In the morning, Gaheris opened the door to find that annoying music still playing in the halls. Worse, there was now silver garland lining the walls. "Oh no," he groaned.
"Morning, Commander," Lieutenant Refractions of Dawn greeted him as he walked onto Command.
"Yeah, and a shitty morning it is, too," Gaheris replied unhappily. The music was irritating him beyond all reason. If he heard one more rendition of 'Silver Bells'...
"Captain Hunt said you're off today."
"Awfully generous of him," Gaheris noted.
"Commander, you might want to move," Andromeda said later. Gaheris had decided that to make Dylan happy he would stand ion the Obs Deck and pretend like he was enjoying himself.
"Why?"
"You're under the mistletoe."
Gaheris looked confused. "So?"
"Don't say I didn't warn you..." Andromeda said smirking as the viewscreen image cut off.
"What's mistletoe?" Gaheris muttered, looking up at the plant hanging above him.
"I'll show you," a soft voice said. Gaheris looked to see a young human woman walking toward him.
"Okay, uhhh..." Gaheris paused, trying to remember her name.
"Anya," the woman filled in for him. She then reached up, wrapped her arms around Gaheris's shoulders and kissed him. "Merry Christmas, Commander," Anya said, breaking away and walking back toward the punch bowl.
Gaheris immediately let after that, and he could hear Andromeda laughing at him.
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