[hr][hr][h1][b][i][color=FF8CBD][center]Tinley Abercrombie[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h1][center][img]https://media3.giphy.com/media/G2YYl02LrF5Vm/giphy.gif[/img][/center][hr][hr][center][color=FF8CBD][b]Location:[/b][/color] The Common Room - the Hub
[color=FF8CBD][b]Skills:[/b][/color] N/A[/center][hr]

While the hustle and bustle of the holidays, complete with music, decorations, deals, and more, made other people holly and jolly, it left Tinley ill at ease. It wasn't as if she hated the holidays. Far from it. Some of her best memories were with her family during this time of the year. It wasn't that Christmas overshadowed all else, even Holloween and Thanksgiving (for Americans). It wasn't because Christmas music blared everywhere.

It was because her mother died on Christmas Eve.

Since then, the holidays were always a sore spot. Little by little Christmas cheer was chipped away. Soon, her father would just send her a card with a check rather than the annual invitation to the family Christmas party. Her brother would text her his greetings, but he was busy with his own family and his own children. And SHIELD didn't regularly make time for such festivities. They had a world to constantly save.

However, this time was different. With the transition to San Fransisco, along with her new promotion, things were not set in stone just yet, which allowed for more freedom. Funds were offered for her to plan a party, and a party she planned. She kept it holiday-themed (recognizing some among them did not celebrate Christmas). However, she saw that the Secret Santa was still set. She had purchased hers already, had it wrapped professionally, and it was set off to the side. She had no other gifts to buy really, apart from her father and brother. This time of the year also stood to remind her she didn't have much of social life. While normally she didn't mind not having someone to come home to, it was during this time of the year it struck a little harder than she had no one to worry about her. She kept it on the down-low, but she had recent;y been checking on potentially adopting. Once she found more time, of course.

With the room decorated, food laid out, drinks set up (along with a bartender to serve). She went out and bought a [url=http://clarewiththehair.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/christmas-part-wear-under-%E2%82%AC303-452x1024.jpg]party dress[/url] for the occasion. And now she stood, waiting for people to arrive. [color=FF8CBD]"You'll get through this Tinley. It's one day,"[/color] she whispered to herself.

[hr][hr][h1][b][i][color=841536][center]Tempest Renroir[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h1][center][img]https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9sq56lwBX1ryiagzo1_500.gif[/img][/center][hr][hr][center][color=841536][b]Location:[/b][/color] The Common Room - the Hub
[color=841536][b]Skills:[/b][/color] N/A[/center][hr]

Tempest awoke the day of the party full of holiday cheer. She checked on her brother first, but once that was done she immediately got to work. While she looked like the type to enjoy Halloween (and she did), Christmas was her favorite holiday. She had dyed her hair red the night before in preparation. Gifts were bought quickly. She didn't know what to get her secret Santa originally, but she had more or less hacked them to find out what they liked. She had also done her hacking to send everyone a holiday greeting through their email. She'd repent later. She was sure she was still on the Nice list.

She put on her [url=https://img.ltwebstatic.com/images3_pi/2019/09/30/156983538088acdf1a6846a742720f0650cecba99d_thumbnail_900x.webp]Christmas dress[/url] and checked herself out in the mirror before she headed to the party. She stopped herself from literally skipping to the room, but she was so happy to be spending the holidays with people she enjoyed being around. Plus, considering she had died in an alternate timeline, now was an even better time to celebrate.

She walked into the room and saw Tinley there. [color=841536]"Felix Navidad! You look great! Where do I put the gifts?"[/color] She said just as she saw the tree and went over to add her gifts to the pile.