A/N: Sorry everyone for the lack in my updates. I have been having some serious issues at home that needed tending. Please bear with me. I promise to make it up to you as soon as I can! In the meantime, here is a fun collection of 25 one shots from us to you. Please feel free to shoot us ideas if you'd like! Happy Holidays!

This first chapter is from HistoryGeek...

"Alex, wake up."

"Sleeping." Groaned the blonde in a sleepy voice.

"Wake up!" Repeated Casey, bouncing lightly on the bed.

"Why?" Asked Alex as she attempted to pull the blankets over her head.

"It's snowing." Replied Casey in an excited voice.

"Yay!" Mumbled Alex her voice full of sarcasm.

"It's the first snow of the year." Replied Casey as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"And?" Huffed the blonde.

Standing from the bed, Casey started pulling her jeans on, "I want to go outside."

"And you need me for this, because?" Asked Alex, knowing she had already lost the battle to stay in bed.

Moving to sit on the side of the bed, Casey pressed a soft kiss to the corner of the blonde's mouth before replying, "I want to share it with you and then one day, I want to share it with our children."

"Our children?" Questioned Alex with a soft smile.

"Yes. Our children. When I was a kid, my dad would wake us up in the middle of the night and wrap us up in our hats and coats and these big scratchy blankets and bundle us in the car. He would drive us to the park and we'd sit on the bench under the oak tree and drink the hot chocolate he had made us in this big flask. It was my favourite night of the year, even more than my birthday. I would actually pray for snow in the summer just so we could go and have hot chocolate and catch snowflakes. I promised myself that when I met the woman I was going to spend my life with, I would share it with her and then when we have children share it with them and then hopefully they will enjoy it and pass them on to their children. You are that woman and one day they will be our children, so please can we go and watch the snow?"

"God, I love you." Breathed Alex as she pulled Casey into her arms.

"I love you too." Replied Casey, "But if you think kissing me will distract me, you're wrong."

Huffing, Alex pushed the covers aside and stood up, "Fine, you win! But, we're stopping by Starbucks on the way and you're buying."

"Deal!" Grinned Casey.

Ten minutes later they were wrapped up in hats and scarfs and on their way to Starbucks. Refusing to get out of the warm car, Alex smiled as she watched Casey jog across the car park and head into the coffee shop, her red hair tucked into her favourite dark green woolly hat. In the ten months she and Casey had been together, Alex couldn't remember ever being happier or more in love or at peace as she was with Casey. She had known there was something special about the redhead the first time they met when Casey was in charge of prosecuting Liam Conners the man that had shot her and derailed her life. Despite her nerves and the sadness she felt not knowing if she would ever be able to return to New York and her life, Casey's confidence and warmth had quickly put her at ease and then Casey had smiled at her and she knew she was lost. It was something she couldn't explain, she had always believed in science, in things that could be proved and would have scoffed at anyone who said, believed in love at first sight and yet, all it took was one smile from Casey to turn her world upside down.

After the trial she had taken the cowards way out and left without saying goodbye to Casey or the squad. She tried over and over to convince herself she left that way because it would have been too hard to say goodbye to her friends, but in the small hours of the night when memories of Casey's smile filled her mind she admitted the truth to herself. For a brief moment, Casey had made her feel safe and taken away the loneliness and then it was gone and the fear and loneliness returned stronger than before. She hated the memory of those nights when imaginary intruders roamed her house, every noises sounded like gun shots and she wanted to scream at the unfairness of it all. On those nights she would think of Casey, a woman she had known for less than forty-eight hours, a woman she knew next to nothing about and her mind would settle and for a while the world wouldn't seem so dark.

The day she was told she could go back to New York and return to being Alexandra Cabot was one of the best of her life, it felt like coming up for air after being underwater. Her first night back there was a knock at her apartment door and as she opened it she hadn't been able to hold back her smile at the sight of Casey her arms overflowing with every kind of take-out Alex had told her she missed, the kind of coffee you can only find in all New York all night diners and a bashful smile. At the time she said she wanted to make sure Alex had food and let her know she was looking forward to working with her, later she admitted she hadn't been able to stop thinking about Alex and hadn't been able to wait to see her again. Over the course of a meal consisting of pizza, Chinese and donuts they talked and laughed and Alex found herself at peace for the first time since being shot. It had taken her a month to pluck up the courage to ask Casey on a date, she had been so nervous but Casey had given her that same smile that always made her stomach flip and asked her what had taken her so long. That had been ten months ago, and Alex had no doubt Casey was the person she was going to spend her life with. The blast of cold air that accompanied Casey getting into the car pulled her from her thoughts, "I missed you."

"I missed you too." Smiled Casey as she leaned across the console and pecked Alex on the lips. Pulling back she handed the blonde the tray holding their drinks. "Here we go, one large triple shot vanilla latte for you and a large hot chocolate for me and two blueberry muffins."

"Muffins, coffee and a kiss, you're almost forgiven for dragging me out of my nice warm bed in the middle of the night." Smiled Alex.

"Only almost?" Questioned Casey.

"Well, it is freezing, so you'll have to promise to warm me up if you want to be fully forgiven." Replied Alex.

"Hmmm, they say the best way to get warm is to get naked, so I'm in." Grinned Casey.

"I like the sound of this plan." Breathed Alex, her body tingling at the thought of a night making love to Casey.

"Me too." Smiled Casey as she parked the car. Linking hands Casey led Alex towards a bench, draping a blanket over them as they sipped their drinks, enjoying the view of the city lights being blanketed by the steadily falling snow. "Are you having a good time?" Questioned Casey.

"It's so beautiful." Whispered Alex as she stretched a hand out to catch a snow flake.

Pulling Alex tighter against her side, Casey replied, "My dad would tell us it was the best night of the year to make a wish on a star."

"What did you wish for?" Asked Alex always interested in learning more about Casey's life before they met.

"When I was little it was whatever I wanted for Christmas that year." Replied Casey.

"And when you were older?" Questioned Alex.

"To meet Meg Ryan." Chuckled Casey.

"Always had a thing for blondes, huh?" Teased Alex.

"You know it." Smiled Casey, "As I got older, it was things like getting boobs and getting into a good college. The last time I did this was the December before you came back; want to know what I wished for then?"

"A pony?" Joked Alex.

"Yes! A purple one. However did you guess?" Chuckled Casey before becoming serious, "I wished for you to come back. I hated thinking about you being sad and alone and for reasons I wasn't sure of, I missed you. I didn't really know you and I missed you and so I wished you would come back and I would have a chance to get to know you." Taking Alex's gloved hand, Casey pressed a kiss to the back of it before speaking again, "I know now that I fell in love with you the moment I met you and that I will love you for the rest of my life."

Alex was shocked to find she was blinking back tears, "Move in with me?"

"Alex…" Started Casey only to find herself cut off as Alex pressed a kiss to her lips.

"Let me finish, please?" Asked Alex, seeing Casey nod she took a breath, "For so long, I thought I had time to find someone to fall in love with and then in the time it took to fire a bullet that all changed and I was sure I would never be happy or find love and then I met you. In a moment you made me feel safe and at peace and when it felt like the darkness was breaking me, I would think of you and it didn't seem so bad." Feeling tears on her cheeks she whispered, "Sorry."

Softly cupping Alex's cheek, Casey wiped her tears, "My dad would say, 'Forget stardust—you are iron. Your blood is nothing but ferrous liquid. When you bleed, you reek of rust. It is iron that fills your heart and sits in your veins. And what is iron, really, unless it's forged?' It always stuck with me, it's the bad stuff we go through, the things that test us the most that shape who we are. You're the strongest person I know and Conners, VeIez they didn't break you, they made you stronger."

"Thank you." Whispered Alex.

"There is nothing better than waking up next to you and getting to fall asleep with you in my arms. I love you, Alexandra Cabot and I would love to move in with you." Smiled Casey.

"I love you too." Smiled Alex.

"Are you ready to go home?" Asked Casey.

"Not yet." Smiled Alex, "I want to watch the snow for a little longer."

Pulling Alex into her arms, Casey adjusted the blanket around them, "Perfect."