2004 Holiday Drabbles

2005-01-19T02:27:27Z

RPS

SeanElijah

1. "This sucks," Elijah said for the approximately the sixieth time. Sean chuckled.

"I know."

"Neither of us is working next Christmas. Got it?"

"Got it," Sean replied seriously. Elijah sighed and shifted his cell phone to the other ear.

"Anyway -- dammit, hold on." Elijah walked over to answer his room's door.

Neither of them noticed that Elijah's phone broke when it dropped from his hand as he threw his arms around his lover.

2. "I love Christmas movies." Elijah said with a happy sigh. He and Sean were snuggled together on their couch, watching holiday movies. It was Christmas Eve, and they were resolutely relaxing after hosting a big holiday dinner.

"Me too." Sean replied, nuzzling Elijah's hair. Somewhere in the house, a clock chimed.

"It's midnight." Elijah said quietly. Sean smiled and tilted Elijah's face up for a kiss.

"Merry Christmas, then."

3. "Want to put the star on the top yet?"

Sean looked up from the box of bright glass ornaments he had just opened, an answer forming on his tongue, but he was beaten to it.

"Not yet, Uncle 'Lijah! The star always goes on last!" Alexandra Astin cried.

"Yeah, Uncle 'Lijah!" Liz agreed.

Sean shot his love a 'you should have known better' look, and Elijah grinned back.

4. Elijah's favourite thing about he and Sean's first Christmas together as a 'couple' was Sean's daughters. He and Sean spent hours shopping for them, and then had fun wrapping them together. They had the girls over for tree decorating, and watched them 'ooh' and 'aah' over when they were done Christmasfying it, as Ally called it.

Elijah's favourite part, though, had to be when they had opened their gifts on Christmas morning--watching their faces, and watching Sean watching them. A warmth that he had never known came over him and he'd been changed ever since.

5. "So, what was the best thing that you got today?" Elijah asked Christmas night, after everything had been put away, and they were in bed. Sean couldn't help but to smile at how child-like Elijah seemed all the sudden. He pulled his lover against himself and dropped a kiss into his hair, inhaling the scent as he thought.

"You, being here."

"Really?"

"Yeah." Elijah looked up at Sean, a serious look on his face.

"God, I love you." Sean grinned at him and leaned down for a kiss.

"Happens that I love you too." The lovers fell quiet after that as they embraced.
5.

Monaboyd

1. Dom wanted Billy this year for Christmas, plain and simple. Dom let him know it, too, in every way but out-and-out telling him. Billy didn't seem too responsive, so Dom didn't hold his breath. Sure enough, the Scot left Elijah's Christmas party early on Christmas Eve. Dom went home with a heavy heart, planning on falling into bed and sleeping through the next day.

Sadly, Dom's plans were failed by the blonde Scot lying in wait for him on his bed.

2. Dominic and Billy spent their first Christmas together (as a couple) rather simply. They visited Dom's family in England on Christmas Eve, and spent Christmas morning in Dom's kitchen, talking to Billy's family on speaker phone. They exchanged gifts after that, and made love in front of a roaring fire. After that, they sat on the couch and watched a few holiday movies that Dom had bought earlier in the week. They abandoned the movies when it started to snow, at which point they went out and threw snow at one another. It was simple, yes, but they both thought that it was the best holiday they'd had.

Domelijah

1. Dominic had never spent a Christmas Eve with a lover. He’d never woken up on Christmas morning with a beloved beside him, warm and ready for snuggling (or whatever their moods led them to). He never felt sorry for himself though, because he knew that he was loved. He also knew that he wasn’t the only one going to bed alone and subsequently waking up alone over Christmas.

This year though, was different.

When he woke up Christmas morning, there was a warm, solid body against his. When he opened his eyes, a pair of huge blues looked into his. Not for the first time, Dom thanked his lucky stars for Elijah.

FPS

Frodo/Sam

1. Frodo had looked forward to opening the bright parcel since it had appeared under the tree occupying Bag End's study. It was from Sam, obviously. Such was the his curiosity that it was the first present he opened on Yule morning.

"Oh, Sam - it's beautiful!" Frodo cried. Tears formed in his eyes as he reached for his beloved and kissed him.

"It's incredible." He whispered in awe, once they'd parted. Sam smiled, knowing that the months he'd spent carving the delicate, ornate clock had been worth it.

2. Frodo wanted to give Sam the perfect gift for Yule - a gift that showed his love, and his gratitude. The only problem was, he couldn't figure out what that was. Finally, only a few days before Yule, he hit upon the perfect gift.

Sam walked into Bag End early Yule morning as he'd been asked, wondering why Frodo needed him so urgently. As he'd been told to go straight to the Master's bedroom, he figured that he was ill and wanted looking after.

It was a pleasant shock when Sam opened the door to reveal Frodo lying on his bed, naked as the day he was born, with an inviting smile curving his lips.

3. The first thing that Frodo was aware of when he woke that morning was that it was cold. He was shivering, in fact. He looked to the window, and saw that it was snowing outside. He grinned, and watched the lovely flakes fall for a few moments. Then, Frodo sighed and burrowed back under the covers. He snuggled close to the body next to him and placed a kiss amongst thick blonde curls; a soft hume came from the kiss's recipient.

"Merry Yule, Samwise."

4. The snow that had fallen the night before demanded to be played in on that particular Yule morning. By midmorning, nearly every hobbit was outside enjoying the lovely, chilled weather, and a certain pair of hobbits were no exception. Frodo and Sam hadn't even been outside but a few moments before the first snowball was thrown and a full-out war began. It ended almost as quickly as it had begun, with the two hobbits holding one another close and kissing as the snow fell around them.

5. Sam Gamgee was a simple hobbit. When Yule came around on his thirtieth year, there was only one thing he longed for. Of course, this one thing happened to be the heart of the Master of Bag End, and he didn't expect to find that under the tree, nor anywhere else. He headed up to Bag End the morning before Yule to see to the firewood. Needless to say, when Frodo came out and ended up giving Sam his first kiss, it was the best -- and most unexpected -- gift he'd ever gotten.

6. Frodo woke the morning of Yule to the smell of hot chocolate. His eyes opened to the sight of Sam walking in with a tray of two cups of the delicious confection. The two shared a kiss, and then Sam handed Frodo his cup and crawled into the bed next to him. After sipping their cups dry, the lovers snuggled down together under the covers. Frodo kissed his Sam and ran his hands over his arms.

"I don't think that I've ever had a better Yule morning," frodo murmured, voice lulled with content.

"Me neither, me dear."

OTHER

1. "Did you decorate trees like this?" Elijah asked as he handed Frodo another glass ornament.

"Oh, yes," the hobbit replied. "Of course, we didn't have such ornaments. We'd string cranberries and popcorn and had lots of glass baubles."

Elijah smiled.

"I can tell you one thing," Frodo said after a moment of silence.

"What?"

Frodo set his ornament down and took the boy's hand.

"The holidays are always better when you spend them with someone you love."

2. Sirius was determined to have a kiss from Remus. He ws going crazy with it. Hi salvation finally came at Christmas time in the form of mistletoe. Sirius littered the common room with it on Christmas morning and sat back to wat. It didn't take long - he heard Moony coming down the stairs, headed for a doorway that had mistletoe hanging from it. Sirius darted over to the doorway and leaned against the wall. When Lupin was right next to him, Sirius reached out for him. Remus shot him a curious look, and Sirius simply pointed to the ceiling. A slow smile crept across his face then and Moony leaned in for their first kiss.

3. His first Christmas in Japan was a bit of a shock for Captain Algren. He'd spent so many Christmases being lonely, and this year... Well, this year there was Taka and her two boys. There were also some fundamental differences in the way the Japanese celebrated the holidays. He dealt with them and enjoyed them, for the most part, but there was one thing missing that he just had to remedy, which is how Christmas morning found Algren and his Taka embracing under a sprig of mistletoe.

4. Liv thought, when she found out that she needed to stay in New Zealand over Christmas, that she'd be lonely. The majority of the cast was going home, after all. She found out that Orli was staying, though, and immediately knew that she had nothing to worry about. Christmas Eve found them snuggled together on Liv's couch in front of a warm fire that Orli had started, exchanging presents and talking quietly. When Orli gently took her face in his hands and kissed her, she decided that it was the best Christmas Eve she'd ever had.

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2005-01-19T01:41:00Z

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