So there's a thing I saw on tumblr for 12 Days of Carmilla Christmas Drabbles and I was like "oh holy shit I never do these" but now I have because I liked the idea.

So this is day 1 "Christmas Caroling"

There shall be more! (with probably every single ship because I ship everything on this show)

LaFontaine faintly remembered a time before they spent nearly every holiday with Perry. In fact, the memory was so distant, it was just a blur in the back of their mind.

Perry's family loved the holidays. They practically celebrated all of them every year. They did as many traditions as possible. One of LaF's favourite traditions the Perry's did was caroling.

Every year, on every Friday night in December, they would all go around the neighborhood, singing songs about Christmas, Hanukah, and general cheery 'tis the season songs. LaF always went with them.

LaFontaine's favourite memory of this magical time of year was the first time Perry took them caroling.

They were both ten years old. Perry had been going on and on all week about the heavy decorating her family was doing. More lights, more tinsel, not enough holly, too many paper snowflakes...

LaF's family, on the other hand, had only put a wreath on the front door. They didn't even put up a tree. They rarely decorated (or even celebrated) the holidays.

"I can't believe you've never put up a tree before!" Perry exclaimed in shock when LaF told her about their family's 'decorating'. "Have you even got your stockings up?" The young scientist shook their head. "Caroling?" Another head shake. "You've never gone Christmas caroling before!?"

"Nah," LaF shrugged indifferently.

"B-but, it's tradition!" Perry sputtered.

LaF shrugged once again. "Not for my family."

"Well, mine goes every Friday this month. I could take you, if you want." The ginger's eyes gleamed hopefully. She adored her friend, and wanted to share this special event with them.

"I don't know, Perr," LaF rubbed the back of their neck. Would their mother even let them go?

"Please, Susan?"

The shorter redhead sighed. There was no winning an argument against Lola Perry. Plus, it really would be nice to spend more time with her. "Alright."

Perry wrapped her arms tightly around her friend. "Wonderful! Come by at seven tomorrow!"

The Perry's sure went all out this year, as usual. Countless lights, ranging from a beautiful pale to dozens of bright colours, were placed all around the house. Fake deer sat out front with a fake sled, toy candy canes lead up to the house's front porch.

It was beautiful. Like something you'd see in a cheesy Christmas movie.

"Susan!" Perry greeted cheerfully when she answered the door. "Come in, we leave in ten."

The inside was just as decorated as the outside. The Christmas tree gleamed brilliantly across from the fireplace, demanding the attention of anybody who walked in. Tinsel, more lights, holly, and even mistletoe were placed neatly around the house.

"Geez," LaF examined a tiny ceramic penguin. "You weren't kidding about the decorations."

Perry rolled her eyes and smiled.

After being friends with Perry for five years, LaF was used to all the extraordinarily neat and beautiful things her family did. Just a simple poster made by the redhead was bound to look just as lovely as its creator. It was an art that LaF had adapted their sloppiness to. It was as if the two were meant to coexist.

Perry was the yin to their yang, the black to their white, a ray of sunshine in the dark. It was a wonderfully and terrifyingly serene relationship that left LaFontaine both frightened and enlightened all at once. One could not exist without such a equitable friendship.

"Alright, girls!" Perry's mom appeared from around the corner, startling LaFontaine out of their Perry-induced haze (a sort of dream-like trance that had been happening more and often lately). "Ready to go?"

Perry nodded eagerly and LaF grinned.

"Let's go!"

It was so could out. LaF, unfortunately, didn't have any gloves (they lost them in a recent foolish experiment) but Perry had gripped their hands tightly with her mitten-clad ones.

"You really should get more gloves," Perry frowned at her friend's frost-bitten fingers.

Their surprisingly large group (consisting of not only Perry's family, but a few close friends and neighbors as well) was currently moving to the next household. Their breaths came out in wisps of fog as snowflakes began to drift down gently from the sky.

LaFontaine merely smiled at the taller girl. She was so beautiful, with the delicate flakes sticking to her hair and jacket.

"What are you looking at?" Perry's cheeks heated up slightly.

LaF shrugged shyly. "You."

"Why?"

"Because you're really, erm, pretty."

Perry seemed startled by the compliment. She opened her mouth, as if she were going to say something, but quickly shut it. "I- thank you."

Another round of 'Jingle Bells' and 'Frosty The Snowman' later, and LaF found themselves looking, once again, at Perry.

Maybe it was the way the snow fell around her, creating an impossibly more beautiful scene. Maybe it was the generally happy feeling that surrounded LaF as they sang with Perry and her family and the other carolers. Or maybe it was the way Perry looked at them later that night that caused butterflies to erupt in their stomach and a warm, fuzzy feeling to spread throughout their chest.

Whatever it was, it created a new air between the two friends. A simple glance would make them both look away with a blush. A gentle brush of their fingertips would cause electricity to run through their veins. A smile brightened their entire day.

And each year since, LaF always went caroling with Perry's. And each year, it was even more wonderful.

"Sweetie?" Perry's voice pulled LaFontaine from their reminiscing. "Are you alright?"

Ever since the whole 'Podpeopled' incident, Perry had become impossibly more protective over the scientist. She meant well, but occasionally it got a bit overbearing.

"Yeah. Just revisiting the past." LaF couldn't help the smile that spread across their cheeks.

Perry was still just as beautiful today as she was that night all those years ago.

"Anything in particular?" Perry asked gently.

"The first time we went caroling." LaF looked at the woman with an adoring grin.

"Ah," Perry returned the smile as she sat down beside the scientist on their bed. "Any particular reason you were thinking about that night?"

LaFontaine was, once again, awed by everything that was Lola Perry. She was a gorgeous purity that created a whirlwind of emotions that swirled within LaF nearly every time they looked at her. A whirlwind that created a stunning tornado of just one feeling: love.

LaFontaine loved Perry. Loved her so much it was nearly impossible to imagine a world without her. It was a wonderful feeling that had only grown since that night. An emotion she realized with complete and utter shock only a few years ago, during an accidental first-kiss.

"It was the first night I started falling for you." The redhead finally answered.

Perry kissed them sweetly. It was a chaste kiss that spoke a thousand words. "I love you, weirdo."

"I love you, too, control freak," LaFontaine murmured.

No, their favourite holiday tradition wasn't caroling. It was ending a year of falling for Lola Perry, and beginning another.

This will probably be posted on my tumblr, as well. (tiny-gay-aurora) it will have the original link to the 12 Days of Carmilla thing.

Thanks for reading~!