AN: Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood evening my Sweeties! I know. I apologize for the delay. But I really want my novel and novella out by Christmas and I have a good pace going and I want to keep it going. But I promise you, I haven't about you! Also, I was delayed because my grandmother was rushed to the hospital the other night. She's okay! She fell and scraped her arm pretty bad. She had been having other problems as well and we think her time her slowly coming. So yeah. Grandmother trumps Fanfiction. But I'm here tonight! Yay! Please remember some fics may be longer or shorter depending on the request and plot bunnies. That and I have other work to do. Hence why this is so early. So let's get going!

lenail125-Thank you sweetie! I can't wait to share that fic with everyone :)

Guest-While I love your idea my sweet, it doesn't meet my criteria or rules so I can't accept it. However I can save it and use for the New Years bonus if it happens :)

Amanda-I can make it work :)

PetraSurfer38-Your first request doesn't meet my criteria so I can't accept it, but your second one I definitely can use :)

Prompt Summary: For rainbowrocks2016! Riley's alone on Christmas so cue Mac to the rescue! Note: Since this request was made before I posted the rules and I love it so much, it is the only not so Mac centric fic I will accept! So please, READ THE RULES ON CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO BEFORE SUBMITTING! I hate having to turn people down but I will not bend or break the rules anymore!

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No Place Like Home During The Holidays

Riley sighed and people watched from inside the warm Starbucks. It was Christmas Eve and she had nowhere to go. Her mother was with family in Chicago having left while she was working and her sister was spending Christmas with her husband and his family. She was all alone this year and it sucked balls. She sighed again and watched the people rush by getting last minute purchases and items. She sipped her hot chocolate and thought about going home. If she was going to wallow, why not do it front of Netflix with peppermint mocha ice cream.

She was about to get up when someone sat down at her table. Riley looked up and to her surprise was Mac.

"Hey Riles. What are you doing here by your lonesome?" Mac asked.

"Hey Mac, why are you here?" Riley asked.

"Getting some coffee. Actually Bozer ran out of icing sugar so I went out grab more, but I wanted some coffee too. So coffee first then icing sugar." Mac said.

Riley giggled. That was Mac alright.

"So why are you here?" Mac asked again.

Riley knew she couldn't lie to Mac so she told him the truth. Mac nodded and told Riley he would be right back. He came back with a coffee in hand and told Riley to follow him. She grabbed her cocoa and followed Mac. They got the icing sugar from the baking store and headed back to his place. She followed Mac inside wondering what he had planned.

"Look who came to join us!" Mac called taking his boots off and heading into the kitchen.

Bozer took the icing sugar and kicked him back out of the kitchen. He greeted Riley and hugged her then kicked her out as well promising dinner would be ready soon with dessert. Jack hugged Riley and brought her to the middle of the room where Mac and Jack had been decorating the tree. While decorating the tree Riley realized what was happening. Mac had brought her home for Christmas. She smiled and had the best Christmas. Dinner with her family, cheesy Christmas movies until midnight, up early for breakfast, opening presents, then lazing all day in their pajama's eating cookies and drinking hot chocolate.

Riley realized that it's not about family as family doesn't always end in blood, Christmas is about the ones you love and spending time with them. Smiling and laughing.

Mac looked at Riley and gave her a brotherly hug.

"Merry Christmas Ri." Mac said.

"Merry Christmas Mac." Riley said back.

There was no place like home at Christmas time.

One: Reminder this is the ONLY fic I have accepted that wasn't Mac centric and I WILL NOT accept anymore. Two: I also wanted to thank you all for not pushing Cage on me. I've expressed my opinions and feelings on her, so thank you for keeping that in mind and forcing me to write her. Y'all are rockstars and keep sending in your prompts! I love them!

See ya in the next prompt!