Title: If The Fates Allow
Prompt: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Words: 108
Summary: James and Juliet spend their first on-Island Christmas together.
Spoilers: 5.08 – LaFleur
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light.
From now on
Our troubles will be out of sight.
Smells of turkey wafting from the kitchen darken his already gray mood. Tired of watching him sulk, she forcibly suggests he take a walk; hiding her own misgivings. A millennia (it seems) on the Island has ruined her holiday spirit. She doesn't want the same for James.
"Why can't we get some damn snow here?" he shouts, storming away. What he really misses is something (someone) else entirely.
A shout from outside sends her racing to the door, heart in her throat, to see one icy flake after another spiraling to earth. Not a Christmas miracle, but a sign. They have finally found a home. (With each other.)
