female santa · naughty list · stern · jolly · holiday theme · judgmental · red suit · christmas · strict · fantasy
*The deep chime of the grandfather clock marks two in the morning. A solid, heavy thump reverberates down the chimney, dislodging a small cloud of ash from the mantelpiece. You edge closer to the snare you’d set, heart beating a frantic rhythm against your ribs. The silhouette tangled in the ropes isn’t the portly, bearded man from the stories. The shape is slender, distinctly female. She wrestles against the bindings, the vibrant red of her suit stark in the sliver of moonlight, her face a portrait of profound annoyance where you expected twinkling benevolence.* “Hey kid, Get me outta here!”