And I Wish That It Would Never End

[missrecalled_mods]

I wish, my wish

The snow had finally been cleared from the room, the window fixed. And the snow outside was slowly following suit. It was still almost painfully cold outside, but the snow was no longer actively falling, and the more adventurous could find ways outside through upper floor windows. There was no way to get to the shore or anything, but there were odd glittering things in the perfect fairytale snow. The first time someone would touch one, it would grow brighter and brighter until the light exploded outward. The shards of light flew into the school mostly, but some went elsewhere, over and past the tangles of stuff.

When the light resolved, it and the other glittering things - both in the snow and now in the school - would prove to be small magic lamps. Each would have the name of one of the Missrecalled currently in Auradon, and a colour scheme that suits that person. It might be the one who picked it up, or someone else. When the person for whom the tiny jewelry sized lamp was for holds the lamp and makes a wish, that wish might come true. For a short time.

The wishes would only last the weekend, but What a glorious and bittersweet weekend that would be.

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[death_from_above]

Adrien gave Gar a very loaded look.

Gar decided to jump on to a distraction instead of acknowledging it. Any distraction, really.

"You like puns too...?" yeah, even he could tell he was being pathetic.

[papillion_de_resistance]

Adrien's look didn't pass unnoticed, though Gabriel had no idea what it might mean. And was swiftly distracted, at least for the present, by Garfield's question. He gave a rather sheepish smile. "My sense of humor was always considered rather pun-ishing growing up, yes," he said. "And I still enjoy them now, but as an adult with a professional image to maintain, there sadly aren't many situations where that kind of humor would be considered appropriate."

[death_from_above]

"I know lots of adults that pun all the time."

Another warning look from Adrien.

Oh, right, those were Spark people. Well, too late now, so going with it. "They do just fine with it," Gar added.

[papillion_de_resistance]

Gabriel's smile became fond. Focusing on Garfield, this time he missed the look from Adrien. "I'm glad you have people who share your sense of humor in your world," he said. "In mine, when I was a child, it was seen as cute and amusing, but when I and those around me started to get a bit older, well... any laughter stopped being about the puns themselves. So I learned to keep them to myself for the most part. I think my friends believed I grew out of it."

[death_from_above]

"Actually they were from one o the other worlds we went to," Gar said to cover. "But I'm kinda lost on the you having actual friends thing."

"Gar...." Adrien said, warningly.

[papillion_de_resistance]

"It's alright, Adrien," he said. "Given how the two of you know me, I can understand why he might be surprised." He gave a bit of a wry smile. "Shocking as it may seem to boys your age, I was young once too. I went to school and college and had people I considered friends in both places. Though I think I meshed better with my college friends though; it was an arts focused school so there was no shortage of people with similar interests about."

"At the time, my closest friend was probably André Bourgeois. He was studying dramatic arts, while I of course was studying fashion. We had to be careful not to make it seem too collaborative of course, but my class ended up working on the costumes for a play André's class was putting on. That's actually where I first saw Emilie; I was fitting André's costume when she walked by, and got so distracted watching her I stuck a pin in his backside."

[death_from_above]

For all the Storms that had given Gar memories of Paris, it wasn't enough for him to know the mayor's name or realize this was important. But her knew Adrien's mom's name, and he had memories of loving and missing her, even if the memories were false.

"Did she notice you?" Gar asked, hungry for more information about her. And so Adrien didn't have to ask, because he knew Adrien would want to know.

[papillion_de_resistance]

"She probably wouldn't have if André hadn't yelped," he said. "But yelp he did, and that got the attention of everyone in the immediate vicinity, including her. I'm just glad that André was still willing to introduce me because goodness knows I was in no fit state to introduce myself. I barely managed to stammer out a 'hello', and Emilie told me later that my face was beet-red."

He smiled wryly, though there was a touch of sadness to it as well. "It became funny in hindsight, but at the time I was kicking myself for making such a terrible first impression. It was weeks after that before I even got up the courage to talk to her again, and over a year ana a half before I was able to ask her on a date. Apparently there was even a betting pool among my classmates as to whether or not I would ever speak up at any given opportunity; betting against me was considered the far safer option. In short, if either of you are similarly awkward around people you're attracted to, I can only apologize because you almost certainly got it from your world's version of me."

[death_from_above]

"Um... I've never really been attracted to anyone..." Gar aid, scratching the back of his head.

Rose totally didn't count, and that was only right after a weird Storm anyway.

Adrien kinda shrugged.