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“What is that?” Paul said pointing at the Christmas tree in front of the window
“What does it look like, it’s a Christmas tree” Jacob said ignoring the look on his boyfriend’s face
“Jacob, I told you last year I hate those things” Paul said gruffly
“Where is your Christmas spirit?” Jacob as he walked past his boyfriend
“I don’t have any” Paul told him
“Well I suggest you find some grouch” Jacob said giving Paul a quick kiss as he walked back past him
“I’m not a grouch, and what does a tree have to do with Christmas anyway?” Paul said defensively
“It’s tradition” Jacob said rolling his eyes at his boyfriend
“Well I’m not helping you” Paul huffed as sat down beside a box which to his horror contained various Christmas decorations
“So what did you do at Christmas” Jacob asked as he decorated the tree with various trinkets
“Nothing really, my grandparents were poor and very traditional, the only decorations we had were a nacimiento which was older than my grandma. We always went to midnight mass” Paul replied
“You what presents you do presents right?”
“Not on Christmas Day we wait until Día de Reyes on the 6th January” Paul said letting his fingers run absent mindedly over an ornament
“What’s a nacimiento” Jacob said pronouncing it all wrong
“Nacimiento….” Paul repeated in that beautiful Mexican tilt of his
“….it’s a nativity scene which we set up on the 16th December, the baby Jesus is added at night on Christmas Eve and the three kings are added on January 5th” Paul said
“We could buy one” Jacob said leaning over the back of the sofa
“No need, Christmas really doesn’t hold anything special for me” Paul said handing the ornament to Jacob
“What about food, knowing your grandmother there must have been food”
“Jacob honestly it doesn’t matter but thank you for asking” Jacob didn’t say anything instead he leant over and kissed Paul
“Wanna pass me the little box” Jacob said turning back his attention to the tree
“Fairy lights, how very apt” Paul said dryly as he handed the box to Jacob
“I was thinking we could maybe buy some lights for outside….”
“No, I’ll let you have the tree but that’s it nothing else and I mean it” Paul said getting up and upstairs leaving behind a slightly stunned Jacob.
Jacob decided to give Paul some time alone, he wasn’t stupid enough to forget that his lover was dangerous. Though it was hard sometimes for Jacob to equate the mild mannered computer geek with the cold blooded killer he knew Paul to be. So he waited until the tree was decorated to his satisfaction before going upstairs to hunt down his errant boyfriend. Paul had heard Jacob coming upstairs, amazed it had taken him so long to come and question his earlier behaviour. The door opened quietly and instead of walking into the room, Jacob closed it behind him and lent on it looking down at Paul who was laid down on the bed one arm flung over his eyes. Jacob let his eyes wander over his boyfriend’s body, noticing how his shirt had rode up to expose his abs. Sensing that Jacob was staring at him Paul pulled down his shirt
“Spoilsport” Jacob said pushing himself off the door
“That’s me, I can always be counted onto ruin the mood” Paul said moving his arm to look up at Jacob
“You’ve not ruined anything” Jacob said standing at the foot of their bed
“It’s just Christmas in my house wasn’t always fun filled, it normally ended up with the police being called” Paul said almost apologetically as he pushed himself up onto his elbows
“Paul, I’m sorry I never thought” Jacob said sitting down on the bed, not believing his own stupidity
“Hey, you weren’t to know and when my grandparents were alive they made sure I got a “normal” Christmas, but after my grandma died and I went to live with my mom it was just like any other day” Paul said as he sat up to sit next to Jacob
“I should have asked you about getting a tree” Jacob said not knowing what else to say
“It’s okay I over reacted as usual”
“Come on drama llama let’s go downstairs” Jacob said standing up and holding his hand out for Paul to take but instead Paul pulled him back down onto the bed
“I don’t deserve you” Paul said letting his finger trace an imaginary line down Jacob’s cheek
“Yes you do” Jacob said leaning in to kiss his boyfriend, they broke apart when Paul’s stomach rumbled loudly
“Man honestly you are all stomach” Jacob said giving Paul a playful push, standing up he offered Paul his hand and this time he took it.
“You didn’t put a fairy on the top did you?” Paul asked
“Well as Mr Glazier said a few months back we are a pair of fairies” Jacob said mischievously
“Jacob” Paul whined
“Okay as tempted as I was I decided on a star, satisfied?”
“I wouldn’t put it past you” Paul grumbled as he allowed himself to dragged along behind his boyfriend
“Oh sweetheart you have yet to know what I am capable of”