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xmas drabble 2025; (Three Times Clifford Was Right And Billy Shouldn't Trust Her [Already])

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1. Total coincidence: at a café, Billy’s glass breaks. Cuts his hand. He heals it fast. Magic. But the sudden scent of blood, sweet and alive, forces her eyes away, narrowed.

2. Somewhat accidental: she loses the enchanted cloak. On Boxing Day. Has to have a replacement. Pastel, perhaps? A week later, she has two beautiful garments. Funny.

3. Entirely intentional: she's slow for her kind, but swift everywhere else. Billy's about to meet that Coriolanus again. Her fingers snakes out and back. Turning up his shirt tag, that someone watchful, particular, and concerned with appearances might tuck it in.