{"id":15574,"date":"2020-01-12T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=15574"},"modified":"2020-07-06T18:25:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T01:25:03","slug":"national-day-kiss-a-ginger-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/national-day-kiss-a-ginger-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Day: Kiss A Ginger Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15575\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/national-day-kiss-a-ginger-day\/sylum_quill-jacob-without-name\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylum_quill-jacob-without-name.jpg?fit=420%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"420,520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sylum_quill-jacob-without-name\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylum_quill-jacob-without-name.jpg?fit=420%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15575 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylum_quill-jacob-without-name.jpg?resize=420%2C520&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylum_quill-jacob-without-name.jpg?w=420&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylum_quill-jacob-without-name.jpg?resize=323%2C400&amp;ssl=1 323w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sylum_quill-jacob-without-name.jpg?resize=121%2C150&amp;ssl=1 121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes, yes I know Peter Quill isn&#8217;t a ginger.\u00a0 But his two Mates are!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Peter walked into the kitchen to see Aguilar chopping up some vegetables, the knife working at a speed, he was sure was inhuman.\u00a0 Callum had papers all over the table, mostly likely intel for the next mission the two were supposed to go on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s National Kiss a Ginger Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They both paused and looked at him, as if he was insane.\u00a0 Well being Mated with these two for the past few years, had pushed him further to the edge.\u00a0 That was despite working for Henry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not a ginger, but you two are.&#8221;\u00a0 He grinned at both of them.\u00a0 &#8220;So which one should I kiss first?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Callum laughed lightly, but was over the table and in front of Peter is seconds.\u00a0 He pulled him close, kissing him soundly.\u00a0 Then glanced at his brother, who was shaking his head in fondness.\u00a0 &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry about him, I&#8217;m more the ginger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aguilar set the knife down, wiped his hands on a towel, then pushed his brother out of the way before kissing Peter with a soft tenderness.\u00a0 &#8220;He&#8217;s an arse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re twins, which means you&#8217;re one to.&#8221;\u00a0 Callum teased, as he moved behind Peter, effortlessly making sure he&#8217;s trapped between them.\u00a0 &#8220;So shall we proceed with this whole &#8216;Kiss a Ginger&#8217; idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Peter nodded with enthusiasm.\u00a0 &#8220;Oh yeah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, yes I know Peter Quill isn&#8217;t a ginger.\u00a0 But his two Mates are!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[942,975,66],"tags":[50,825,849],"class_list":["post-15574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-day","category-snippets","category-sylum-stories","tag-bj-jones","tag-national-day","tag-sylum-snippets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Da1M-43c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19272,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/national-kiss-a-ginger-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":15574,"position":0},"title":"National Kiss A Ginger Day","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"January 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It's National Kiss A Ginger Day! 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It was his favorite breakfast.\u00a0\u00a0 Toast, peanut butter and honey.\u00a0 \u00a0Specifically Dixon Honey.\u00a0\u00a0 Rick put his cup of coffee on the table along with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National Day&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National Day","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/national-day\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gettyimages-183354852-1558479028-800x533.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gettyimages-183354852-1558479028-800x533.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gettyimages-183354852-1558479028-800x533.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gettyimages-183354852-1558479028-800x533.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17944,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/oreo-cooke-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":15574,"position":4},"title":"Oreo Cooke Day","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"March 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"OREO COOKIES!!! *now where's the glass of milk* Sylum Snippet! 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