A/N – Thank you to everyone who is reading this! And so to day three…


Prompt – You made me a Christmas playlist, but it's just Mariah Carey's 'All I want for Christmas is you'. I can't tell if you're hitting on me or if it's a joke.


"Hey, Nick, wait up!" Nick turned to see Jeff hurrying towards him, his cheeks slightly flushed. "I have a Christmas present for you."

"Aww, Jeff! You didn't have to, thanks!"

"It's just a CD," Jeff shrugged as he held it out with a smirk.

"Ooh a mix CD! Thanks," Nick grinned as he took the CD, giving Jeff a hug.

"You're welcome, see you later." And Jeff hurried away again.

Nick made his way back to his dorm room, kicking off his shoes and dropping his bag as soon as he made it through the door. He ran his hands through his hair, ruffling it up in soft spikes. It had been a long day, he'd had pop quizzes in Spanish and Chemistry and he had a huge essay assignment he still had to finish for History.

Pulling his blazer off and slinging it over the back of his chair he scooped his bag up off the floor, fishing out everything he would need for his essay. The CD Jeff had given him slid out along with the books and Nick smiled as he picked it up.

He got up and walked over to the CD player on top of his dresser in the corner of the room, slipping the CD into it and pressing play.

The first few plinking notes were familiar but he couldn't place the song until the singer began…

"I don't want a lot for Christmas…"

Nick smiled, it was one of his favourite Christmas songs. It was so like Jeff to have made him a cheesy Christmas songs CD. He sung along happily as he changed out of his uniform. But at the end of the song the CD player clicked off.

Frowning, Nick went over and pressed play again. It played Mariah again and then clicked off again. There was only the single song on the CD. He wondered if Jeff knew that there was only one song. Maybe something had gone wrong when Jeff burned the CD and he didn't realise.

Nick took the CD out, looked at it and put it back in, before his brain seemed to catch up with his eyes and he snatched it back out again. Written across the CD were the words 'all I want for Christmas is YOU! Love Jeffie xx'.

Nick stared at Jeff's message. Was this a joke? It was the kind of thing Jeff would definitely find funny. Or was Jeff serious?

Then he remembered the blush and the smirk that had been on Jeff's face as he handed the CD over. The blush suggested he was nervous or embarrassed, Nick reasoned, so that could imply he was declaring feelings for Nick with the CD.

But then the smirk had looked like Jeff was amused, it was almost the same smirk as when Jeff had successfully pulled a prank on one of their friends. That was it; this had to be one of Jeff's weird pranks.

Nick put the CD back in the player, grinning. He still liked the song, so he could still listen to it, even if it didn't have a meaning behind it. He sat at his desk and pulled his essay closer.

Five minutes later, and Nick hadn't written a thing. He could not get Jeff's face out of his mind, the blush and the smirk.

There was something off about the smirk. It wasn't the same as the prank smirk. Nick had seen that particular expression on Jeff's face too many times to mistake it for this completely different, softer smirk. Then he realised it, the smirk today had been the same as the smirk Jeff did when he was making a joke to detract from himself when he was uncomfortable. When his emotions weren't quite in check or when someone pried a bit too close for his liking. And that smirk was always accompanied by the cute blush.

So maybe Jeff was serious about wanting Nick for Christmas.

Nick stood up, pulled his shoes back on, grabbed the CD and marched out of his dorm room.

Jeff opened the door as soon as Nick knocked, almost as if he'd been waiting. He looked hopeful.

"Jeff. What does this CD mean?"

"Umm," Jeff looked down, the blush back in full force. He crossed his arms and looked straight at Nick, that smirk beginning to form on his lips. Nick's new favourite expression. "Did you listen to the song? I think Mariah explains it pretty well."

"You mean that?" Nick asked cautiously.

"Yeah." Jeff reached up to scratch the back of his neck. "Yeah, Nicky, I mean it."

"All you want for Christmas is… me?" Nick looked up at Jeff disbelievingly.

Jeff's smirk widened.

Nick nodded. "Ok." Then he stood up on tiptoe and pressed his lips against Jeff's.


A/N – I do love writing Niff getting together, they're so damn cute! Drop me a review and let me know what you thought! :)