Hi you all :)

After watching parts of GA's last episode, I couldn't stop thinking about Nico and Levi and since I cannot wait for the hiatus to end and Christmas is about to begin, I wanted to challenge myself and write a tiny chapter for every day of December until Christmas.

I wrote a prompt on NicoandLevi's Tumblr and after receiving amazing feedback I just had to upload it 😊

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Please be aware I'm a non-native speaker and this is unbetaed, I hope you still enjoy this tiny precious thing 3

Prologue

/A few weeks ago/

"Guys, it's online!"

Everyone at the interns' locker room looked up when Levi ran inside, nearly tripping over his own two feet while looking at his phone. He almost ran into Casey as well but could stop himself, panting. "It's online!", he stated again when his three friends were still staring. "The chart about our upcoming shifts?", he explained helpfully. Instantly, everyone was diving for their phones. Once they found the right charts, the room got quiet while they kept scrolling down the document to get to their names.

"Couldn't they just enlist us by our first names?", groaned Dahlia, while she furiously swiped down again and again. She heard mumbled sounds of agreement from Casey and Levi while they kept scrolling. "Hey, I'm not complaining!", Taryn said but they ignored. She was the one whose name came first after all. The other three had to scroll to the bottom of the chart since their last names where all at the last quarter of the list.

/E, F, G, H - Helm, Taryn:/

"YES!", she claimed triumphantly, "No shift on Christmas Morning!"

"Yeah, but you still have the night shift on the 24th", Dahlia noticed while scrolling down to her name.

Taryn just shrugged, "Well, I can just go home and change into pyjamas and open my presents when I'm home".

/M, N, O, P - Parker, Casey:/

"Thank god!", Levi could hear his relieved whisper, "My shift's not the worst as well."

Dahlia and Levi exchanged looks. Who got the worst one? They kept scrolling down.

/Q – Quadri, Dahlia/:

Dahlia let go a sigh of relieve: "I'm fine as well."

Levi felt a sense of dread pooling in his stomach. He scrolled down.

/Q, R, S – Schmitt, Levi:/

He almost dropped his phone. "What?", Taryn scrolled down to his name, "you're ON CALL for Christmas?" Levi just groaned. "/AFTER/ a 24 hour shift?!"

The others scrolled down to his name and gave him pitiful looks. Levi couldn't see them since he had his face buried in his hands and laid down on one of the benches. This Christmas was going to suck, he already knew it. He felt someone patting his shoulder. "I'm sure, you'll be free on New Year's Eve", he could hear Dahlia's attempt to cheer him up. He just sighed. "Thanks"

"Interns!"

All four jumped in surprise. They hadn't noticed Dr. Bailey entering the room. She looked down on them, turned around and walked out of the room, clearly wanting them to follow. They scrambled to obey her silent order.

"Christmas is about to start in a few weeks, I want all of you to be prepared for the worst case scenarios!", she commanded while crossing the hallway, the interns scurrying to follow. How could someone with such short legs be this fast? They asked themselves not for the first time since their start of internship. "Schmitt!" Levi tried to catch up while catching his breath as well. "Y-Yes, Dr. Bailey?"

"I assume you all have seen your shift charts already?"

"Yes, Dr. Bailey"

"Good", she said while turning a corner. Levi almost ran into a cart while trying to walk next to her. "Then you also know that you're on call for Christmas?"

"Yes, Dr. Bailey". A nurse jumped out of the way as the little crowd of four interns and the short doctor practically speed walked past her.

She suddenly came to an abrupt halt and turned towards him.

"I assigned you to that shift because you're behind your colleagues and you need to step up your game. You will not. Mess. This. Up. Understood?" Levi's mouth was too dry to answer, he just nodded hastily. Dr. Bailey, who obviously knew about the effect she had on him, just grunted while the corners of her mouth ticked upwards into a tiny smirk.

"Good, now follow me. We'll do rounds and then see if there's anything to do at the pit"

As they walked down the stairs towards their first patient, Taryn leaned over Levi's shoulder.

"You know what you have to do when you come home tonight?", she whispered. "Sleep. A lot!"

Dahlia turned towards them and helpfully added: "And tell your mom that you might need to postpone Christmas dinner!"

Levi just groaned and buried his face with his hands. This Christmas would be the worst ever!