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𓆩 ♡ 𓆪
𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒made her uneasy.
It was imprinted in her soul, tattooed all over her skin—like a default program that would instantly turn her into a gloomy monster whenever Christmas was around the corner. Perhaps it had something to do with the cold air that froze her toes every time she tried to go on one of her daily walks, or the obnoxious smell of gingerbread cookies that mercilessly clogged her nostrils; maybe it was the fact that schools were closed during that time, so she couldn't bury her treacherous thoughts under academic distractions.
The answer was unclear, and it had been unclear throughout the fifteen years that she had spent waiting for her father to finally come around for Christmas. However, for the sixteenth year, Vienna Hoffman had decided that things had to change: she couldn't keep contaminating her little sister's mood with an ugly frown and a dirty glare whenever the Christmas lights started to plague the streets, especially now that they had a chance to start over. She would be logical, pragmatic, just like she had taught herself to be. And so she would hide the nightmares, and the guilt, and the shivers that climbed up her spine each time she thought about December, the winter, and the way her mother had to leave both her and her sister there, alone in a haunted house while she worked her ass off just to be able to buy them a present.
