Tag: advent stories
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Advent Stories #4 | Maybachs & Bossy Besties
‘Good morning.’ ‘Hi.’ Blu did not expect anyone this morning, she’d been planning to spend the day in bed mostly, having had a rough nights’ sleep; she hardly sleeps nowadays. ‘Hi.’ Francesca walks into her best friend’s home, uninvited but is certain Blu would not kick her out. It was her turn to get her…
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Advent Stories #3 | Mayfair Rooftops
‘Welcome home sir.’ ‘Thank you.’ Brodie walks into the arrival hall at Heathrow to see his siblings waiting for him, all four of them, as he suspected they would because he told his oldest brother he was coming home for the holidays. It is a little too early, but he decided to work from the…
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Advent Stories #2 | Cigars & Late Night Picnics
Blu blows out a puff of smoke from her cigar, enjoying the cold night and the dark sky above. The night is clear, and a Santa’s grotto lights up the courtyard to reveal such beauty, Christmas in the city. Her city. ‘Thank you for inviting me tonight.’ Blu says to Dada. They’d just been to…
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Advent Stories #1 | The Lady Sings The Blues
Blu taps her Oyster card and the barriers part to let her through. Walking outside Aldgate Station, a sharp gust of wind blows her freshly washed hair off her face. Christmas is all around, the lights, the decorations, London sparkles, a season for celebration. She walked the back road with a familiarity she’d missed, looks…
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The Holiday Windows | Fortnum & Mason- Cats
I love this window so much I could cry and I am not much of a cat person, they play way too hard to get for my patience but this window, this incredible window, is all the joys of Christmas wrapped up in one; Happy, festive, traditional, whimsical, fun, lovely… and all the superlatives one…
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Advent Stories #24- Always
Sloane wakes up with a terrible headache, as if she was hung over, but she hadn’t been drinking. She is still in her evening gown and everything feels so tight. Fitz is not in bed, he is still mad at her, as he should be. The argument with her mother is fresh on her mind…
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Advent Stories #23- Home Coming
Sloane and Fitz exit the arrival halls at London Heathrow to a welcome party; sisters and their husbands with welcome signs and balloons. ‘You sick bastards.’ Sloane says with a laugh. All three sisters engulf her in a group hug. ‘Sloane is home!’ Bea squeezes her sister a little tighter, so happy to see her.…
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Advent Stories #22- Daddy’s Orders
‘Sloanie, its daddy.’ ‘Hi daddy! This is a surprise. How are you?’ ‘I am well now I am speaking to my favourite girl.’ Sloane giggles, this is her last night in the office until the New Year. It has been a hectic few days, between finalising details for Bella’s wedding, virtual fitting sessions for her…
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Advent Stories #21- Mother, Father, Daughters
Bella tries Kaiser’s phone again and it goes to voicemail. She’d spent the morning at the office shutting it down, the night before she took her team out to one last dinner. She will miss them, they worked incredibly hard for her over the years and gave it their all, won awards and are all…