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It's A Wonderful Life

Caleb knew he preferred Christmas as an adult. Growing up, being moved from foster home to foster home he could only really remember one Christmas that he'd actually enjoyed before moving to Rosewood. And then of course Hanna had come into his life and changed that around pretty quickly, but still… now that he had two beautiful children – the eldest of which was completely caught up in Santa and 'raydeer' and most of all Christmas lights – he kind of felt like he was vicariously living his childhood again through them.

"Daddy," Logan started as Caleb carried him into Rosewood Church on Christmas Eve.

"What?" Caleb asked him tenderly, pulling his little beanie down further as he followed Hanna.

"When is Chris-mas?"

"Christmas is tomorrow," He replied, joining Hanna in a pew as she sat herself next to Emily.

"Yay!" Logan exclaimed, "When is tomrow?"

Caleb laughed at him and shook his head, placing a kiss against his forehead before propping him on the floor to say hi to Emily. "Where is everyone?" He asked Emily, leaning over Hanna to give her a hug in greeting.

"Ezra burnt the first round of canapés so Aria had a minor breakdown and Spencer and Toby had to go over to sort the situation out," Emily explained as they sat down. "You're still coming right?" She asked Hanna as the blonde pulled Mila out of her car seat and cradled her in her arms.

"Yeah," Hanna reassured her, thanking Caleb as he handed her Mila's blanket. "If you're lucky, bunny might actually be awake," She smiled down at her six-week-old daughter, "Yes, you might," She cooed down at the baby as she stared up at her and blinked sleepily.

"Can I hold her, Han?" Emily all but begged.

"Sure," Hanna agreed, standing and cradling Mila's head as she placed her in Emily's arms. The baby scrunched up her face slightly before relaxing and settling in Emily's arms, her eyes fixing on a candle that was flickering. "Hopefully she'll go to sleep for the service," Hanna muttered as the Church began to fill up. She didn't want to be that person with a screaming baby who wouldn't shut up.

Caleb spotted Ashley heading their way and waved her over, budging up slightly make room for her next to him. "Gwammy," Logan called, pushing himself up to stand on the pew.

"Hi honey," Ashley greeted him, giving him a kiss as Caleb held onto his waist.

"Gwammy it's Chris-mas," Logan said as he sat down on Caleb's lap.

"It is, tomorrow," She agreed, stroking his hair. "Are you excited for Santa to come?"

Logan nodded, reaching out for his hand for Hanna as he settled back against Caleb's chest. She let him wrap his hand around her fingers whilst she leant down to grab Mila's binky, "Em," She said as the baby began to whimper, "Can you just rock her a little," She said, holding the binky against Mila's lips for her to take.

The baby quietened just as Ted appeared and began to lead the service. There was a cute Christmas song performed by some school children and a few hymns before Ted then asked for volunteers from the audience to help bring the ornaments and figurines up to the front of the Church for him to set in their nativity. "Lo, you wanna go up?" Hanna encouraged.

"Wiv Gwammy," Logan agreed, standing up on the pew and reaching his hand in the air for Ted to pick him. "Grandad!" He called trying to get Ted's attention as the congregation began to laugh.

Hanna reached her hand across Caleb and stroked Logan's belly, "Shh," She hushed him, shaking her head knowingly at Caleb. He was a firecracker.

"Logan, would you like to bring a figure up?" Ted asked, smiling at Ashley and the little boy.

Caleb lifted Logan and placed him on the floor, watching as Ashley took his hand and walked him to the back of the Church to pick out a figurine. "Babe, can you record this?" Hanna whispered to Caleb as they watched their little boy decide what he wanted to carry down the central aisle to the front.

"Yep," He smiled at her, taking her phone from her and starting to record Logan as he carried a sheep figurine up to Ted. "He's so cute," He said as Hanna wrapped her arm around his neck, both watching Logan hug Ted tightly and pet the sheep before handing it over and taking Ashley's hand again as she led him back to their seats.

"Was that fun?" Hanna asked the two-year-old as he scrambled back up onto Caleb's lap.

He nodded and smiled toothily at her before Ted blessed the nativity scene and then finished up the service. Mila was content and dozing for the duration leaving Emily over the moon that she got to hold her goddaughter uninterrupted for so long. "I don't wanna give her up," Emily pouted as they got ready to head out of the Church over to Ezra and Aria's.

Hanna laughed, pulling back the straps on Mila's car seat, "She needs to actually get to Aria's in one piece." She said, "Then you can have her back."

Emily pouted, but lowered her into her car seat anyway. Hanna strapped her in, stroking her cheek as she continued to sleep before tucking her blanket in around her and pulling the handle up. "I got it," Caleb insisted, picking up the baby carrier and following Ashley and Logan out to their cars.

"Lo, say bye to Grammy, she's going home to make sure Santa is ready for tomorrow," Hanna said, running her fingers through the little boy's hair as he stood near her side.

"Bye Gwammy," Logan waved, rushing forward to give her a hug when she knelt down.

"I'll see you tomorrow when Santa will have come and Grammy and Grandad are going to cook Christmas lunch for you and Mommy and Daddy," Ashley explained, giving him a kiss.

"And Mimi," Logan added.

"And Mimi too," Ashley agreed, hugging him close one more time before they went their separate ways.


Pulling up to Aria and Ezra's house, Hanna hoped their hosts had managed to recover from the minor breakdown Emily had explained earlier. She really wanted a nice, relaxing Christmas Eve with her friends before taking her babies home and settling them for the night. "I can smell the burning from here," Caleb remarked as they walked up the driveway to Ezra and Aria's new house.

"All they can cook is pies," Hanna replied, holding onto Logan's hand as he skipped around at her feet. "He's not having just pie for dinner," She added, nodding towards their son.

"Why? He likes apple pie," Caleb countered.

"He likes pumpkin pie too," Emily backed him up.

"And unless you want him hyped up on sugar all night, then he's not having pie for dinner," Hanna argued as they let themselves in and walked through the front door.

"Wow," Caleb called, "Something smell's great," He remarked sarcastically as they made their way through to the kitchen.

"If you didn't have a baby on the end of your arm I would be throwing this knife at you right now," Aria said through gritted teeth as her guests appeared.

"Aria, put down the knife," Spencer said calmly. "You burnt a few non-pie items. That's why we sent Ezra and Toby to the store to buy some ready-to-eat canapés."

"Let's go sit down," Hanna encouraged her, rolling her eyes at Spencer as she embraced her brunette friend and guided her into their living room. "Logan, come tell Aunty Ari what you did in Church," She called, sitting down next to Aria as the little boy ran in.

"I holded a sheep," He exclaimed as Hanna pulled the video up on her phone.

"What noise does a sheep make Lo?" Hanna asked as she tugged his coat off.

Logan giggled, climbing up onto Aria's lap and watching the video with her, "Baa," He sounded, "Dey say baa Mommy," He said.

"They do," Hanna agreed, pulling his shoes off as he slung his legs over Aria's lap.

"Do they always make everything feel better?" Aria asked as she cuddled Logan close. "I don't care if we're only eating pie for dinner."

Hanna bit her tongue about the food and smiled at her, "Yeah, they do." She said softly, stroking Logan's ankle underneath his jeans.

"Jesus," Aria muttered as Logan managed to open the front-facing camera on Hanna's phone to capture her at a rather unflattering angle. "He's two, how does he know how to work an iPhone?"

Hanna looked at her deadpan, "You've met his father, right?" She said sarcastically as Emily and Caleb came to join them in the lounge.

"Caleb, why have you taught your child to capture girls at an unflattering angle?" She asked as he sat down and pushed the cover down on Mila's car seat.

Caleb laughed as Logan pushed himself off Aria and came over to him, Hanna's phone still in hand. "Were you taking pictures of Aunty Aria?" He asked him, brushing his hair back from his face. "Not to throw my wife under the bus, but it's all her."

"Caleb!"

"What?" Caleb said, "Babe, I come into the kitchen for breakfast and you're there taking a selfie with him."

Emily fought back a laugh as Hanna shot her a dirty look, "He's cute okay? Especially when he's just woken up and wants to cuddle."

"You know, this explains so much." Spencer said as she joined them with a glass of prosecco in hand. "Now I know why your Instagram is like a walking family photoshoot."

"Logan," Hanna called, encouraging him over to her before pulling him up onto her lap and holding him by his waist, "Do you like taking pictures with Mommy?"

"Kissy," Logan said, looking at her phone.

"That's right, we do the kissy face," She agreed, pressing kisses against his cheek as he laughed.

"Like dis," The little boy said, squeezing his eyes shut and pouting his lips. Everyone laughed as the front door was opened again before Ezra and Toby appeared with fresh supplies from the store.

Aria went to move to stand up but Spencer pushed her back, "You're staying out of the kitchen," She instructed.

"Banned in my own house," She pouted.

"It's for the good of the group," Hanna smirked at her, "I would like my child to eat tonight."

"He can have pie," Aria tried. "Logi, do you want pie?"

"Don't bother," Emily interrupted, "When she goes Mama bear, she goes Mama bear."

"Neither of you two will have to deal with a kid on a sugar high." Hanna glared at them.

"This is how our friendship works," Emily laughed, "We get your children to show them what fun is then we give them back to sensible Mommy and Daddy who have to deal with the aftermath."

"I really can't wait until you have kids," Caleb said, reaching his hand out to stroke Mila's cheek as she started to come round from her nap. She gurgled, opening her little mouth. "Hi," Caleb smiled at her, propping his head in his hand as he leant forward and watched her.

"Uh oh," Aria said as she took in the look on Caleb's face.

"What?" Hanna asked, confused.

"I think Caleb might love someone else more than you," She replied.

"It's a different kind of love," Caleb defended, pulling Mila's blanket off her and placing it on his lap before he unstrapped her and pulled her into his arms.

"Daddy," Logan called as he pushed himself down off Hanna and walked over to him, leaning on his elbows as he watched his baby sister, "Hi Mila," He smiled so big as he leant forward and kissed his sister on the cheek.

"This," Hanna said, circling her family with her finger, "Is not good for my hormones."

"It makes me want one," Aria pouted as Logan settled back and held his arms out, grinning when Caleb placed his sister in his lap.

"Let's get you married first," Hanna commented wryly, watching as Caleb squatted down and kept his hand underneath Mila's head.

Logan began to whine, wanting Caleb to take his hand away; he was a big boy now and could hold his baby sister all by himself, "Daddeeee."

"She's not strong enough to hold her own head, Lo," Caleb told him.

"No!" Logan pouted.

"Logan," Hanna warned him. "Mimi's very small and she needs Daddy to help her," She explained.

"You are such a mama bear today," Emily shook her head at her.

"When he sasses us about this, I am literally not okay about it," She said as Ezra brought some warm nibbles through.

"Are these mini tacos?" Aria asked in confusion - as hostess these did not meet her Christmas Eve food requirements.

"It's not a pie," Hanna shrugged, "I'm game."

"They were all they had," Ezra explained.

Caleb stood and took Mila from Logan as she started to fuss and he eyed the little boy looking at the tacos. "Han, I think she's hungry," He said, rubbing Mila's back gently as she spluttered.

"Make sure there are tacos left," She sighed, taking the baby and heading off to go and feed Mila in private.

"I really don't think I could deal with just whipping my boobs out all the time," Emily said, grabbing a taco and shovelling it into her mouth.

Caleb furrowed his brow as he helped Logan eat a taco, "You do have sex right?" He asked, "And you actually get like, naked?"

"I'm gay Caleb, not a virgin."

"Being a virgin and being celibate are two very different things," He defended himself. "If you have a baby, your boobs get bigger," He tried, grabbing a taco himself.

"Is that a perk for you or for Hanna?" Emily asked sarcastically.

"Hey, my wife was perfect before she had our kids," Caleb argued as Toby and Spencer brought in some more food and he began to load up a plate for Hanna.

"Aww," Hanna smiled as she came back in, "And he's got me food," She grinned, sitting down next to him, holding Mila against her chest.

"You make me sick," Toby laughed as Caleb pressed a kiss against Hanna's forehead and stroked Mila's back.

"Spencer, are you hearing this?" Caleb laughed, taking the baby from his wife to let her eat. "Are you going to smile at everyone?" He cooed at his baby girl as he held her under with his arm under her butt and her back against his chest. She tried to talk back to him, her newborn smile gracing her face as Caleb kissed her ear.

"Look at her," Hanna grinned, stroking her foot as Caleb bounced her slightly.

"She still seems so tiny," Spencer said as Ezra searched for his iPod and put some Christmas music on.

"If I'd carried her full term she'd only be about 2 weeks old," Hanna replied, letting Logan steal some food off her plate.

"Threw me for a loop," Spencer remarked. "I'd made extra parsnips for Thanksgiving because all you'd spoken about was your craving for root vegetables and then she's here early and I see you literally put about three on your plate. We had leftovers for a week."

Hanna laughed, "But it means we got to meet our little bunny earlier," She cooed, stroking Mila's hair as she smiled away. Hanna put her plate down, "And we are so grateful cos it means I can just love on you all day," She murmured, stealing Mila back and holding her up in front of her, before snuggling her close and kissing her over and over.

She squealed and gurgled, happy as a clam when Hanna moved her to cradle her in her arms, "Full belly and love from Mommy," Caleb started, rubbing Hanna's shoulder as she played with Mila, "That is one happy baby."


"Logan, look at all the pretty lights," Hanna encouraged as they made their way back from Ezra and Aria's. It had turned dark not that long ago and it had just started to snow when they got in their car. "Can you see them?" She asked, turning back to look at him whilst Caleb drove them through their neighbourhood.

"Pwetty," Logan said, reaching his finger up to press against the glass window.

"They're very pretty," Hanna agreed as Caleb pulled into their driveway. She let Logan out whilst Caleb brought Mila inside, following her little boy as he raced towards the white lights that decorated the bushes on their front lawn. "It's snowing baby, let me do up your coat," She said to him, wrestling to do up his puffa jacket before letting him jump around as the lights flashed.

"Mommy!" He shrieked, reaching out to touch the lights as it started to snow a bit heavier.

"It's snow, monkey," She said, "No touching, just looking," She added, taking his hand and wrapping it up tightly in her own. "Shall we go inside and get ready for Santa to come?"

Logan nodded and let her lead him up to their house, pausing when he spied another set of lights he wanted to look at. She whisked him upstairs and changed him into his Christmas pyjamas before carrying him back downstairs to their open-plan kitchen-living room. Caleb was already there, Mila changed into her Christmas pyjamas, contently lying in his arms. "Daddy, Santa's comin'," Logan called, following Hanna into the kitchen.

"Do you think Santa will be thirsty?" Hanna asked him, stroking his sweet cheek.

"He needs a dwink," Logan agreed.

"What should we leave out for him?" She started, "Water? Juice? Milk?"

"Beer," Logan replied casually. Hanna burst out laughing, moving towards the fridge to pull out some milk.

"How do you know Santa likes beer?"

"Cos Daddy dwinked it," He explained as Hanna heard Caleb laughing on the sofa.

"Grammy told me that Santa likes milk. Shall we give him milk instead?" She proposed, pouring out a glass of milk as Logan nodded agreeably. "And what about food? Do you think he'll be hungry?"

"Cookie!"

"A cookie's a great idea Lo," Hanna agreed, "And let's leave out a carrot for Rudolph too. Can you be a really big boy and carry this through to Daddy?" She asked him, handing him the half-full glass of milk and following him through to the sofas. She placed the plate with a cookie and carrot near the fireplace and encouraged Logan over to put the glass of milk down too.

"For da raydeer," He said, pointing at the carrot.

"It is," Hanna agreed before letting him go and play for a bit.

Caleb held his hand out for her to come and cuddle close, "This is so much more fun as an adult," He said as she cuddled into his side and rested her hand on Mila's tummy.

"Yeah," Hanna agreed, "When he's 15 and bringing his first girlfriend home I'm just gonna bring out the story of him wanting to give Santa beer when he was 2," She laughed.

"I get that I drink beer around him, but not that much," Caleb remarked, slightly perplexed with where Logan had picked it up.

Hanna sighed, kissing him on the corner of his mouth, "I guess you drink beer and Toby drinks beer and Ezra drinks weird beer."

"Are you gonna do something funny for me to tell your first boyfriend too?" Hanna cooed at Mila. She was relatively awake and looking around at all the pretty lights they had in their living area, smiling away whenever Caleb or Hanna spoke to her.

Caleb scoffed, cuddling his precious daughter close, "She is not having a boyfriend."

Hanna smiled and shook her head at him, "I had a boyfriend."

"Yeah and as your boyfriend I know exactly how teenage guys think."

"Sean didn't think that way," Hanna argued softly, her hand stroking through Caleb's hair as she propped her elbow on the back of the sofa looked up at him.

Caleb smiled and bit his lip, reaching his hand out to rub her legs that were curled over his, "Sean is one of the best predecessors a guy can ask for," He began as Hanna looked at him confused, "He built up this serious sexual frustration in you and then stepped aside for me to just swoop in and unleash-"

"Caleb!"

"What?" He laughed, "We kissed and then like two days later I'm pretty sure we were naked in a tent."

Hanna grinned at him and shook her head, "I was kind of frustrated," She admitted, "And then I saw your naked butt in the shower and I just needed the d."

"Yeah you did," Caleb smirked, rubbing his nose against her cheekbone.

"It was a good decision," Hanna agreed, "You turned out to have a pretty good cock."

"Mila, ignore any bad words Mama says," Caleb murmured to his daughter who was ensconced in trying to reach her hand up to her mouth.

"Can I have her?" Hanna smiled, reaching her hands out and lifting her onto her chest. "You're such a smiley baby," She muttered, bending her head to grin at Mila as she smiled and cooed.

"She saves her best smiles for you," Caleb said, cupping the back of Mila's head as he buried his nose in Hanna's hair and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Logan came over to them with one of his books and climbed onto Caleb's lap, "Shall we read this?" He asked, turning the book over to look at the front cover whilst Logan nodded. "Good choice," He added. It was The Night Before Christmas and Logan loved the rhyming in it.

Hanna smiled and cuddled up to him, holding Mila close as Logan settled in between them. She let Caleb finish the story without her as she went to nurse Mila before putting her down for the night. She heard them walk past their room down the hallway and rushed to get changed as Caleb put Logan to bed for the night. She had a naughty little surprise for her husband that she knew he'd appreciate. They'd slept together a handful of times since Mila had been born and the first time she'd been seriously worried about the state of her vagina whilst he'd freaked out that Mila was in the room. To say the morning after had gone better would have been an understatement. But the two moments they'd managed to find in the last week had felt normal… and that was such a relief.

Hanna was feeling her libido coming back with renewed vigour and she knew Caleb… well he was a hot-blooded American male who's face lit up like the Cheshire cat when Dr. Monroe had said they were good to go at her last check up. But she couldn't be annoyed at him for it; their physical relationship had always been so important – she genuinely couldn't think of a longer stint when they hadn't been intimate than the first four weeks after Mila's birth.

"He is dead-," Caleb started as he pushed open the door to their dark master bedroom, before stopping mid sentence as he took in the sight before him.

"I really hope not," Hanna replied, laughing at him as she lay on her side on top of their bed in dark red lacy panties and a matching bra; the dim light from candles around the room illuminating her perfect skin.

Caleb cleared his throat and began moving over towards her, "To the world," He finished, "He's dead to the world."

"Good," Hanna replied seductively, moving to the edge of the bed where she sat up on her knees and slowly began to unbutton the front of his shirt. Caleb's lips automatically came down on hers, his hands holding her ribs as he kissed her slowly and deeply whilst her fingers continued their path down his chest.

"You are incredible," Caleb whispered as their lips broke momentarily so she could push his shirt off his torso. He kissed her again hard as her fingers worked their magic on his belt buckle, before she was pulling his pants down and he was guiding her to lie back so that he could climb on top of her.

She sighed and held his head against her chest as he began to nibble on the top of her breast whilst his hand caressed the other one, toying with the lacy scrap of material before deciding it needed to come off, "As much as I appreciate this," He murmured, his tongue licking along the sensitive flesh, "It needs to come off," He added, helping her sit up before he reached behind and with the skill of a master, unhooked the constricting item of clothing.

His mouth went back to her nipple, teasing before his mouth ghosted down her chest to the underside of her breasts where he sucked and nibbled on her skin until he left a mark. "I want you," Her voice fluttered, guiding his lips back to hers as she kissed him deeply.

His hand ran down to her panties, playing with the lace as he smiled against her kisses before his fingers delved inside the run up her folds. His wife was a goddess who needed to be worshipped. "I'm so glad you're wet," He whispered against her lips, "It was a serious insult to my manliness when we needed to use lube." She began to laugh, tugging on his boxers as he rid her of the red lace. "What?" He laughed with her, "A guy should be able to get his girl wet."

"I'm wet now," She murmured as he began to kiss her laugh away.

"You are," He agreed, stealing a kiss before he began to reach across to his bedside table to steal a condom.

"No," Hanna stopped him, grabbing his arm as his hand searched for a foil square.

"I don't like it either, but you can't have your shot," He replied, bringing the unwrapped rubber in front of him. They last time they'd used condoms had been just after Logan was born and they both seriously hated it... but needs must; as much as he loved his kids he did not want another one running around in nine months time.

"I'm on a pill until I can get it," Hanna said, taking the rubber from him and throwing it back into the drawer.

"Are you now?" Caleb murmured, leaning down to kiss her as he grabbed his cock and began to run it up and down her lips, smearing the wetness to get her as ready as possible. "You ready?" He whispered, waiting for her to nod before slowly pushing in. "You good?" He asked gently as he moved, inch by inch. She gasped but nodded, her eyes fluttering shut as she reached her mouth up for his.

He kissed her for all he was worth; swallowing her mewls and moans as he began to move on top of her. He never wanted to be with anyone else. Her hands roamed his back, gripping his skin as they started to become sweaty and hot, "Caleb," Her voice ghosted as his hands cupped her cheeks.

"Is that good?" He asked, his lips turning up at the edges in a faint smile when she nodded at him. "You feel incredible," He whispered to her as she rested the palms of her hands on his chest and began to move her hips in time with his.

They made sweet love until they were both spent, lights exploding behind their eyes as they reached their climax. Caleb pulled Hanna onto his chest as they lay there in the low light, trying to recover their breathing. "That was exactly what I needed," Hanna sighed, looking up at Caleb with a lazy smile as he smirked down at her.

"Tell me we don't ever have to move."

She laughed and leant over him, stroking his cheek as he pouted up at her. "We have a little boy who thinks Santa's coming tonight."

"He would understand," Caleb tried, kissing her before sitting up too.

"Sorry bubba, Mommy and Daddy really couldn't move after sex so your presents are still in the cupboard?" Hanna tried out as she raised an eyebrow, climbing off the bed to pull on her robe. She checked on Mila who was still asleep before flinging a pair of Santa boxers at Caleb.

"I'm gonna need a reward," He murmured, pulling them on and moving over to Hanna to wrap her up in his arms as she looked at herself in the mirror.

"So am I," She smiled coyly up at him over her shoulder.

He cupped her cheek tenderly and connected his lips with hers in a kiss that was full of so much love. He pulled away and furrowed his brow as he smiled at her and shook his head slightly before vocalising the thought that he'd had all day; "I really love Christmas as an adult." Hanna laughed at him, holding his arms as they squeezed her against him tight, but deep down, she knew she did too. It truly did feel like they had a wonderful life.


There we go, just a little something to tide you guys over until I next update. I'm thinking... Haleb need to celebrate New Years right? Please review x