It was somehow already Saturday and the snow was falling steadily outside. The apartment had settled into a gentle quiet that made it that much cozier. Chris and Alexa had come over a few days ago and helped them "Christmas-a-fy", as Alexa called it, their apartment. So the bright twinkling lights of the small Christmas tree cast dancing shadows along the living room walls, adding to the cozy surroundings.

Rylee rolled over to see Sebastian already awake, sitting up against the head board, script and highlighter in hand.

"Morning, baby. Merry Christmas." Sebastian said with a big lopsided smile. He closed up his script and used his highlighter as a bookmark.

"Merry Christmas," Rylee smiled back in return.

Sebastian leaned down to place a gentle kiss on Rylee's lips which she easily returned.

"How're you feeling?" Rylee asked, as she asked every morning, mainly about his leg.

"Pretty good. Best day so far to be honest." Sebastian put his arm around Rylee's shoulders as she sat up to cuddle into his chest.

"That's great!" Rylee leaned in closer to hug him.

"Mhmm," Sebastian responded, "So. Is it too early for gifts? I feel like a kid, but I'm excited to give you yours."

"It's never too early for gifts," Rylee laughed.

She got up and made her way quickly to the bathroom to get semi-ready for the day and then helped Sebastian get his crutches so he could do the same.

About ten minutes later, they met up in the living room and Rylee brought Sebastian in a mug of hot coffee as well as one for herself.

"Again, you're the best." Sebastian said as he gave her another kiss as she leaned down.

"Yep. That's your gift. You're welcome." Rylee winked as she grabbed a box and envelope and sat down on the couch next to him.

She passed the box and envelope to him and tried to stop the huge grin on her face, but failed. Sebastian passed her a small box along with a bright red envelope.

"You first." Rylee stated quickly, practically bouncing out of her seat. Sebastian laughed but complied, sliding his finger under the flap of the envelope.

He slid the card out, a goofy looking golden retriever wearing a Santa hat filled the front of the card. When he opened it, two pieces of paper fell out. He caught them in his lap but he continued to read inside. The typed greeting read "Have a dog gone good Christmas!"

As he continued down the inside he read Rylee's beautiful hand writing,

"Happy first Christmas together! I know we've been through a lot this past half a year...like more than a usual couple, but I feel like it's made us even closer than we possibly could've become otherwise. I love you to the moon and back and can't wait to keep celebrating more and more Christmas' with you. I love you Seb. ❤️

P.S. I got you two...but you know I sometimes like soccer."

He looked down into his lap and saw two tickets for the US Women's National Soccer Team championship game early next year.

"Rylee."

"Sebastian."

"This is too mu-"

"Uh-uh. Shh. Just enjoy. Open the box, boy."

Sebastian shook his head but smiled as he did so. He slipped his finger under the wrapping paper around the box, ripping it off easily.

It was a small white box, with a removable lid, which Sebastian pulled off. Inside, laid a simple, beautiful silver watch with a blue face and silver hands.

"Ry, this is amazing, thank you. My usual one just broke too."

"Look at the back." Rylee smiled, placing her hand on his thigh.

He took the watch out of the box and flipped it over to see that Rylee had something engraved on the underside of the watch:

Every second, I love you more. - Ryles

"Ryles, thank you. I love it. All of it. Even though it's too much. But I'm not gonna argue on Christmas." He laughed quietly.

"You're welcome," Rylee smiled in return.

"Alright, go go go." Sebastian said gesturing to the box and envelope in Rylee's lap.

She laughed and said "okay okay!" She opened the envelope first, taking out a card that said "Merry Christmas Grandson!" with a picture of a skateboarding Santa Claus.

Rylee couldn't help but howl with laughter. "What the fuck Seb?"

Sebastian started laughing in return. "I couldn't pass up a skateboarding Santa."

Once her laughter died down she opened the card. He had made a pocket for a small piece of paper on the left side of the card, and on the right was written, "Have an ollie jolly Christmas!" And in Sebastian's writing, Rylee read,

"I'm assuming you laughed at the card. Cause I'm still laughing. Anyway, I love you beyond words and I can't wait to have many more Christmases with you. I love you so much, Ryles."

Her laughs had finally died down, and she pulled the small piece of paper out of the other side of the car. She unfolded it and it said

"if you want the first part of your gift,

you need to look around and be swift.

You'll look super fine

When you bend over by the wine.

"Oh my God Sebastian." Rylee laughed again.

"You better get movin'." Sebastian said as he slapped Rylee's ass as she walked around him to head to the kitchen, making her give a small yelp.

She padded into the kitchen and bent over to look near their wine rack. Sebastian leaned back into the couch, sipping his coffee, to watch Rylee bend over, where another paper was taped to a new bottle of wine. She pulled it out and read the note.

"This hunt was supposed to be longer,

But I had to get you out of the room.

Now go check out that place,

Where we keep the broom."

Rylee laughed to herself, "Wow. Super clever. Think of these all by yourself?" She said sarcastically.

Sebastian just looked at her with a fake grumpy face. Motioning with his hand in the air to continue.

She went to the front closet where attached to the broom was another note.

"Hey guess what,

You're almost there.

Now turn around

And check the dining room chair."

Sebastian watched as Rylee walked around the couch and headed to the dining table and checked the chairs to find yet another note.

"This is starting to get boring.

I'll say your gift is out in the snow.

So you better go out and look for the thing

That's outside on the bench with a bow."

"Seb. You're making me go outside? Rude." Rylee laughed as she headed towards the balcony sliding glass door anyway.

She peeked her head outside to see that there was indeed a large manilla envelope with a bow on it sitting on the bench. Luckily Sebastian had put it in a ziploc bag, because it definitely would've got wet.

"Tada!" Rylee said as she held up the envelope. Sebastian clapped for her and patted the couch next to him for her to sit back down.

She sat back down and opened the envelope, but only found another piece of paper inside. Rylee frowned in confusion as she pulled the small piece of paper out.

"Gotcha.

The cost of your first gift is one kiss.

Why didn't you just try that first?

You would've saved a lot of time. (Idiot.)

Come on, I'm ready to burst."

Rylee laughed heartily again as she looked up from the note at Sebastian, who's smile was brighter than the sun. She leaned over and gave Sebastian a deep loving kiss, after a moment, her tongue begged for entrance and he quickly obliged. The next minute or two was just the two of them, soaking in one another and just taking this time for themselves.

They eventually separated and Sebastian said, "That was a little much, but I'll allow it." He laughed lightly afterwards and pulled out an envelope from his back pocket.

"You're a jerk. You had it the whole time?" Rylee laughed.

Sebastian shrugged with a laugh, gesturing for her to open it and she did. The outside of the envelope said "You did it!" And inside a paper said,

"Nice. You're a good kisser.

Anyway, your gift is still a partial surprise, boo.

But you're officially busy

from May 10 to May 27, 2022.

I love you and I can't wait til we can go on vacation!"

"Two and a half weeks, Sebastian!" That's wild. She couldn't remember the last time she did a week vacation let alone almost three weeks."

Sebastian nodded and gave Rylee another deep kiss. "A well deserved vacation, but you still have another gift too." He said as he nudged the small box by her leg.

She grabbed it and quickly tore away the paper to reveal a small white box with a lid just like the one she gave Sebastian.

She took off the lid and revealed a beautiful white gold love knot necklace. Each of the outside pieces had small diamonds encrusted into them and there was a larger diamond in the center. Below the pendant was a small handwritten message.

"When I fell in love with you, I never could have imagined all the twists and turns our lives could take. We've had our share of laughs along the way and we've held tight through some tough times too. We're stronger and closer because of everything we've shared. Our life isn't always perfect, but it's always worth it. I wouldn't want to live a single minute of any of it with anyone else but you. I love you more and more each day."

Rylee put the lid on the box and set it carefully on the coffee table. Sebastian furrowed his brow in confusion and Rylee grabbed the sides of his face gently and began kissing him again, far more deeply.

She swung over his lap and straddled his thighs, delving further into the kiss. He put his hands around her waist and down to her ass. He gave it a hardy slap and a squeeze, kneading it in his hands with a deep, guttural moan.

Rylee laced her fingers through his short hair and thrusted herself downwards into his lap, feeling how hard he had already become.

Rylee slowly turned Sebastian and guided him to a laying position instead of the sitting one they were in, lips staying together all the while, tongues melded together.

Rylee worked with Sebastian to pull off his blue henley, as he did the same with her hoodie. Well, technically his hoodie that she had stolen a few months prior. He always loved how good she looked in them but he loved her that much more out of them.

He groaned when he saw she was wearing another shirt underneath it though, which made her laugh. "Double layers should be illegal, Rylee. I'm banning it from this home."

"I could work with that." Rylee smirked, as she helped peel off her extra t-shirt, revealing her lack of bra.

"Now that's okay." Sebastian stated as he immediately reached up to put both his hands on her breasts, already running his thumbs over her perked nipples.

Rylee couldn't help but let out a low moan from the touch. She backed away and stood up for a moment, Sebastian's hands dropping and so did his smirk. But he got over it when he realized she had stood up to pull off his pants and boxer briefs along with the rest of her own clothes.

Rylee climbed back into Sebastian's lap and got right back to where they left off, and so did Sebastian, his hands gliding right back up her front, feeling every inch from her hips to her breasts.

Rylee reached in front of her to start working on Sebastian's length, fully hard and aching for contact. He let out a long moan the moment she reached down between them. As she did that, he reached his hand down to her folds and immediately slid his fingers through the slick that was already there.

"God, baby," Sebastian growled, plunging his fingers deeper into her folds to bring out the moisture.

"Oh god Sebastian," was all Rylee could say as Sebastian's fingers picked up speed between her legs, "I need you inside me. Please."

Sebastian didn't need to be asked twice. He shifted her body over and lined himself with her entrance, as she lowered herself down onto his lap, feeling so full. She adjusted to it for a moment and then began riding him, slowly at first, but picking up her pace quickly.

The angle was perfect from the moment he entered her, immediately tapping that sweet spongy spot, pulling a sweet moan from Rylee's lips. "Oh my god, it's been too long."

In between thrusts Sebastian couldn't help but laugh, "it's...been like...three days..."

Rylee laughed back, continuing her rhythm, "Exactly, ahhh, too long."

Sebastian snaked his hands around Rylee's hips and eventually pulled them back towards her ass again, feeling the meat and muscle there, giving both cheeks another hardy slap, retrieving another sinful moan from Rylee.

"God, I'm so close Seb. So close."

"Fuck," Sebastian said through his clenched jaw, "right there," he kept his hold on her ass, giving it a rough squeeze, guiding her movements.

She continued to grind down on him, continually hitting that sweet spot in all the right ways, until she felt her core erupt out to her fingers and toes, freezing for a moment in ecstasy. Sebastian took over the thrusting as she came down from her high.

He gripped her ass tighter, probably leaving a mark at this point, and with a few more thrusts he joined her in falling over the edge as well, cumming inside her with jolts.

His thrusts slowly stopped and he laid there, panting, trying to catch his breath alongside Rylee.

"Holy hell." Sebastian let out a small laugh through his panting.

"Seriously." Rylee added, her panting dying down as well. She slowly separated their bodies with a sinful squelch of a noise and laid down beside him, squishing between him and the back of the couch.

Sebastian reached with the arm that was behind Rylee up to grab the blanket draped over the back of the couch and pulled it over both of them as they cuddled together.

"I love you beyond words, Ryles." Sebastian said quietly as he wrapped both arms around her in a warm embrace.

"I love you, too, Seb." Rylee replied snuggling in ever closer.

They fell into a comfortable silence and soon enough, both of them fell asleep.

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There was a quick knock on the door, but neither stirred.

The door knob rattled and clicked for a moment and Chris came bee bopping a step or two in through the door. "Merry Chri- whoops. Shh. Alexa. Their asleep..." he began to whisper and then he noticed the scattered clothes across the floor, "anddd we should probably come back later."

"Why? Just wake them up. Rylee won't care-" Alexa said from where Chris had blocked the doorway and pushed her way passed. She saw why they should come back later.

"Oh...asleep and very much probably naked. Okay, yeah. Let's go." Alexa tried not to laugh loudly as they relocked the door and left.