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spatz ([personal profile] spatz) wrote2010-03-14 10:06 pm
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Fic: Pass The Hat

Title: Pass The Hat
Author: [livejournal.com profile] thespatz
Fandom: Alice (2009)
Rating: Gen, G
W/C: 100
Summary: For [livejournal.com profile] celli's 8th annual taxfic challenge.

Archived at AO3


"You pay taxes with invisible money? Not even paper – invisible money?" Hatter leaned over her shoulder and frowned.

"Yes. It all gets taken out of my bank account.” Alice paused, considering. “Except for what they withheld each month already."

"So. You're paying with money that you've never seen, which you never really had to begin with," said Hatter, with the air of someone dealt a winning hand.

“I still have to pay it,” said Alice, smiling up at him. He flipped his hat onto her head, grinning unrepentantly, and kissed her as it fell over her eyes.