Everyone is just so impossibly adorable in this! Tom is hysterical! I loved it. I haven't read a fic from this fandom in months, and this is just so cute a fic to come back to it with.

Author's Response: meep, your username! idk if I should flail for the shakespeare or for the scottishness. :P (well, as long as there is no chopping off the usurper's cursed head -- although really, if you're a cursed usurper there are only so many ways it could go...)

thank you so much for reading! and I'm pretty new to this fandom, so I've only been around for the last couple months, but imo they've been good months. XDD (OMG, HAVE YOU READ APPETITE? BECAUSE THAT WAS FINISHED QUITE RECENTLY, I THINK. AND I AM STILL FLAILING ABOUT IT, OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG.)

The way you write is so vivid. I came away from this story the first time with so many mental pictures, but the one that stuck the clearest was Tom giving Bill the gingerbread heart with the intentional and enthusiastic misspelling of I love you. It was such a perfect, crazy little detail. Riiiiight before Tom cockblocks Georg’s perfect, little romantic moment on the Ferris wheel. Way to go, Tom.

Georg is so sweet the way he thinks about Bill and just wants to make him smile and be happy. Even with all the crazy things that happen, Georg’s sincerity shines through. He really wants to please Bill and make him happy, and Bill would be missing out if he didn’t see that. The way you describe the town and its market is so beautiful and makes me very jealous that I can’t visit there. It sounds perfect for the holiday. The little touches between Georg and Bill, the stolen looks are such a slow, sweet build-up. It made me long for that kind of first date nervousness, and it hit the emotions perfectly.

When they kissed, I wasn’t expecting the desperateness that Bill showed, but it made sense and you played it so well. It really worked and was very endearing. The backseat scene was very hot!

I really loved this story. Gustav kind of steals the show here. He’s so cute and, bless him, excited about his disguises. I can’t help but want to read about Gustav and Tom’s day with the whip and the beard and the snogging. :P

Author's Response: my ultimate writing goal would be to make something so realistic that it's like you could touch it, or feel the emotion, or hear the tone of voice. :P it's hard though! plus, I want to make people laugh too much, and that doesn't always fit with the descriptive style I like, so sometimes it fails like an amoeba up a ladder. also, those gingerbread look fantastic, but trying to eat one is pretty mingin. :P (although, they wrap them in plastic nowadays so you don't get random stuff on them when you walk around with them...)

I didn't exactly base it off a real place, because the good christmas markers are in the big cities, but I like the small traditional villages with all the adorable architecture, but the market they have in rostock (northern germany) is really nice if you ever have the chance to go. (although, I think it would be pretty epic anywhere in germany. and the german markets they have in britain are fine too, they just feel a little more touristy somehow.) I wasn't sure if I had built up their emotions enough, especially Bill, as his angst is kind of only mentioned and not strictly shown, but I hoped nobody would notice my potential failings in that department XDD SO I'M WELL CHUFFED YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD.

lol, when I was writing the kissing scene, I was thinking about what it would feel like if the person you love but thought was unattainable did something like that for you, and in a moment when you're REALLY HITTING ON THEM suddenly took the chance to kiss you. and then I figured, yeah, Bill should probably be a little overwhelmed. (which was why I also thought that even though Bill wants things like that to be really special, it wouldn't bee too quick with a tumble in the car if they've been angsting over each other for months. >.>)

UM, UM. I MIGHT HAVE LEFT YOU A TINY LITTLE GIFT IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE LJ COMMENTS BEFORE YOU READ THIS ONE?