Christmas Party! Millitimed Vaguely to "Sometime Around Christmas"

[kitchen_maid]

Anne and Amy have been very very busy over the last week or so, transforming their usually simple white room into the perfect place for a Christmas party.

There are garlands of holly and balsam strung around the room, leading away from the wreath between the windows (and there's a grumpy looking crow, perched in the middle of the wreath, trying to figure out how to get the red ribbon from around his neck). A Christmas tree, candles ablaze, stands in one corner, with presents tucked under its branches.

Welcome, dear friend, to Anne and Amy's Christmas party.

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[the_seafarer]

He looks at them for a long time, silent. His fingers run over the pages, over the small, neat script, gently.

It's a long time before he can speak, and when he does, his voice is thicker than usual, and rather soft.

"Lucy, I--I don't know what to say."

When he looks up at her, his eyes are bright indeed, and he reaches forward to pull her into a tight embrace.

"Thank you," he says, softly.

Re: The Christmas Tree

[called_lioness]

"You are welcome, Caspian," she says just as softly and holds him back, kissing the side of his neck.

"You do like them, then?"

Re: The Christmas Tree

[the_seafarer]

"Lucy," he says, pulling back enough to smile down at her, "they are the best present I have ever received."

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[called_lioness]

"Oh, well." She grins up at him. "Good. Though I warn you, the one's biased, as it's all rather from my point of view, or what you and the others told me happened before Ed and Eustace and I got there."

Re: The Christmas Tree

[the_seafarer]

"It's perfect," he insists, and leans down to kiss her thoroughly.

Re: The Christmas Tree

[called_lioness]

Lucy never objects to being kissed thoroughly and, in fact, does the same in return.

And when she's done, she smiles against his mouth.

"Perfect," she agrees, talking about something else entirely.

Re: The Christmas Tree

[the_seafarer]

"You certainly are," he agrees.

Or states.

Or something.

Re: The Christmas Tree

[called_lioness]

"Wasn't what I meant," she protests.

Re: The Christmas Tree

[the_seafarer]

He opens his eyes in mock surprise.

"No?"

A beat.

"But I mean it."