Mistletoe

Jack sat on the window sill watching as the other Guardians argued about where to put the tree. Well, it was more along the lines of North and Bunny arguing. Poor Phil had been stuck with bringing it in and he kept going back and forth between where North wanted it and where Bunny wanted it. It was funnier than hell watching the three of them, even more so when Tooth and Sandy tried to get them to calm down for once and compromise. After a while, Sandy just gave up and sat down, watching North and Bunny have at it while he drank his eggnog.

This happened every year at Christmas. Ever since Jack had become a Guardian five short years ago, he had always helped North out with the Christmas preparations. Being a winter sprite, the very embodiment of winter some said, Jack figured that he was responsible, in part, for Christmas as well, what with white Christmases and all that jazz. So, whenever North called upon him for assistance, he usually delivered. That, and that Guardian of Wonder was like a father to him, so he felt kind of obligated to help. Besides, he would hate to miss the great Christmas Tree Argument between North and Bunny.

"Put it dere!" North bellowed at Phil, who readily complied.

"No! It should be placed in the left corner!" Bunny countered. Phil, who had been protesting their constant bickering since they started, started making his way back to Bunny's corner.

"No! In center! It is the center piece, so it goes in center!" North commanded. Phil, looking very much annoyed and exasperated, turned towards the center of the room.

"What's wrong with ya, mate? If it's in the center, it'll be knocked over durin' the party! Put it in the corner!" Bunny protested. Tooth twittered between the two of them, looking frantic and on the urge of hysterics.

"Guys! Guys! Why not have two trees?" She laughed nervously. "One for the corner and one for the center. You know, just in case the one in the center gets knocked over."

"No! Only one tree and it goes in center! Put it in center!"

Bunny opened his mouth and was about to continue arguing with North. As much as Jack would've loved to continue watching them, Tooth looked as though she was about to burst into tears. So, gripping his staff tightly in his hands, Jack shot off of his window sill and headed straight towards the Pooka. They collided with such a force that they slid out of the room, broke through the hand rail, and fell down into the globe room. Thankfully, a few of the elves reacted quickly and they grabbed the nearest thing to help break their fall. Unfortunately, the thing they grabbed was a sled.

Jack landed on top of Bunny who landed on top of the sled and away they went. Down the stairs and past all of the hard working yetis and the not so hard working elves they went, not slowing down until they leveled out. They were carried through the Globe Room and into one of North's many offices in the workshop. The sled stopped in the doorway and Jack felt himself go limp on top of Bunny. Although that was fun, he really hadn't planned on such a short excursion on the sled and he was a bit light headed.

"Don't ever, ever, do that again," Bunny panted, his green eyes wide and moving wildly.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You liked it. Don't even bother denying it," Jack waved him off as he began to lift himself off of the Pooka. That was when he spotted the mistletoe dangling innocently in the doorway. "Hey, Bunny…"

"What?" Bunny asked. Jack pointed up and Bunny saw the mistletoe. His eyes widened even more and he looked uncertain and nervous. "O-oh… Mistletoe…"

"Yeah…" Jack said softly. Then he looked down at Bunny, his blue eyes full of hope. "You wanna…?" Bunny gulped but he nodded nonetheless.

"Might as well. It's kind of the rules of the mistletoe, y'know." Jack nodded and slowly, very slowly, their lips met.

It was the kiss to end all kisses. Nothing before it compared and nothing would compare afterwards. Everything good and wonderful in the world was summed up in that kiss and it was more than enough to make Jack weak in the knees and cause his toes to curl. He wanted to continue kissing Bunny until Kingdom come, but the need for air proved too great. All too soon, their kiss ended and it left both of them panting softly and wanting more. A few minutes passed before Bunny broke the gentle silence that fell upon them.

"You know, we're still under the mistletoe." Jack looked up at it before he grinned down at the Pooka.

"How about another go, then?" Bunny returned his smile.

"I like the sound of that." Neither of them were aware of the other Guardians watching them or the huge crowd of yetis and elves that were ogling at them as they kissed once more. Even if they were, neither of them would've cared.