musebysentence Advent 13: Lights

[likely_evil]

Sam hoped Jo would be cheered up after a hard day of work to find the entire apartment covered in white twinkly lights as he had decorated all day to give a soft glow to their first Christmas together.

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[likely_evil]

"Nope. Otherwise Santa will put you on the naughty list."

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

"Ooo, the naughty list, like I haven't been on that before." She rolled her eyes.

[likely_evil]

"Actually, after last week, you might already be on that list," Sam smirked and pulled away a bit, showing her back towards the bedroom to see what he had done there.

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

She followed, of course. "So, there's no harm in opening one right now."

[likely_evil]

"And what happens if you only have one present. Then you'll have nothing for Christmas Day."

He opened the bedroom door and Sam had changed the sheets and made the bed. The twinkly lights continued in the room, giving a soft glow as opposed the the harsh bulb from the overhead light. There were little snowflake stickups on their mirror and on the windows, and there was a little candy dish with candy canes on her side of the bed, and kisses on his side. He was notorious on munching while reading in bed, and thought she would like the candy canes.

There was also a big white teddy bear sitting in the center of the bed, wrapped in a bow and holding a box in it's hand that was also gift wrapped.

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

She had some clever retort about the gift thing but seeing what he'd done she sort of lost her breath.

"Oh Sam..."

It looked so nice and the effort he went to, she couldn't believe anyone would ever do something like this for her just to make her smile.

[likely_evil]

Sam stood behind her, wrapping his arms around her stomach and kissing her shoulder. "Merry Christmas, Jo."

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

She turned around in his arms and hugged him tight. "Merry Christmas, Sam."

[likely_evil]

He took a deep, happy breath and just hugged her back, resting his head on top of hers. Because she was the best present he ever got, and nothing could ever top that.

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

She hugged him for a minute longer before she drew back enough to smirk at him. "You're going to share those kisses, right?"

[likely_evil]

"As long as you share the candy canes."

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

"Oh, alright."

[likely_evil]

He smiled and looked back out at the kitchen. "Ok, there are enough presents for you to open just one tonight. But not until after dinner. Ok?"

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

She made an excited noise, much like a little kid one then grabbed his hand and started dragging him back towards the kitchen. "Come on then, let's eat!"

[likely_evil]

He laughed and let her drag him back through the apartment to the kitchen which had two plastic Christmas place mats on the table and a little ceramic gingerbread house on it. He sat her down, then reached into the oven and pulled out the rotisserie chicken and sides that he had gotten at the supermarket and put in their dishes to make it look like he had cooked - which Sam was still very hit and miss on.

"So we have chicken, sweet potatoes, stuffing, and green beans." He also grabbed the loaf of bread and the gravy bowl, putting it all in reach of the both of them. "And there is dessert in the fridge for later."

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I am so keeping you," she laughed and grinned at him. Of course, she meant it too. She loved him and she was making sure he stayed with her.

[likely_evil]

"Well, I was hoping you would because rent is kinda expensive for a single boy on his own..." he teased, making her a plate.

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

"I'm a sugar mama?" She put a hand to her chest. "Awesome."

[likely_evil]

"I guess, since I'm your little house maid," He sat next to her with his plate.

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

She kissed his cheek. "And I love my housemaid."

[likely_evil]

Sam smiled, then went to eat because he had been waiting for awhile to eat. The meal was great as always, because he hadn't cooked it.

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

She was happy to eat with him. After a long day of work coming home to a cooked meal and these lights, yeah she loved her Sam so much.

[likely_evil]

His appetite had come back in the last month since just before thanksgiving, so if Jo didn't move quickly, Sam would be finishing most of the food on the table. He was even starting to get a soft little belly from so much good food.

[ironknifehunter.livejournal.com]

She might have let him eat just a little more than her and deliberately fattening him up. He needed it more than she did.

[likely_evil]

When he was done, he tossed the plates into the sink and since there were no leftovers to put away, he just let the plates stay there until later.

"So..."