The party was going successfully, many of the Guardians, from the Omniverse to a few random rogues here and there, all came over to celebrate, the Wives were all chatting about, Will, Bino and Jair were talking about their pasts with tempest, Comix actually did some singing for a bit as the children continued to play

??? & ???: Pst, hey big bro/brother, is it time

I turn around to see the two that I consider siblings to me

The Collector

And Angel

Inky: yep, it's time

We've always done this together around the pocket, but with everyone here, we can take things up a notch, so we each grabbed our special tool

and went to our mischief

[Collector POV]

this is so awesome, now that we got a party, we got even more playmates, and even more prank victims, but who to prank, I look around a bit and saw another Y/N, I believe this one was Will's, Omni or something like that, however if I remember correctly, he's got quite a few girls fawning over him, 

Collector: *giggles* (This is gonna be so good)

I sneaked around and slowly lowered the mistletoe just behind his head, I made sure it was visible to the girls who are doing a really bad job at hide and seek, grabbed some popcorn, and watched the magic

Whilst Omni didn't notice the mistletoe, those couple of girls sure did, they were staring at each other, as if trying to have some sort of, silent argument with their eyes? I don't know, girls are confusing sometimes, but it caused chaos, the girls began fighting each other recklessly to get to him first, I think I actually saw a bit of blood drop, and profanities fall, it's honestly a wonder how this guy is so dense that he didn't notice, when I thought things couldn't get any funnier...

Bf/N: yo Y/n how's it going *notices Mistletoe*

Y/N: hmm, Bf/n, why are you looking up *notices mistletoe*

Bf/N:

https://youtu.be/DhINrIySIqY

Y/N: ...*runs away*

and then the two of them began to chase each other while the girls just looked in shock and disappointment, me, I was laughing my butt, this is the most fun that I've had since that game of tag with him, he's just so easy to joke with

???: Hiya 

I turned around and I ended up seeing

Leo

and Ella, If I remember correctly, these two are Wolfy's kids, and they'r my age too, well, mentally at least, finally some playmates of a matching age

Collector: Hiya kids, nice to meet ya

Leo: nice to meet you too, I'm Leo, and this is my sister, Ella

Ella: He-Hello

Collector: Hello to you too, I'm the Collector, but people just call me Enzo for short

Leo: well then Enzo, what are you doing

Collector: well, me and my bro always had a Christmas tradition of pranking the other inhabitants around with mistletoes and well-

Y/N: NO, NO, NO BF/N STAY AWAY

Bf/N: HELL NAW, THIS AIN'T JUST A MISTLETOE, IT'S A CHALLENGE, AND I AIN'T A PUSSY, SO PUCKER UP

Y/N: 

https://youtu.be/rZP7kWOMPzI

Collector: It's been, very entertaining

Ella: *giggles* this is funny

Collector: yeah, and to think, all this started because I followed Inky around

Leo: *sigh* yeah, me and Ella can relate to that sentiment, these Guardians are special, they took us in

Ella: Gave us a home

Collector: and gave us a family

we looked at each other with a sincere sentiment, only to break in laughter once more as we continued to hear Omni scream at the what's going on

Leo: well, it was nice meeting you, but we should go over to papa now

Collector: alright them, well if your ever around, let's play together, I can promise you it will be tons of fun

Ella: *giggles* ok, oh, and one more thing

she then quickly leaned over to me, and kissed me on the cheek, she blushed and smiled as she pointed up, I looked and ended up seeing my sister with the mistletoe right under us

Collector: *Blushes* S-SIS

and with that, the three of them fled laughing, I was really embarrassed with that, I hope I don't end up getting any cooties, but to be honest

it felt kind of nice

[Inky POV]

I returned after many successful stealth mistletoes, I got one for Comix and Artemis, then landed another with Will and Echo, I even sent one through a portal to Loralie and Octo, but now, it was time to gather, for a feast

Several different chefs all around from Grubb Street came together to prepare this feast, and so, everyone gathered, and I began to make a statement

Inky: 

https://youtu.be/BIHUNNdrdu0

Inky: *deep breath* (Alright Ink, you got this) *exhale* Friends, Children, Family, and Guardians of all shapes and sizes, today, WE CELEBRATE

Just from that alone I got quite a bit of applause, but I wasn't finished there

Inky: we celebrate not just the holidays, not just the guardians, but one specifically, Tempest Creed, no matter what any of us may think, Tempest was dear to us all, *looks at Comix* a comrade, *looks at Will* a brother, *looks at Eri* a father, *looks at Cinder* a lover, he was many things, and in many ways, he was important to us all. even while getting over him, some of us just feel off, with him not around. But it wasn't in his nature to make us wallow. If he wanted a funeral he would want us to celebrate it *crowds cheer* as the great Dr. Seuss put it, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened," and Tempest did indeed happen, and he was amazing, so, A TOAST, TO THE ONE WHO IS NOT HERE IN PRESENT, BUT IN SPIRIT, TO A MAN WHO GAVE HIS ALL FOR ALL, A CHRISTMAS TOAST TO TEMPEST CREED

and with that everyone broke out into cheering and applause, Tempest, this was for you

[Time Skip]

most people continued to eat their feast, however, Will stumbled upon something very interesting

Will: hey Inky *hands him a bottle* what's this

I took a good look at the bottle

and Immediately recognized it

Inky: oh, does this bring me back

Will: huh?

Inky: It was a personal project between me and Tempest, it started a long while back, his wives finally convinced him to come over to me for therapy for his past as the Red Devil, the death of his master, and other deep rooted trauma that left him mentally broken, I tried to do an activity style strategy, try to make him do something else get his mind off of it, his mind went straight to alcohol, and while that was an unhealthy strategy, the idea that came from his next statement wasn't. He stated that because of his abilities, it was impossible for him to truly get drunk, and he believed that such activities would be the only way to ignore the pain, so I proposed an alternative, he and I would work together to create an alcohol so strong, that even he could get drunk by it, so, we worked together, and the strategy worked, as we continued working, he was much more jocular during our sessions and he actually delved a bit deeper to me so that I may try to help, this is the finished product

Will: I see, so why did you try it yet

Inky: well, Tempest did, and w know for sure it works, but we never released it publicly, we promised to fully test it's potential we would get a bunch of guardians together to test it and celebrate together, but then, well the war happened, and the get together never could be

Will: Why invite others, why not do it yourself

Inky: well truthfully, I'm don't really drink, I did enjoy making them though, however, on the other hand, Tempest while hanging out with you guys, never really opened up, so I wanted to try this so that he could stop hiding himself under that snarky attitude

Will: well *snatches bottle* this Christmas is to celebrate Tempest, you said it yourself, so what's say we finish what you two started *walks away* HEY EVERYONE, THE INK MEISTER SAYS TO HAVE MADE THE MULTIVERSES STRONGEST ALCOHOL, WHO WANTS TO TEST IT WITH ME

and with that, most of, if not all the Guardians flocked over, it's a good thing the kids are in a separate room, Thankfully, Will wasn't gonna peer pressure me into drinking since I don't personally like drinking, besides, someone out of the group needs to stay sober so they don't go too crazy with our stuff, ain't that right Tempest

Inky: *chuckles* *sighs and smiles* Merry Christmas Tempest