Jackson, Finn and baby Greta are my original characters, but I don't own CSI.
Takes place shortly before the birth of Greta in my fanfics!
I had to write a Christmas story for baby Finn! I wanted to include Jackson, and wondered how he might help Nick celebrate his baby son's first Christmas. Hope you enjoy...and pretty please review!
Nick Stokes always loved Christmas. When he was growing up with his large Texas family, he loved decorating his house and wondering what gifts were under the tree. When he moved to Vegas, sometimes he hated working on Christmas. But he still loved the feel of the holiday. Then, when Greg got custody of his son Jackson, Nick loved being the doting uncle to the happy, inquisitive little boy. Now Nick had a new reason to love the holiday - this was his baby son Finn's first Christmas. Even if Finn's birth was a complete surprise, Nick absolutely loved being Finn's dad. And he couldn't wait to celebrate his son's first Christmas.
Nick couldn't keep the smile from his face as he took his son to see Santa. The baby boy sat mesmerized by the man. The young woman taking the photo smiled at the baby boy. "I think he loves Santa," she said to the doting dad.
"Yeah," Nick said. He loved watching his son watch Santa. Nick loved seeing the holiday through his baby son's eyes.
The weeks leading up to Christmas were a blur of Nick working at the lab and getting Finn ready for his very first holiday. Every day when Nick got Finn from Judy and Doc's house, he'd relish just being with his baby son.
Jackson happily told Finn and Nick about getting ready for the new baby and Christmas. "Uncle Nicky, I think mama's having a girl," Jackson told Nick one day.
"You do?" Nick asked with a grin.
"Mm-hmm," Jackson said as he played with Finn. He smiled at his baby friend. "Baby Finn, you're going to love Christmas! Santa comes and brings toys!"
Finn gazed at Jackson like he was listening intently.
Nick couldn't help but feel excited as he decorated his Christmas tree with Jackson, Greg, Morgan and the Robbins. Jackson explained about Santa Claus and how he was going to make Christmas cookies with his grandmother.
When the tree was finally up in Nick's living room, Greg smiled at Jackson. "I think it needs something," he said with a knowing smile to Jackson.
"Yes!" Jackson said as he jumped down from his chair. Nick narrowed his eyes in question as he lifted Finn from the chair. "What do you think they're up to?" He asked his son. Finn simply cooed.
Greg pulled something from Morgan's purse and handed it to Jackson. "You want to do the honors?"
"Yeah!" Jackson whispered. Everyone smiled as he handed the wrapped gift to Nick. "Happy Merry Christmas!"
"What is it?" Nick asked.
Jackson giggled. "You gotta open it!"
Nick gently placed Finn's hand on the small gift so he could help open his very first gift. Nick tore the paper off as Judy and Morgan filmed the event on their cell phones.
Finn cooed as Nick opened the gift. It was a Christmas ornament with a small blue teddy bear on a picture frame that read baby's first Christmas. Nick smiled warmly as happy tears came to his eyes. "Look, Finney," he whispered. "It's your very first present and your first Christmas."
"Do you like it?" Jackson asked.
"No, I love it," Nick said honestly. He smiled at his son as the baby boy gazed at the ornament. "I think Finney loves it, too." Finn rewarded his father with a smile. Nick held Finn's hand to the ornament so the baby boy could hang the ornament on the tree.
Nick couldn't wait to spend Christmas Day with his son. Finn may not have understood all about the holiday, but Nick reveled in spending his first Christmas with his son.
Three days before Christmas, Nick and Finn came home after shopping for presents and looking at holiday displays throughout the town. Nick changed Finn's diaper and settled him on the couch. He was going to the kitchen to get Finn some lunch when his doorbell rang. Sam barked, causing Finn to laugh.
Nick smiled at the sound of his son's giggles. He gently pat Sam's head and looked out the peephole. He narrowed his brow and smiled as he opened the door. Two familiar faces greeted him with smiles and laughter.
"Mom! Dad!" Nick hugged his parents and smiled.
"You didn't think we'd miss our grandson's first Christmas, did you?" Roger said.
Jillian walked past Nick and found her smiling grandson on the couch. "Hello, sweetie!" She said as she lifted the sweet baby boy into a hug.
Nick relished seeing his parents and watching them with Finn. "He's really grown," Roger commented.
"Yeah," Nick said. "That's the sweater you knitted him last month, mom. And he's already outgrowing it."
"Of course he is," Jillian said as she gently kissed Finn's cheek. "He's a big, strong boy."
Nick smiled. "So...how's everyone back home?"
Roger smiled wryly. "Why don't you ask them yourself?"
Nick turned to see his siblings and their children walking up his driveway. "What?!"
His sister Melanie laughed. "You didn't think we'd forget Finn's first Christmas?"
"Yeah," his other sister Dana said as she hugged him. "We knew you couldn't get away, what with work and all."
"So we decided to come here," his brother Johnny said.
Nick smiled as everyone hugged him and baby Finn. This was shaping up to be a wonderful Christmas.
Everyone loved seeing Nick and Finn. Nick set Finn on the floor and, to Jillian's delight, the baby boy stood up and walked to his grandparents. Roger laughed softly as Jillian lifted the happy baby into a hug. "You walked, sweet boy," she said to her grandson.
"Yeah," Nick said with a warm smile. "He started Thanksgiving. I've had to childproof everything." A warm smile came to his face as he watched his mom with Finn. He couldn't wait to spend the holiday with his family.
TBC