Heart [Andrew Reidy Reid]

Heart [Andrew ‘Reidy’ Reid]

Description: Y/N is Reidy's daughter, and she has a heart condition.

Warnings: Cursing? I think that is it.

"Hey Y/N/N wanna race in?" Harries asks with a big, playful smile.

Y/N, Harries and Maxi were all out in the water taking advantage of the beautiful weather. Bondi has been quiet all day and Reidy had brought his favorite, and only, girl down to hang out with her favorite guys.

Y/N Reid was born with Congenital Heart Disease, where her heart has holes in it, and if her heart rate gets too high, she can't breathe.

Her mother didn't want to deal with it, so she left. Leaving Reidy alone with his sick baby girl, but he'd never have it any other way.

Reidy is obsessed with his now, teenage daughter. Y/N is the light of his life and keeps him motivated to be the man he is. She is his favorite person, so that means Reidy is quite protective over her, and when she hangs out with two of Waverley Councils goofiest lifeguards, he has strict rules.

One. Don't go too far out.

Two. Stay away from the twins and flat rock.

Three. Don't go swim in a rip.

Four. Don't overwork herself.

Maxi and Harries love to go out and paddle with Y/N, because she can give them both a run for their money.

"What does the winner get?" Maxi asks.

"Nothing, but maybe a laugh at the losers." Harries replies. The younger two of the three laugh loudly before agreeing.

They made a starting line and counted down from five.

"Five. Four. Three. Two. One!"

They took off paddling as hard as they could, all three of them looking back every few meters to look for waves to speed it up.

Once they’re two hundred meters from shore Y/N's heart starts racing and she starts slowing down. She knew she had to try and slow her heart rate, or else it would be bad.

After stopping for a few seconds and waiting, her heart continues to pick up its pace, so she called out to the boys.

"Guys!" Her voice was quiet amongst the sound of the ocean.

They didn’t hear her.

§§§

Reidy had gone across the road to the locker rooms, and he had told Hoppo to keep an eye on Y/N, so when Hoppo saw Y/N stop and lie her head down on the board, he knew exactly what would happen.

He left Gonzo in the tower and took one of the rhinos down to the waters edge. He didn’t wait and see if she could make it in, he just grabbed the board and went.

He passed Maxi and Harries who seemed confused, and they turned around to see Y/N laying on her board, floating with it.

"Shit! Maxi did she yell for us?!" Harries exclaims while turning around to paddle back out.

"I didn’t hear her!" Maxi replies as he does the same.

Hoppo reaches Y/N and grabs her hand.

"Just breathe. You’ll be alright." He gets Y/N on his board and unhooks the leg rope from her board. He sits there with her for a few moments. Breathing with her and trying to get her to calm down. It works a little bit, but not all the way.

Hoppo has known Y/N since she was a toddler. When Reidy first started working at Bondi he would always bring her around when he couldn’t get someone to watch her, so she’d hang out in the tower with everyone.

All of the lifeguards love having her there. She’s like their little peak of sunshine on rainy days, so when she’d start having trouble breathing like she is now. They’d all be trying to help her and get her anything she wanted or needed, which most of the time was her dad.

When Reidy came back to the tower and saw Hoppo out on the board with his daughter he immediately sprinted down there and made it in time to help her onto the sand.

Reidy sat behind her while Harries got the oxygen mask for her to breathe into.

"Here sweetheart. Breathe into this." Reidy puts the mask over her nose and mouth and lets her breathe carbon dioxide. They all sit by her while Reidy rocks them both side to side and strokes her hair.

After a few minutes her heart rate is in normal range and she feels better.

"You feeling better now?" Hoppo asks.

"Yeah, just tired." Y/N answers and takes the sweatshirt Maxi is handing her. "Thank you guys."

"Don’t thank us. We’d do anything for you, we love you." Harries gives her a bear hug.

"Well, I love you guys too."

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?

All That Matters [Kelly Severide]

Description: Kelly is overprotective, but this time he has a good reason. 

Warnings: Assault, unwanted advances, cursing.

The Cubs were playing tonight and anytime they played a home game all of Chicago would watch. Some from their homes, some from Wrigley Field, some from bars. This did not exclude the crew from Firehouse Fifty-One. They'd all gathered at Molly's after their shift to watch the game, eat some food and drink.

The bar was packed. Like barely any standing room packed.

Kelly had decided that since Y/N excelled during a challenging call that he would be the designated driver.

Y/N definitely would've blown over the legal limit on a breathalyzer by inning five.

Four shots of tequila and two beers had her stumbling through the crowd on her way back from the bathroom.

Kelly had noticed a guy glancing over at her a lot, but he didn't want to say anything to Y/N because he wanted her to enjoy tonight. He didn't want to start something over nothing again. Maybe the guy was looking at the TV. They were sitting close to it.

Y/N had noticed the guy staring at her too. She didn't say anything to Kelly because she knew how he could get. Anything that would present a threat to her in his book, was immediately taken care of by him. For example, the Chicago Fire Department Gala.

The gala was a fundraiser to raise money for families around Christmas time. A group of guys cornered Y/N and Gabby by the bathrooms. When Kelly saw what was going on, he only saw red. That was until Y/N grabbed his wrist. She was the only person able to bring him back to earth when things got tough.

He's head over heels for that girl.

Y/N was halfway there when someone bumped into her. She didn't think much of it at first, until someone grabbed her forearm.

She turned around and met the face of the guy that she felt staring at her all night.

"Can I help you?" She asks.

"Yeah. You can actually." He replies. "Do a little spin for me sweetheart." He smirks.

"No thanks. I have a boyfriend, and even if I didn't, I wouldn't be interested." She was starting to sober up, because she felt uncomfortable.

"That guy in the CFD shirt? Did he have to buy that to look cool because he's a volly?" He chuckles. "Honey both of us know he can't handle a woman like you." He gives Y/N a sinister smile and her stomach churns.

She looks around Molly's, desperately trying to catch Kelly's eyes, but the he steps up beside her.

"Firehouse Fifty-One, Squad Three Lieutenant Kelly Severide." Kelly grabs his hand and tears it off of his girlfriend. "Can I help you? Or are we going to have a problem because you keep harassing my girlfriend?"

"I didn't do shit, but if you want a problem, I can give you one." The guy sits his can of beer down on the table beside them and swings at Kelly, but, because he's drunk, he completely misses and hits Y/N.

By then Casey, Gabby and Cruz noticed what was going on, and they'd started to make their way over.

Y/N fell to the ground because she wasn't expecting that. Kelly immediately lunges at the guy and tackles him to the floor. He throws punches left and right. Not caring where he was hitting the guy.

Gabby kneeled down by Y/N and helped her to her feet and out the front door, leaving Casey and Cruz to get Kelly.

"Severide! Severide! Stop!" They grabbed his arms and dragged him up to his feet.

"Stop before you kill him!" Casey yells.

Kelly doesn't care. His brain immediately goes to Y/N.

"Where is she? Where's Y/N?"

"Gabby took her outside." Cruz says.

Kelly starts towards the door, pushing past everyone to get to her. Once he gets outside he looks left and then right to find Y/N and Gabby standing by the wall. He rushes to her and turns her to him.

She's got a black eye already forming, a definite bloody broken nose, and tears rolling down her face. Kelly sighs and pulls her to his chest and puts his hand on the back of her head.

"I'm so sorry, baby." Kelly whispers.

"It's ok. I'll be fine."

"No it's not ok. That bastard is getting charges pressed against him, and you are going to get checked out." He says. "I should've went with you. I should've been there earlier."

"You can't predict the future Kelly." Y/N says as she pulls away. "I'm ok. You're ok. That's all that matters."

"That's all that matters."

Surfing Baby [Dean ‘Deano’ Gladstone

Description: Dean and Y/N take their son surfing for the first time.

Warnings: None!

A/N: This is dedicated to @tinysangel I finally got around to writing for Deano!

"I’ve got it sweetheart!" Dean yells back down.

He finishes packing up the bag and goes back downstairs where Y/N and Jack are in the kitchen. Y/N is packing food and drinks for later while Jack munches on some fruit. Deano puts the bag down on a chair and goes up to his son.

"Alright, you ready to get cleaned up so we can go to the beach?" He asks Jack.

"Yes daddy! Can we go see Uncle Harries?" Jack asks as he gets down from the stool and goes over to the sink to wash his hands.

"Yeah, I’m sure Uncle Harries would love to see his little Jackie." Y/N replies as she finishes putting the rest of their drinks in the cooler.

"Ok, let’s finish cleaning up and then we will get in the car."

§§§

After going to see Harries, Maxi, Whippet, Yatesy and Kerrbox, Jack and Deano were finally getting in the water.

"Alright bud, you’re going to get in front of daddy and I’ll show you what do before you try, ok?" Jack nods and continues to help, or at least try to, paddle out.

Deano wasn’t taking him out too far, knowing Y/N would be upset if he did, but he did take him past where the other kids would stop.

"Now we’ve got to watch for a wave, and make sure we don’t get in the head by a surprise one." Deano explained. After a few minutes of waiting, a wave finally popped up. "Start paddling Jack!"

They start paddling and get to where they can stand up. Deano stands up and pulls Jack up with him. He holds on to Jacks wetsuit and helps him stay steady while they ride the wave in.

While they were out in the water, Y/N was recording them. She wanted to be able to show Jack the first time he ever surfed when he grew up, so she made sure it was a decent video. She cheered for Jack when they got up and she was sure you’d be able to hear her proud screams in the video.

"Mommy! Mommy! I did it! Did you see?" Jack ran out of the water and to his mom. Y/N squatted down to his level and opened her arms.

"Yes baby! I saw! I’m so, so proud of you!" She presses kisses all over Jacks face and he giggles and squirms.

"I want to go again!"

§§§

After another two hours of surfing the beach was starting to empty out, so Maxi decided he wanted to take Jack out for a bit, which Deano and Y/N quickly agreed to, knowing that they could trust Maxi and that they could take a break.

"Look at him, he’s such a little pro!" Deano exclaimed from his spot on the sand beside Y/N.

"Isn’t he? Just like his father." Y/N smiles at her husband and Deano presses a quick kiss to her lips.

"I love him, and you. Life is perfect." Deano sighs.

"I love you both too, but I think I know how to make life a bit more perfect." Y/N says. She looks at their intertwined hands and back up to Deano's curious eyes.

"How?"

"Adding to the family?" Y/N smiles.

"You, you’re pregnant?!" Deano exclaims happily.

"Yeah! I found out yesterday!" Y/N cries.

Deano pulls her into a tight hug, kissing her forehead.

"I love you so much." He whispers. "I can’t believe we’re going to have another baby!"

"We’re going to have another surfing baby."

The Two Percent [Adrian ‘Taco’ Kovacic]

Description: Y/N has to handle some business and Taco gets protective.

Warnings: Harrasment, cursing.

After having been a trainee at Bondi for two years, Y/N finally finished her TAFE course, and got offered a permanent job.

Of course she took it. Who wouldn't?

She was three months into her first summer as a fully fledged lifeguard when she was asked to do a voiceover for Bondi Rescue on a incident that had occurred a month earlier.

"Ninety-eight percent of people down here at Bondi are great, they mind their own business, don't cause any problems. But then there is that two percent of people that are just complete assholes." She tells the camera. "There was an incident with a group of kids, sixteen year old girls. They were local, and it was the weekend, so where else do teen girls go on a hot weekend? The beach."

Y/N was with new trainee, Adrian, better known as Taco, up at North Bondi, just watching the water when she heard a girl tell someone to go away. Neither one of them payed attention to it, but after the second time Y/N turned her head to look.

A older guy was over by the girls, he was about twenty, only two years older than her.

"Hey Tac and Y/N, I think you might have an issue a couple of meters away from you. This guy just keeps talking to these girls, and they aren't liking it." Chappo, who's in the tower, says over the radio.

Taco grabs his radio to answer back. "Yeah mate, we heard one of them tell him to go away. Has he touched any of them?"

"Not yet, but he's inching his way closer, just keep an ear out."

"Copy." Taco replies and sets the radio down. "If we have a rescue, you can go in just incase he acts up, you shouldn't have to deal with that."

Taco only says that out of sympathy, because ever since Y/N started at Bondi, some men would touch her butt, or grab her boob on "accident", or just do it because they think it's ok.

"Nah, I'll be fine." Y/N replies and grabs the megaphone to move some swimmers down to the flags.

After a while Y/N saw a few of the girls go into the water. She was standing in the back of the rhino drying off after a rescue, so she had a great vantage point. She sees the guy get up and follow them so, she radios up to the tower.

"Chap, I'm going to go talk to these girls. I'm not going to identify myself yet. Could you possibly send someone down here."

"Yeah will do. Take Taco with you and be careful." Chappo replies.

Y/N takes her lifeguard rash guard off and that leaves her in a black bikini. She jumps off the rhino and walks over to Taco's side.

"We're going to go talk to those girls, take your pullover off." She tells him. Taco nods and gets out of the rhino. He takes the pullover off and sets it in his seat.

They casually make their way into the water and Y/N stands beside one of the girls.

"Hey." She greets the young girl.

The girl turns and sees Y/N and Taco. "Hi." She smiles.

"Is that guy bothering you and your friends?" Y/N asks quietly, trying not to draw any attention.

"Sort of, but it’s nothing we can’t handle." The girl replies.

"Well, we are lifeguards here, so if you want him to go away just come get us. Alright?" Taco says. The girl nods and they walk back up to the rhino to see Bacon standing there as well.

"How’d it go?" Bacon asks.

"She said they were fine, but I told her we were lifeguards and that if they wanted him gone to come get us." Taco replies.

"Ok, I’ll just hang out here with you guys incase he acts up."

§§§

Eventually, the man got too close to the girls, and put his hands on the girl Y/N had spoken to earlier, and she was livid.

She was in the middle of talking to Taco when she saw what happened, so she cut him off.

"Excuse me, I have to go make a scene." Y/N says and hops off the rhino.

She starts speed walking over to the group and makes it to them before Taco even has a chance to breathe.

"Oi, buddy!" She exclaims. The man looks at her and the girls move away from him. "Come here. Now." Y/N demands. The man reluctantly agrees and walks over to her. "What do you think you’re doing?"

"Talking with to the girls." He responds.

"No. You were talking. They were telling you that they didn’t want anything to do with you, but you couldn’t take no for an answer."

"What the hell is your problem, little girl?! I could stomp your ass into the sand!" The man exclaims and comes closer to Y/N, and that is when Taco intervenes.

"I suggest you back off mate." Taco warns.

"Or what? It’s not like you can do anything."

"I can and will do something if you touch her." Taco states firmly. The man rolls his eyes.

"You need to leave the beach, and don’t come back." Y/N says.

"Why?! I didn’t do nothing!" The man exclaims while throwing his hands around.

That’s when Taco stands in front of Y/N. The last thing he wanted was for her to get hit.

"You touched her! Did she say you could?" Y/N asks as she points to the girl, who quickly shakes her head no in response.

"Whatever, she liked it."

Last straw. That’s what set Y/N off.

"Get the hell off the beach and don’t come back or I will call the police and have them arrest you." The fire in Y/N's eyes seemed to finally convince the man that she wasn’t screwing around, because he turned around and bogged up the beach and both lifeguards watched the man leave the beach.

After that was all said and done Y/N walked over to the girls and apologized for their experience with the man, and asked if they were all alright.

All of the girls were grateful that she and Taco stood up for them and assured the two they were perfectly fine, and then they left for their homes.

§§§

After pack-up when all of the lifeguards were in the tower they were all talking about how the day went when Bacon brought up the situation up at North Bondi.

"Y/N was a total badass, she wasn’t taking shit from that bloke." Maxi says.

"Yes, you could see the steam coming from her ears all the way from South Corner." Reidy laughed.

"And Tacky, I’m so proud of you mate! Always having her back." Deano adds.

"She’s always had mine." Taco replies and smiles down at Y/N, who in turn, smiles back at him.

"Awe, so sweet!" Harries exclaims.

"Yeah, it’s safe to say I’ve found my new buggy buddy."

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."