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a much loved over used trope

Fake Dating for the Holidays

We all know the plot. Single pringle needs to produce a SO for the holidays to get their relatives/friends/nosy landlord off their case. Cue the mad rush to get a friend, co-worker, complete stranger to fill in the roll and fake it until the holidays are over and everyone can go back to their regularly scheduled lives. Will unexpected love bloom?

Well, maybe. Or maybe it will just turn into a terrible train wreck. Maybe the fake date will decide they've got the hots for the sister instead and can they get some help with that? Maybe it will be the start of a beautiful friendship or maybe you're already friends and it will just be another thing you both laugh about in years to come. Will your fake help you win your family's approval? Will they just hide under the dining room table with you and eat chips as your family argues politics? Will they embarrass you badly enough that next year your family will be glad when you show up single? Only one way to find out.

Randomizer for thems that likes it:

1. Complete stranger (Craig's list, person on the plane next to you, homeless person at the park, who knows but you've got to find a body and any body will do)
2. Vague acquaintance (next door apartment neighbor that's nice enough to return your mislabeled mail, co-worker, favorite barista, who knows but you'd better at least make sure they know your last name before it all goes down)
3. Good friend (they've been with you through thick and thin already, what's one more major catastrophe? Your parents probably think you're already dating anyway and at least it feels normal when they hold your hand)
4. Secret crush (you've had a crush on them forever but never had the nerve to say anything. Well, if you can't date them at least you can pretend?)

Situation:
1. Asking in the first place (well, this is awkward but a body's got to do what a body's got to do. Black mail, beg, bribe, ask nicely but you're desperate and they're you're only hope)
2. Getting ready (do they know your favorite doll from childhood? Your family's embarrassing nickname for you? Your dog's name? Your name? Is Aunt Irene's Shellfish Surprise going to make their eyes swell shut? Better cover this stuff now.)
3. Getting stuck (well, the idea was to visit the family. But you're snowed in at the airport or the car broke down or a super-villain attacked the city and the trains aren't running. Whatever happened, you're both stuck somewhere with no place to go and a holiday to spend together)
4. Things go awry (Aunt Marble is drunk again, the heater's broken, a fight broke out about the merits of It's A Wonder Life vs. Miracle on 34th Street, whatever it is, the stuffing's hit the fan and its up to you and your fake date to survive the family blow up)
5. Mistletoe! (of course this would happen. Your relatives might have plastered the house with it the second you said you were coming home with someone. Whatever the reason, there you are, stuck under the stuff. Together. Yep. Sure is a thing)
6. Sharing a room (and right on the tail of that, has your family set aside just one room for you both? Was the hotel overbooked and only had one left? Whatever the reason stake your claims on the side of the bed and defend your toothbrush)
7. Helping with the holiday preparations together (hey, maybe this isn't so bad. It's kind of nice and warm and friendly to have someone to commiserate with. Or its terrible and the stove is on fire and what do you mean you used baking soda when it clearly said baking powder and that paper cut from wrapping looks more like a botched amputation!)
8. I'm adopted! (what do you know? Your family likes your SO so much they've all but adopted them into the family. They're invited back for New Years! And Easter! And Weird Uncle Willy's 90th birthday! How is that all going to go down though considering this was supposed to be a one off thing)
9. Business as usual? (all done. You both survived. Time for life to go back to the way it was before. .... right?)
10. Wild card it, ya filthy animals. You can come up with better ideas than I can. Go do your own thing and screw the rules!

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[he's not going home for the holidays anyway. Might be a good idea to drag him away from the flight simulator]

[yeah well how 'bout Rose just. kicks the door open and slams on in, swords and all, to look around for a place to take cover.

what do you mean she's brought alien goons to fight for Christmas, this was unplanned.]