Summers End [Jake Nolan]

Summers End [Jake Nolan]

Description: The morning after the last day of the lifeguards season includes food, back rubs, paddle boarding, kisses and cuddles.

Warnings: PURE CUTENESS. I don’t remember any cussing but it is a given by now. 

The bright morning light breaks through the cracks in the curtains, and hits Y/N right in the face, making her open her eyes.

"Ugh. Nope." Then she squeezes her eyes shut.

A light chuckle from underneath her makes her eyes open again.

"Poor baby." Jake says, his voice deeper from sleeping.

"What time is it?" Y/N asks as she cuddles into him.

"Seven-thirty." Jake replies and leans down to press a kiss to her lips.

"First day off in forever and I only sleep in until seven-thirty? I am suing whoever came up with that." Jake laughs at his girlfriends comment and starts to move. He ends up laying on his side facing her.

"We don't have to get out of bed." He says and presses another kiss to her lips.

"You and I both know we can't stay in bed all day. You're too hyper for that."

"Well, you're not wrong." Jake admits. He sits up in bed and cracks his back. "I'm hungry." Y/N laughs and gets out of the bed and walks into the kitchen. Jake follows and watches her as she looks through the cabinets.

"What do you want for breakfast?" Y/N asks as she stands on her tiptoes to reach a box so she can read it. The stretch makes her shorts and shirt ride up, which in turn makes Jake stare at her. "Babe?" Y/N closes the cabinet and looks over at him. She immediately realizes what he's doing and knows exactly what he's about to say. "Jake Nolan do not even say what I think you're going to say unless you want to cook for yourself, and everyone knows you can't cook, so you'll be eating raw eggs." She threatens. Jake nods and turns to look in the other cabinets. She knew damn well her boyfriend did not have any type of filter, so whatever he thinks, he says.

"How about pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon?" Jake suggests. Y/N nods and turns her speaker on, blasting music in the house. Y/N starts singing while making the food until a certain song comes on. No One by Alicia Keys, Y/N's absolute favorite song.

Her eyes light up and she turns to Jake. Ever since they started dating, every time they were together and the song would come on she would stop what she was doing and sing to Jake. She walks over to him, wraps her arms around his body, and leans her head on his chest.

"I just want you close. Where you can stay forever. You can be sure, that it will only get better." She sings and Jake sways them.

He loves when she does this. He wouldn't tell her, but sometimes he would play the song when he feels anxious or upset because it makes him feel better. All of the lifeguards knew about their little tradition. It didn't take them long to find out because the day after it first happened Jake was humming the tune in the tower while he was with Harries, and Harries questioned Jake about it which led to the entirety of the Waverly Council Lifeguards knowing about the significance of the song in under twenty-four hours.

After the song finished Jake pulled Y/N in for a long kiss and once they pulled away he grabbed her face and squished her cheeks together.

"You know I love you right? More than I could ever love anybody else."

"I know, and I love you too." Y/N replies.

§§§

After cleaning up the mess from breakfast Jake took a shower while Y/N continued to clean their house, and after his shower she went in and took one, still blasting music. Jake just put on shorts and flopped back onto the bed to wait for Y/N. He was on his stomach looking on his phone for engagement rings when the bathroom door opened. Jake freaked out and immediately locked his phone.

"What do you want to do today?" Y/N asks as she straddles his back and starts rubbing it.

"Paddle boarding, but if you keep rubbing my back I'm going to fall asleep." Jake replies and closes his eyes. Y/N laughs and leans down to kiss his cheek.

"You're like a adorable cuddly puppy."

"Babe, I am not a puppy."

"Yeah. Ok."

§§§

"Jake I swear if you run into me again-!"

Splash.

Jake starts dying of laughter when he sees Y/N resurface. The look on her face told him everything he needed to know.

She was going to kick his ass.

"Awe, baby! You look so cute!" Jake exclaims.

Y/N gets back on her board and grabs the paddle before jamming it into Jake's board, causing him to lose balance and fall into the water.

She laughs and sits down on her board. Jake resurfaces next to her board and jumps on with her.

"Your board is gonna start going to shore." Y/N says.

"Eh, let it. We'll paddle in together."

"You just want to stare at my ass." Y/N laughs.

"That's part of it, yes." Jake replies and smiles at his girlfriend. Y/N smiles back and leans in to kiss him.

"Love you too babe."

§§§

After Y/N helped Jake load the boards and paddles into his truck he helped her down from the bed of said truck by picking her up by her thighs, but he didn't put her down.

"I'm gonna fall!" Y/N exclaims and grabs his shoulders.

"You're not going to fall!"

"I don't trust that statement!" Jake chuckles and finally sets her down by the passenger door. Y/N goes to open the door but realizes it's still locked. "Why's the truck still locked?" Jake gives her a cheeky smile. "Jake, I'm cold. Unlock the truck."

"Give me a kiss and I'll think about it." Y/N gives him a quick peck and gestures for his keys. "I know I've kissed you like, ten times, but just like another ten, please?" Jake negotiates.

"One more, then you let me in the truck and then we'll talk." Y/N counters.

"I can work with that."

The day after the last day of summer was one for the books.

Pack Christmas [Derek Hale] 🎄

Description: Derek and Y/N, sworn enemies, are chosen to prepare the pack Christmas Party.

Warnings: Arguing.

A/N: Day 1 of 12 Days of Christmas! Stay tuned for day 2! 

"Scott, what the hell?!" Y/N exclaims through the phone. She was in the middle of decorating her house for Christmas when the alpha called her to inform her that she and Derek Hale would be planning and setting up the second annual "McCall Pack Christmas Party".

"Please Y/N? We need to focus on finals and besides, you and Derek are like the packs parents!" Scott pleads.

"Scott, me and Derek barely get along." Y/N sighs as she sets a string of lights down on the floor to be untangled.

"But you work really well together. Remember when Cora and Boyd we're running through town? You guys did great that night."

"First of all, that was life or death. Second, the dude literally argues with me all of the time. Derek has made it very clear that he doesn't enjoy my presence, so if I'm going to do this, I'm better off doing it myself."

"Please, Y/N? Just try it and if it doesn't work out we'll just forget about it."

"Fine, but when everything goes sideways it's not my fault."

§§§

"Derek, come on. It's for the pack, not me!" Y/N exclaims.

They had decided to go to the store and buy decorations, and while they were getting garland to wrap around the handles to the stairs in her house. Normally she didn't do much decorating on the inside of the house but with the party being at her house she decided to go all out.

Derek, surprisingly hasn't been in a horrible mood since they started planning the party. Y/N thought he was sick at first, but then remembered werewolves don't get sick, so she doesn't know how to explain it.

Y/N suggested getting a real Christmas tree instead of the old fake one she has, but Derek decided to be difficult.

"The pack won't care." Derek deadpanned.

"Malia would love it because it reminds her of outside. Lydia loves the smell and authenticity. Scott and Stiles hate fake trees and Liam would absolutely love-." Y/N goes on until Derek cuts her off.

"You spoil those kids too much." He groans, finally giving in.

"Maybe I do. Maybe I don't."

§§§

On the way to the christmas tree farm, "Last Christmas" came on and Y/N quietly started singing it. Derek took his eyes off the road to look at her. She was beautiful. Derek always thought that from the first time they met to right now. She's always been beautiful. He's also always had a crush on her, but with all of the women he's been in a relationship with, he's been hurt by ninety-nine percent of them. He just thought it was best to push his feelings aside and distance himself, but Scott isn't helping him do that.

Once he parked his truck they started walking around the shops to see if there were any precut trees. Y/N turned a corner, saw a pin with reindeer in it and gasped.

"Derek! Can we go see the reindeer?!"

Derek looks at her for a few seconds while she looks at the reindeer. She has the biggest and brightest smile he thinks he's ever seen. His body warms at the sight. She's so happy, carefree, unlike most of the other times they are around each other.

"Yeah. Why not." Derek replies and walks over to the fence with her.

Immediately one of the baby reindeer walks over to them. Y/N puts her hand out and it rubs against her hand.

"Hi baby. You're so cute." She says in a baby voice. Derek smiles at her, yet again.

§§§

After they finished petting all of the animals Derek and Y/N made their way to the Christmas trees.

"You going to chop down the tree?" Y/N asks.

"Yeah, I used to every year when my mom and sisters were still alive."

"My dad never let me." Y/N says as she looks down at her shoes. "He always said 'Can't let my babygirl cut her hands.'."

"Your dad was protective of you wasn't he?" Derek asks as they walk through the rows of trees.

"Yeah, after my mom left with her boyfriend I was all he had left. He didn't want me to play sports in school because he was so scared that I'd get hurt."

"My mom was like that, but she didn't want us to get hurt because then we would be exposed when we heal."

"I'd be the same way, especially because people can't accept it."

"Well I'm glad you have accepted it."

§§§

It was finally the day of the party, and Derek came over early in the morning to help Y/N set everything up and cook, which would take forever.

"Ok, so I made the stuff I could premake last night. The deserts are in the fridge, and there is stuff in crockpots that just needs turned on." Y/N says as she speed walks around her house. She's a perfectionist, so her house is spotless, and the decorations are to her liking, and it was snowing, so nothing could ruin today.

Derek opens the fridge to pull out the crockpots and sees that she wasn't kidding when she said she bought enough food to feed the United States Army.

"Well it's a good thing Scott and Stiles can eat."

Y/N just gives him a big smile before continuing on.

§§§

"Y/N. When are you and Derek going to accept the fact that you guys are in love with each other." Lydia asks as she stirs the hot chocolate.

"Lydia." Y/N hisses. "He can hear you."

Lydia just rolls her eyes, knowing Stiles is keeping Derek's ears occupied.

"Oh, come on. He looks at you with pure love and adoration. You know he only acts the way he does because he thinks he's protecting himself."

"Why would he need to protect himself from me?" Y/N asks as she finishes the mashed potatoes.

"Because you came along right after Laura was murdered." Lydia pauses. "He told me that you are Laura in a different body. It scares him and makes him sad." She admits.

Y/N snaps her eyes to Lydia's, finally realizing why he was so cold towards her. Everything anyone's told Y/N about Laura reminds her of herself.

"Why didn't he just say something to me, instead of picking arguments with me every time he sees me." Y/N asks quietly.

"Because like Lydia said. I was scared." Derek's voice cut through the Christmas music playing quietly in the kitchen. "I was scared I'd lose you, like I lost Laura, so I figured if you hated me I wouldn't feel this way about you. It never has and it never will work."

Lydia walks out of the kitchen and into the living room with everyone else.

"I'm sorry that you felt that way Derek. I never meant to make you upset." Y/N says.

"Don't apologize. If anyone's apologizing it should be me. I've treated you so badly all of these years when all you wanted to do was help all of them."

"You too." Y/N exhales. "I wanted to help you too."

"Well since Christmas is "The time of forgiveness", maybe you could forgive me?" Derek asks hopefully while coming closer to her.

"That's true, so you are forgiven." Y/N kisses his cheek.

"Now maybe my New Years Resolution should be to make you mine."

"I wouldn't be opposed."

Wrapping Paper [Quinn Hughes] 🎄

Description: Quinn can't wrap gifts to save his life. Y/N is his neighbor and can help.

Warnings: Cursing.

A/N: Day 9 of 12 Days of Christmas!

"Mom, I have no idea what I am doing." Quinn whines to Ellen through the phone.

He's trying to wrap presents, and it's not going well.

"Well did you watch a video honey? Maybe that can help." Ellen suggests.

Quinn tries to pull the wrapping paper and accidentally rips it. "Damnit." He mumbles. "I did watch a video, it just doesn't work."

"Well, do you know anyone there that can help you?" She asks.

"None of the boys know how to." Quinn says, setting scissors down.

"How about Y/N? You guys always say that she knows how to fix and do everything."

Y/N is Quinn's neighbor and a photographer for the canucks. He has a tiny crush on her, but we don't talk about that.

"Mom. I am not asking Y/N to help me wrap presents." He sighs.

"Why not? She's always told you if you ever need anything just let her know." Ellen questions. She really didn't understand why he couldn't just ask Y/N for help. She's a really sweet girl.

"Because I'm twenty years old and this is embarrassing." He replies. He tosses the scissors on the carpeted floor and runs a hand through his hair. "Maybe I should just get bags."

Ellen laughs. "You do what you want honey, but I know Y/N will help you and not even question it."

"Ok mom." Quinn sighs, again. "Well I know it's late there so tell Luke and dad I love and miss them."

"I will. Goodbye Quinn, I love you."

"Love you too mom."

They hang up and Quinn looks around his living room, at all of the presents he needed to wrap.

"This is going to take forever."

§§§

"So Quinn, how is present wrapping going?" Brock asks after practice.

"It's been like three days and I only have two done slightly correct. So if that tells you anything." Quinn replies, taking his helmet off.

"Dude, just ask Y/N. Have you been to her place lately? She's got everything wrapped perfectly under her tree. I even had her wrap that one toy for my nephew."

Y/N walks over to the bench and greets everyone.

"Hey guys, were doing the Christmas pictures today just let me know when you want to start."

Everyone gives her a "ok" and she goes back to set up her camera to take pictures of the rest of practice.

§§§

After practice and the Christmas pictures and videos were all done Brock, Elias and Quinn were all walking to the vehicle they carpooled in to go home and play video games when they saw Y/N walking to her car.

So, as any teammate would, Brock decided to take advantage of it and help Quinn out.

"Hey Y/N!" He exclaims. Quinn shoved him and gave him a death glare while Elias just giggled. She turns around and stops to wait for them.

"Hey Brock, what's up?" She asks, shifting her bag on her shoulder.

"Could you help Quinny wrap his presents? He's struggling." Brock side eyes Quinn, who rolls his eyes.

"Yeah of course! Just let me know when you get home and I'll come over and help you?" She questions.

"Yeah! Thank you." Quinn shyly replies.

"No problem! You guys have fun playing video games." She says before she gets into her car and drives off.

"See Quinn. She's a sweetheart, you don't have to be afraid to talk to her." Brock chuckles, throwing his stuff in the car.

"I'm not afraid to talk to her." Quinn pouts.

"Yeah ok." Elias pipes in.

"Shut up Petey."

§§§

After getting home, Quinn texted Y/N and told her he was home and she replied a few minutes later saying she'd be over soon.

He looked around his apartment and decided to pick up stuff he'd thrown around randomly.

If only Jack and Luke could see him. They'd never let him hear the end of it. He can hear their voices in his head already.

"Quinn's got a crush."

"Quinn's whipped."

Whatever floats their boat.

His doorbell rang and he scanned around one last time to make sure it didn't look like a complete pigsty before opening it.

"Hey, thanks for coming over."

"You don't need to thank me. I've got brothers, I understand wrapping presents isn't really a guys thing." She laughs.

"Especially not mine." Quinn laughs with her.

§§§

After an hour, all of the presents were wrapped, labeled and decorated with bows. Y/N even sort of taught him how to wrap presents.

"I know you just taught me but I might just have to keep asking you to help me because I actually really like spending time with you." Quinn says, watching her write on a tag for Lukes gift.

"I like spending time with you too. You're a great person Quinn."

"Thank you. I think you're great too." He smiles. "So, would you maybe want to stay and watch a movie with me? I'll order us food." He offers.

"Yeah, that sounds great." She smiles.

Later after eating and while they were in the middle of the movie, Quinn gets a text.

Brock

So did your presents get wrapped Quinny?

Pen Pal [Owen Lindmark] 🎄

Description: Owen and Y/N both sign up for a Christmas Pen Pal project,

Warnings: Cursing.

A/N: Day 11 of 12 Days of Christmas! Merry Christmas!

The University of Wisconsin has a program around the holidays where students can be paired with a pen pal in their class if they feel like they are lonely or just want to.

Y/N wasn't making very many friends. She's a Pre-Med student, so she doesn't have much time to go party, or hang out with other students that aren't in her classes.

Sure, she did make a couple of friends, her roommate, Jessa, and Lacie, Max, and Joel, who are all pre-med students as well. She just felt closed off.

Owen has plenty of friends, he just wants friends that aren't hockey players, or girls that are just trying to hook up to say they hooked up with "The Owen Lindmark".

You know your pen pals first name, but that is it.

Owen has just gotten back to the dorm after practice and stopped by to get his mail for the first time in days. There was a package, his amazon order, finally. There was also two letters. He looked at the one, it said, "University of Wisconsin Pen-Pal Program". The other said "To: Owen From: Y/N".

"What's up O?" Ryder asks as he walks in behind his teammate.

"I got a letter from my pen pal. I think it's a girl, their name is Y/N."

"Yeah I've heard of her, never met her though." Ryder says.

Once Owen gets in his dorm room, he opens the package. He had ordered more Gatorade Gx pods. Then he opened the letter from the pen pal program.

Dear Owen Lindmark,

Thank you for signing up for the pen-pal program. After going through all of the students who have also signed up from your class, we have selected Y/N. Have fun making a new friend, and Happy Holidays!

Then he opens the letter from Y/N.

Hi Owen! I'm Y/N, we've been paired for the pen-pal program. I'm not really sure how to do this type of thing, so I'll just tell you a little about myself. I'm eighteen, a freshman here at UW. I'm a Pre-Med student and I want to be a Orthopedic Surgeon.

I hope to hear back from you!

"She sounds super smart." Owen mumbles to himself.

§§§

Later that day Owen sits down to write a letter to Y/N. He struggled for a little bit, not really sure what to say or even how to start out, but once he started he just kept writing.

A few of the boys came in while he was writing, asking what he was doing, and he just said "I'm talking to my pen-pal.".

The boys were confused, but just continued playing video games.

Once he was done, he rand down to the front desk to mail it to Y/N, hoping she didn't think he ignored her.

§§§

The next day Y/N stopped to get her mail in her dorm. It had been a few days since she sent a letter to her pen-pal, Owen, and she hadn't heard anything back, so she was hoping he sent her something.

She got her mail and her eyes lit up when she saw it said it was from him. She rushed up to her dorm and sat on her bed to read it before doing her homework.

Hi Y/N! I'm Owen! I'm sorry for not responding as quick as I should have, I forget to get my mail a lot. Anyway, you sound super smart! Where are you from and what do you like to do outside of school? I also do not know how to do this type of thing so I'll just tell you some random facts about myself. I'm eighteen, also a freshman at UW. I haven't chose a major yet, but I'm working on it. I'm from Naperville, Illinois. I love hockey, and football. I have a few siblings, they're kind of annoying sometimes but I love them. I like to play video games with my friends and basically just do whatever with my friends. They are a great group of people, I hope you'll meet them one day!

§§§

Over the next few weeks they sent letters back and forth. They even sent each other candy once in a while.

They both really like taking to each other and their friends all noticed. Y/N was a lot more social, and Owen was happy all of the time, even with finals being a week away.

Y/N had decided to get Owen a psychology book, because he had mentioned he was interested in that for his major. She got a box and put the book in it with a letter and a Milky Way.

Owen had also got Y/N some stuff. She had mentioned that she was going to try a new note taking method that would could down on time because it doubled for studying. She needed colored card stock and pens. He got her those and a Starbucks gift card that he taped to his letter to her. He decided last minute to put his phone number in it.

When he got her package the day before everyone left for Christmas break and opened it he smiled and pulled out another piece of paper.

Y/N about cried when she opened her package. She had a stressful day and the thoughtfulness of it made her day. When she read the letter she could feel it already. She hasn't even met this kid and she's already falling for him.

She put his phone number in her phone and texted him really quick.

§§§

Owens phone buzzed against his nightstand while he was making a sandwich. He walked over to it and saw it was a unknown number. When he opened it a big grin took over his face.

You're the sweetest. I forgot I told you about the card stock thing.

Then another message popped up.

Thank you Owen, you seriously made my day. ❤️

He decided to be a little brave with his reply.

You're welcome! And thank you for the psychology book. It's ok if you don't want to, but would you maybe want to meet up after break? I really like talking to you and I'd love to meet you in person.

It only took Y/N a minute to reply.

Y/N-

I'd love to. I'll see you then, pen-pal?

Owen-

I'll see you then, pen-pal. Merry Christmas.

Y/N-

Merry Christmas Owen.

Broken Hearts Club [Kelly Severide]

Description: Kelly Severide has made Y/N an official member of the Broken Hearts Club.

Warnings: Cheating, Cursing (are we surprised? no. ok.)

Y/N and Kelly had been dating for a year before Stella Kidd showed up. Stella was a absolute goddess. Beautiful hair, perfect smile, amazing personality and excellent firefighter skills. What was there not to love? Kelly obviously took notice of her, and even started to hang out with her instead of his girlfriend.

Y/N thought it might've been because she was new, and she was a firefighter, instead of a paramedic like Y/N, so they had plenty in common, but when Kelly started canceling on Y/N she grew suspicious.

Gabby and Y/N had gone out for drinks one night after they got off work. Gabby had a falling out with Matt, and she was currently staying with Y/N, so they figured they’d go get dinner and drinks together. Y/N was supposed to have dinner with Kelly, but of course, he canceled last minute.

"I heard Ambo 52 had a guy with a python biting his arm and it wrapped around his arm. Kristy and Zach were too afraid to touch the snake." Gabby says as they walk down the sidewalk. Y/N briefly chuckles at the story before going back to her somber mood. Gabby turns her head towards Y/N and her heart breaks for her. She knew how much Y/N loved Kelly, but she also knew how much of an asshole he'd been the past two months. "Hey, why don't we stop by and see Severide. He said he had to help Kidd with something at Molly's right?" Y/N nods.

"Yeah. Something about fixing the wall and shelves, or hanging shelves on the wall? I'm not sure. The phone call only lasted like forty seconds."

"Then let's go." Gabby says and loops her arm with Y/N's before heading towards Molly's.

§§§

Once they make it to the bar, they say hello to everyone they know before heading over to Otis.

"Hey Otis." Y/N says.

"Hey guys, what's up." He replies as he cleans a glass.

"We stopped by to see Severide, any idea where he is?" Gabby asks as she sits on a barstool.

"He should be in the back putting up a shelf. He asked Stella to hold it up for him." Otis says and nods his head to the back room. Y/N nods.

"Ok, can I have four beers?" She passes him a twenty dollar bill and Otis grabs four beers for her. "I'm going to take one to Kelly and Stella. I'll be back." Y/N grabs two beers and starts walking to the back.

She enters the hallway and notices that she can't hear any voices, or tools. She thought they might be concentrating, trying to get the shelf level, or they aren't even back there.

She couldn't have been any more wrong.

She steps in the open doorway and looks at the sight in front of her. Kelly has Stella pinned up against the wall, their lips pressed together. Once her head catches up with her eyes, she drops the beers and gasps. Stella pulls away and catches Y/N's eyes.

"Kel-Kelly." By time he pulled away, Y/N had already turned around and started towards the bar. She grabs the beer she ordered and walks out the door before anyone can ask her anything.

Kelly runs down the hall and meets Gabby and Otis' confused faces. When Gabby sees Kelly's appearance she immediately knows what's going on.

"Where'd she go?" Kelly asks. Gabby stands up and moves in his way.

"Just stop. I think you've done enough." Then Gabby grabs her beer and follows Y/N out the door.

Kelly watches as the door slams shut. He knew he fucked up when he saw the look on Gabby's face.

"Damnit!" He yells and kicks a barstool before turning back and going down the hall.

§§§

Gabby sat down next to Y/N on the curb. She took one look at her eyes and immediately knew how much this has hurt her. Mentally and emotionally. They sit there in silence while tears roll down Y/N's face.

"I thought he loved me." Y/N sobs. Gabby wraps her arm around Y/N and lets her lean her head on her shoulder.

Welcome to the Broken Hearts Club Y/N.

Christmas Carols [Nolan Patrick] 🎄

Description: Nolan doesn't feel the Christmas spirit but Y/N, who lives above him, keeps playing Christmas carols really loud.

Warnings: None

A/N: Day 2 of 12 days of Christmas!

Nolan Patrick is the real life embodiment of the grinch this Christmas. This would be the first Christmas he wouldn't be home with his family because of his career.

Of course he loves hockey, but he also loves his family and wants to spend time with them during the holidays.

He didn't have a tree, or any decorations for that matter. He didn't participate in any normal Christmas traditions. Really the only thing he's done for Christmas was a video with the Flyers media team saying what his favorite Christmas movie was and why.

He hadn't even listened to Christmas music, even Frosty the Snowman, until his upstairs neighbor decided to blast her Christmas carols on a Saturday afternoon.

He kept quiet about it, even though it was annoying him, but she kept blasting it every few days, and after a bad loss, coming home to hear Christmas carols was the last thing he wanted to deal with, but he didn't want to cause issues so he just put his headphones in. With anyone else he would've told them to turn it down, but this is Y/N, his beautiful neighbor/kind of friend/crush. He won't tell her to turn it off.

A week later they bump into each other in the elevator and Nolan brings it up.

"So you seem to really like Christmas music."

Y/N smiles and replies, "Yeah, of course. Who doesn't?" Nolan stays quiet and looks down at his shoes. "You don't like Christmas music? You listened to it last year." Y/N questions.

"Yeah, this year is different though." He replies and starts to fiddle with his duffle bag.

"How so?" Y/N pushes.

"I can't go home because of work, so there's really no reason to celebrate."

Y/N sees the hurt on his face. He really wanted to be with his family.

"Well, how about this, you can celebrate Christmas with me since neither of us can go home this year." She suggests.

Nolan looks up at her and he shakes his head.

"It's ok, I swear. I don't want to intrude, I'll just have to celebrate next year."

"Nolan we've known each other for like three years. You're not intruding." Y/N laughs.

"Seriously, it's ok. I'll just watch some movies and order some takeout." Nolan assures.

The elevator stops on Y/N's floor and they look at each other.

"I won't take no for an answer Nolan." Y/N argues as she steps off of the elevator. "I'll make you stop being your little grinch self." Y/N winks before walking off to her apartment.

Nolan leans against the elevator wall and lets out a deep breath.

§§§

A few days later Nolan is walking into the building with Travis. They had just left practice and decided they wanted to play video games at Nolan's place.

"So Patty, how is Y/N?" Travis asks as they play call of duty.

"She's good. Why?" Nolan glances at Travis' face to see his smirk.

"Just wondering. You avoided the elevator." He replies.

"Uh. Coach says we need to stop being lazy." Nolan mumbles.

"So it doesn't have anything to do with Y/N getting home around this time?"

"No." Nolan croaks. "It's not-. Y/N doesn't-. Damn you Teeks." Nolan sputters, his cheeks burning.

"You like her. She invited you over for Christmas. Go or I'll kick your ass."

§§§

Nolan walks into the lobby coming in from Philadelphia's cold, snowy weather. It's the day before Christmas Eve and today was their last day of practice until the day after Christmas.

After brushing his hair out of his face he looks up to see Y/N standing at the front desk waiting for her mail. She turns her head to see Nolan standing there and waves at him. He walks over to the desk and asks for his mail as well.

"So, Christmas."

"Your place or mine?" Nolan asks.

"Be at my place at one. Don't worry about bringing anything." She says as she grabs her mail.

"You sure?"

"Just bring yourself Nol." She smiles before walking to the elevator.

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Nolan switches the hand the bag is in before knocking on her door.

He knew she said not to bring anything but he didn't feel right so he got her a gift. With Travis' help.

The door opens and Y/N smiles at him.

"Hey, come in!"

Nolan walks into the apartment and looks around.

It looks like a Christmas bomb went off.

"I like your decorations."

"Thanks! I about broke my neck climbing up on a ladder to put the star on top of my tree." She chuckles.

"I brought you something as a thank you for letting me spend today with you."

"You didn't have to Nolan. If anything you're doing me a favor. Making me feel like less of a loner."

"You're not a loner. You know Travis, Carter and I love spending time with you."

"Yeah but I'm just the girl you guys hang out with sometimes." Y/N replies. "Anyway, I got you something too." She goes into the living room and grabs a box. "Open it, I might slip up if you don't open it now." Her bright eyes made Nolan's heart melt. Maybe this would turn out an ok Christmas.

"Only if you open yours first."