Gingerdread
Sorry if it's terrible. I got it in my head awhile back so I took a few minutes to get it out. 😆
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"Why is it so important that your gingerbread man cookies be perfect? This is your third batch. I tried them all and they were great."
"Tikki, this is important. I didn't put out cookies for the last 3 years because I thought it was silly." Marinette explained.
"It's probably silly to get this worked up over cookies for Santa. You weren't this stressed when you made macarons for Adrien. You dropped one on the floor and pretended not to notice." Tikki said.
Marinette carefully laid each cookie on the cooling rack and turned to make the icing to finish the clothing designs on them. They already had eyes and mouths carefully baked onto the heads.
"First of all, I was very stressed baking for Adrien. But also I never actually gave him that macaron so it didn't matter. Second, I know Santa is real now. I met him. He can't think I hate him."
Tikki floated over to one of the cookies as if she was just checking it but Marinette knew she was trying to be sneaky. She caught her eyes and looked away but didn't fully back away before Marinette turned from her. Tikki moved back to the cookie but then suddenly turned into ghost white when Marinette dumped all the icing sugar at once causing it to cover Tikki in the powder.
"Hey you did that on purpose." Tikki said, stamping her tiny foot on the counter with a little puff of powdered sugar. Whatever else she was going to say was lost as the floating particles affected her and she sneezed right on the cookie.
"You were trying to sneak it. I saw you." Marinette defended, smiling.
"But it's so perfect and still warm."
Tikki looked down and then over at the cookie. Suddenly she gave a little shriek and flew right into Marinette's face to get away. Marinette looked over to see what had frightened her and gave a little squeak herself.
The perfect cookie had just sat up and started rubbing powdered sugar away from their eyes.
That probably would not be the one to leave out for Santa.
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