1 - birthday
"I wondered if I could convince you to give me a fifteen minute back rub." Jules unburied her face from the pillow to grin sleepily up at Sam. He smiled down at her from his perch on the side of the bed.
"Promise me you won't fall asleep on me before the minute's up?" Sam teased, starting to massage the kinks out of her tight shoulders. She moaned approvingly, toes curling. "I'm sorry that you had to spend your birthday doing overtime."
Jules trailed a finger over his jeans clad thigh. "At least nobody died. It's a good day in my opinion," her eyes flicked up to meet his eyes, a smile growing on her face. "And I definitely can't wait for our next days off." As beat and tired as she felt now, the day had begun on a pretty good note. From them nearly coming to work late because of their very own private birthday celebration, to Sam handing her an envelope with two open plane tickets and annual Banff National Park passes inside.
"I'm glad you liked my present, but still." Sam shrugged.
Sensing his displeasure, Jules sat up and scooted closer until she could throw her arms around his broad shoulders. She pressed a kiss to the side of his neck before burying her face there, breathing in his clean scent. "I have you here with me. Believe me, it's a pretty goddamn perfect birthday," she kissed the underside of his chin. "Love you."
Her whispered statement brought back memories of how they had spent their respective birthdays alone last year - at the very least, not with each other. They had barely even talked in Jules' birthday BBQ with the team. She might not have brought Steve to the dinner party, but it didn't change the fact that she was seeing the paramedic. Sam saw her at work on a daily basis, but he had never felt more lonely.
He crushed her against his chest, fingers running through her hair soothingly. "I love you too."
The embrace lingered for several more minutes until Sam felt Jules' petite body grow more laxed against his. He kissed her shoulder. "I thought you promised?"
I don't know how many chapters this will have as I'm kinda going along with the inspiration. The stories will be mostly fluffy and happy cos you know that's what I like to write, but maybe there will be some angst every once in a while. Gonna try to keep them under 500 words.
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