Hey guys! This is my second NCIS:LA fic, but my first Neric fic. I'm still trying to a hang of writing Eric, so please cut me some slack if I get him wrong.

This is my portrayal of this year's Christmas. It takes place in the current season, but with established Neric. Nothing else is changed. Unfortunately, Kensi is still in Afghanistan in my world. Later though, I plan on writing a "spin-off" fic about Densi through this fic based on her in Afghanistan and Christmas. But that will be later on after I finish this fic. :)

Enjoy~

Disclaimer: I sadly don't own NCIS:LA. If I did, Neric would've gotten together much, much sooner. Well, Densi too. :)

The sounds of children giggling filled the cool night air as they chased and pelted each other with snowballs. The crisp chill of the New York winter wind hit Nell Jones' face as she made her way over to her car. She gently brushed away the light layer of untouched show from the car's windshield with her soft gloved hands and then proceeded to do the same with the rest of the windows of her newly rented black 2014 Kia Cadenza.

Intelligence Analyst Nell Jones always loved this time of year, but when she joined NCIS, the joy she felt for this long-awaited holiday started to fade. She had to lie to her family, miss the annual family dinner, and the Jones' traditional secret Santa. Soon, she had learned to live with it; she had made a surrogate family with the NCIS team and each year from that moment, the feelings of joy towards this lovely holiday started to grow back.

As much as she loved her family at NCIS, she needed to spend time with her real family. This year, she was going to fly to her home state of Pennsylvania – Columbia, Pennsylvania to be exact – and finally spend some quality time with her family.

She quickly got in her car and started the ignition. She turned the heat up and waited for her boyfriend to come out of the house with their luggage. As she watched him carry their luggage down the steps, she popped open the trunk and moved to the passenger's seat. Ever since she and Eric started dating, he never let her drive; much like Kensi with Deeks. It was sweet at first, but then it started to get really annoying, but she learned to live with it, along with every other one of Eric's weird habits.

She started mulling over all of Eric's weird and annoying habits, but was shook out of her reverie as Eric slammed the trunk door and quickly got into the driver's seat.

"Ooh, it's warm in here." Eric gratefully stated as he rubbed his hands together for warmth.

Nell just smiled and asked him, "Did you lock the door?"

"Yeah, I did. Don't worry my parents aren't gonna get ambushed by burglars. Even if they did, my dad has a shotgun in the closet."

Nell just gave him a snort in return and changed the subject, "It was really nice of your parents to let me stay, let alone let me take their son to meet my family during Christmas."

"Again, don't worry about it. My mom has my brother to fuss with. Plus, they adored you; especially my brother. Ugh."

Nell laughed as Eric's face contorted into a disgusted look. "I know. That was really weird. Not to mention, very awkward. Doesn't he have a smoking hot girlfriend? Why would he hit on me?"

"Hey," Eric's tone turned serious as he faced her. "You're beautiful, Nell Jones. Don't sell yourself short. Pun not intended." He added with a smile.

Nell smiled in return, gave him a long, sweet kiss and replied to his sentiment, "C'mon, seat belt on, we gotta get to the airport."

A/N: Reviews are much appreciated. Thanks for reading. :)