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Despite both the fire captain and the OB’s excitement at spending their first Christmas and new years as a wedded couple, they were extremely busy.
Unfortunately, they were not able to decorate their apartment from the beginning of the month like they wanted to.
Suddenly all pregnant women in Seattle are giving birth in the month of December, and the fires were like a whack amole, put out one fire here, another springs there.
They were both exhausted and tired, but were very ecstatic when they were given the last week of the year off so they could spend it together with their loved ones.
Today was Christmas eve, the first day of their off week.
They finally got the chance to start decorating.
Stockings with each of their names were hung on the fireplace, tinsels placed aesthetically on the mantlepiece, a wreath on their front door, Christmas souvenirs and snow globes of all sizes placed all around their side tables and shelves.
All that’s left is the tree and mistletoe.
Maya was put on the task of getting the tree ornaments and lights out of the box and organize them so they can decorate the now assembled tree together.
“CARINA!” yelled Maya in a needy voice from the living room.
When she got no response she tried again.
“BABE?” she yelled again, grunting a little bit frustrated at the situation she’s in.
“Yes, yes bambina I’m here!” Carina came quickly from the bathroom.
As soon as she looked at Maya she stood in her tracks threw a hand over her mouth and tried to stifle a laugh.
Maya was stood in the middle of the living room, the Christmas tree lights tangled around her small form, whenever she tugged at the lights in attempt to free herself, the wires squeezed a part of her body.
When the brunette burst out in loud laughter Maya couldn’t help herself but smile a little seeing how her wife was enjoying her misery.
“Help meeeee ouf-“ she grunted as she was frustratingly pulling the lights in all directions making it tighten around her chest and the mini light bulbs dig into her side.
As Carina’s laughter died down she slowly made her way towards the struggling blonde.
“Relax bambina” she said in a low husky voice as she tugged Maya closer to her body with the lights tied around her.
She slowly leaned in, eyes never leaving the blonde’s big blue eyes that she loses herself in, until she looked down at the now parted lips.
When their lips finally touched they both melted into the kiss, despite how many times they have kissed, it always felt like a gazillion butterflies go off in their chests and stomachs.
What they have is so unique a pure neither of them thought they would find their perfect person.
When Maya realized they were getting carried away, and she was still confined between the lights tightly wrapped around her body she broke the kiss, despite how much she didn’t want to.
“If we don’t stop we will have a bare tree for Christmas, and Santa will not have a place to put his gifts” she softly said still looking at the brunette’s lips that are drawing her in making her relent into her wife’s seductive spell.
“We don’t want babbo natale to come and see a barren tree, he won’t leave us gifts, no?” she replied still mesmerized by her wife’s plump lips.
The sexual tension in the room was building but they both knew they had to stop so they could finish decorating.
Unable to articulate her words she slowly shook her head left and right still looking at Carina’s lips.
Carina left one last quick peck on the blonde’s lips before starting to untangle the lights from around her wife.
“How did you even get yourself into this position amore?” said Carina with a furrowed brow trying to concentrate on freeing Maya without causing her more pain.
“I was trying to untangle them so we could easily wrap it around the tree” she sheepishly said as her cheeks reddened with embarrassment at her failed plan, and before she knew it she was untangled and free.
“FREEDOM!” she goofily yelled, her arms put up in victory as she celebrated her freedom from the suffocating lights.
Carina laughed at how silly her wife was, this side of Maya, however rare, was her favorite, she loved how her wife could be so relaxed and feeling safe around her that she could act like a complete goof without being feeling judged or embarrassed.
She immediately went into the blonde’s arms before she had the chance to put her arms down, as she latched on tightly onto her wife’s torso and buried her head in her neck Maya’s arms immediately wrapped around her protectively and lovingly.
They stood there in each other’s embrace for a few minutes, content in each other’s arms, wide soft smiles on each of their faces, if they had the chance they would stand like that forever they would.
After a little while Carina let out a soft content sigh, pressed a soft kiss on Maya’s neck and stood up straightening her back before leaving another soft peck on her wife’s lips.
“Dai let’s decorate the tree so we can have hot chocolate and cuddle next to the fireplace” said the brunette as she dragged Maya behind her towards the tree.
As the wives decorated their Christmas tree they put their Christmas playlist on shuffle, they were all around the place, from belting out the lyrics to ‘All I Want for Christmas’ while jumping and dancing around and dedicating the song for the other, to their foreheads pressed against each other with their eyes closed while they slow danced to ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’, to Carina singing classic Italian songs by heart flawlessly while Maya tried to sing along.
When they were finally finished decorating and taping the mistletoe to the top of their bedroom’s door frame (which Carina hung because it was difficult for Maya to properly tape it which made her pout, which led to the brunette kissing her adorable pout away which was conveniently under the mistletoe which then led to the previous sexual tension to resurface then led to steamy hot love making that lasted hours and hours) they finally went to sleep hot chocolate and cuddles next to the fireplace forgotten.
*****
The next morning they woke up around noon bundled up together, last night’s activities wore them out completely, trying to warm each other up with their bare bodies.
Despite it being Christmas day as well as their day off they had a pretty loaded day, first of all of course open their gifts, then they had to head to the station so they could help donate the gifts and toys they had collected with the rest of the team to orphanages as well as warm clothes and food to homeless shelters and much more, they also had to shop for the new years dinner they are going to have together before going to the party that was held at Dean’s houseboat so they can celebrate it with their family.
After opening the gifts and indulging in Carina’s heavenly French toast for brunch they headed to the station and helped in wrapping and donating the presents, clothes and food.
At the end of the day they were too exhausted to go grocery shopping so they decided they will go the next day.
As they made their way back to their apartment, huddled close together to warm each other up from the cold it suddenly started to snow a little bit.
Carina absolutely hates the cold, would rather spend her time on a warm beach tanning under the sun.
While Maya on the contrary loves winter and especially snow and the late rise and early set of the sun.
So when the first snow fall started while they were making their way back home Maya excitedly jumped around celebrating her favorite season.
She stood in the middle of a sidewalk like a dork, mouth wide open, tongue stretched out in attempt to catch a few snowflakes on her warm tongue.
As the soft snow fell faster and faster, her tongue was now coated with snow, her eyelashes and top of her nose had some snowflakes on them, her cheeks a light tint of red from the cold.
She was surprised when she excitedly turned towards her wife to show her how the snow coated her tongue when she saw Carina doing the same thing with a wide smile on her face.
When they both turned towards each other they giggled closed their mouths and nuzzled each other’s red noses to warm them up before finally kissing their cold lips.
They stayed under the snow for a couple of minutes until the brunette started to complain of the cold, no longer liking the snow as it kept accumulating on the streets.
Finally they entered back home, Maya was glued to the window the whole time as she watched the snowfall, when it settled they snuggled while watching the classic Christmas movie ‘Home Alone’ before falling asleep in each other’s arms despite being on the uncomfortable couch.
The next morning a hyper energized Maya DeLuca-Bishop was dragging a very grumpy sleepy and sore Carina DeLuca-Bishop towards their door.
She hastily dressed the brunette, who was still in her pajamas, with her thick coat zipping it up quickly, wrapped her scarf around her neck, a random beanie, slipped on some thick gloves and shoved thick boots onto her feet all while Carina was trying to gain some consciousness and wake herself up more.
Maya quickly dressed herself in similar attire before grabbing Carina’s arm and dragging her down the stairs of their apartment complex.
As soon as the blonde stepped outside and spotted white fluff she immediately threw herself over it face first and hugged the snow and rolled in it all with a huge grin on her face.
As Carina watched her wife go crazy over some snow, now forming snow angels with her limbs, she grumbled in a low voice, her arms around herself trying to warm herself up, the cold still too much for her despite the million of layers the blonde put on her, the cold now making her sleepy state disappear.
“I married a lunatic” she grumbled as she hid her small smile by tucking her chin behind her scarf.
“Hey grinch!” she suddenly heard, and before she had a chance to look up at her wife a snowball hit her square in the face.
She gasped loudly at the impact, her face full of shock and remnants of snow on her eyelashes and the curve of her nose.
“Uh Oh” said Maya as she now had a look of fear on her face while backing up slowly when she saw the brunette look at her, her eyes full of anger and disbelief.
“I didn’t mean to! I swear I didn’t mean to hit you in the face” spat out Maya as she kept slowly backing up, her arms now in front of her as if she was protecting herself.
Carina did not break her eye contact with Maya as she slowly bent her knees, keeping her intimidating gaze, grabbed fistfuls of snow with her gloved hands and started throwing them at the blonde.
One fistful of snow after the other were thrown at Maya as the latter tried to fend off the snow attack coming from her angry wife.
Before she knew it, she was pushed onto the soft snow behind her, her wife now straddling her before grabbing the snow around the blonde’s head which was now shoved onto Maya’s face as revenge for throwing the snowball at her wife.
Now Carina had a triumphant satisfied smile when she saw her wife buried with snow, she got her sweet revenge.
Maya shook her head trying to get rid of the snow covering her face, pale cheeks and nose now tinted red from the cold, it was the cutest thing the brunette has ever seen.
“You better take me back inside, join me in hot warm shower, and make me a cup of hot chocolate while rubbing my feet because I am freezing, then you are forgiven fully” said Carina while discreetly grabbing another fistful of snow in one of her palms.
“Okay” said Maya fully accepting to fulfill her wife’s needs before she got one last face full of snow while she was getting up.
“Okay I deserved that” she continued before getting up, grabbing her wife shaking off all the snow off of her and making their way back into the apartment.
After warming up doing exactly as the brunette demanded they went and got some groceries for their new years dinner, they decided to make some classic Italian cookies before having a movie marathon of movies they want to watch but never had the time to, sleepiness was nowhere to be found as they were doped up on the sugar they ate while decorating the cookies.
The next few days before the new years went by smooth and fast, they finished some chores and house DIY stuff they wanted to add since they had the time now.
On new years eve they were both so excited to put a close to this awful year, COVID with all its problems and restrictions, the grief of going through Andrew’s death, the jealousy and stupid useless arguments, everything that was a bump in their relationship.
When they arrived to Dean’s houseboat they were greeted with love and excitement from their station family, embraced completely by love and care.
They immediately got drunk and enjoyed their lack of worry over the next day’s responsibilities.
“What’s you new year’s resolution?” asked Maya her arms around Carina’s waist as they swayed to some upbeat music.
“To get you to stop going on your crazy runs in the ass crack of dawn” said the brunette cheekily with a tilt of her head trying to make a joke out of it.
“What’s yours?” she asked the blonde.
“To get you to join me on my crazy runs in the ass crack of dawn” she replied jokingly as she leaned in and pressed a quick kiss on her wife’s laughing lips before getting smacked playfully on her arm.
As the clock slowly reached midnight the whole station family and their partners put on their coats and scarves and stood at Dean’s deck all huddled together to keep each other warm as they look up at the night sky waiting for the anticipated fireworks.
The TV was put on the highest volume so they could hear the countdown broadcasted on all channels.
Once the clock struck midnight and they saw the fireworks illuminate the cold dark night Seattle sky with all its colors and designs everyone kissed their significant other and embraced their friends.
“HAPPY NEW YEAR!!” everyone celebrated happily.
Maya and Carina were still in their own bubble, their kiss still uninterrupted until Maya pulled back for a breath and look deep into Carina’s eyes that warmed her soul.
She took a deep breath and said.
“I used to avoid Christmas and New Years, I either spent it uncomfortably on my family’s dinner table with an indescribable tension that made me just want to smash my head into a wall, or purposely pick up a shift to avoid meeting my family and preferring to spend it alone or with a one night stand that I won’t remember their name the morning after” she started, her hands now cupped the brunette’s cheeks grazing them softly to keep them protected from the cold as she gazed deeply into Carina’s safe brown eyes.
She could see all the love and devotion in her favorite pair of eyes.
“But now I am excited to spend every holiday whatever it be, Christmas, easter, new year’s, I don’t know anything you can consider as a holiday I want to spend it with you, in your arms, in your presence. I am grateful I found you, I am glad I found my person, and I am glad you accepted me despite me being broken and fucking up badly. I love you Carina DeLuca-Bishop, and I am excited to spend the rest of my life and holidays and new year’s with you and hopefully a bunch of little yous running around in the snow, and a myriad of gifts under the Christmas tree, lots and lots of cookies for them to munch on, and watch them grow into the wonderful people they are going to become because they will have you as their mamma” she ended with tears rolling down her cheeks that she didn’t realize were there as she looked into similarly wet brown eyes and soft sniffle coming out of the brunette in front of her.
Unable to speak because of how emotional she was, Carina grabbed the sides of Maya’s coat, pulled her towards her and crashed their lips together deeply again, all her love and passion and gratitude poured into it.
Sniffles came from behind the couple as their station family watched them in their little bubble and witnessed Maya’s speech.
“Ah, Love” sighed Ben as he turned towards his wife and gave her a loving kiss before excusing themselves to head back home to spend it with their kids.
“So much for ‘Maya monogamy is for the weak bishop’” stated Vic and she wiped her nose and tears before going back into the houseboat hand in hand with Theo.
“Captain Bishop is now a softie” said Andy teasingly before getting flipped off by the blonde still midkiss with her wife having heard her best friend. Andy chuckled while she turned back to go in Sullivan in tow.
“The Maya Bishop I know was definitely abducted and replaced by this soft simp version of Maya, I refuse to believe this is the same person” Travis said in disbelief, shock evident on his face.
“Agreed” muttered Emmett dragging a still shocked and starstruck Travis behind him.
“Why am I so lonely?” muttered Jack quietly before slipping back into the warmth of the house.
“You go cap!” cheered Dean proud of how far his Captain and friend got in her development.
He awkwardly went back into his house as the kiss got more and more heated, giving them privacy not wanting to see things he might regret seeing.