A/N: I do not own the characters; they belong to FOX and CP Coulter. Story is influenced the song "12 Pains of Christmas" by Bob Rivers.

"Logan. It's a bit much."

"No such thing as too many lights." Logan replied as he pulled out the third box of Christmas lights and dumped it on the driveway. "So, you gonna help me?" Logan asked, turning to Julian. Julian just laughed. "Oh no. This is all on you. I'm baking a pie inside."

"How domestic."

"Better than dangling from the roof as I try to staple yet another string of lights."

"To each his own." Logan flashed Julian a smile before picking up the ladder and propping it against the front of the house. Julian shook his head and made his way into their house, leaving Logan to do the lights.

"DO WE NOT HAVE ANY EXTENSION CORDS?" Julian heard Logan bellow from outside. Julian set aside the magazine he had been flipping through, slipped on his slippers, and went to go see what Logan was going on about.

"What's going on babe?" Julian asked, peering out of the garage door at Logan, who was currently digging through stuff that had piled up in their garage.

"Extension cords! I need to prop up the glowing Santa but his cord doesn't reach the outlet!"

Julian giggled. "We have a glowing Santa?" Logan shot Julian a look. "Of course we have a glowing Santa! That's like asking if we have one of those large obnoxious inflatable snow globes for our front yard!"

"Oh no."

"Oh yes." Logan replied, grinning widely at Julian. Julian just shook his head as Logan let out a triumphant yell.

"Go back to your pie. I've got the cords!"

"Oh shit the pie!"

"Why the hell are they blinking?" Julian picked himself off the couch, setting his mug of coffee on the counter as he shuffled towards the front door to see what Logan was complaining about this time. Julian opened the front door and looked up to see Logan standing on the ladder and staring at the lights.

"Babe. What's the problem now?" Julian asked.

"THEY'RE ALL BLINKING!"

"Maybe you put on the string that blinks."

"We have a string that blinks?"

"I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD LIGHTS!"

"No. This isn't the string that blinks. The string that blinks is the string of the white lights. This is the string of…oh." Logan stared down at the white lights blinking on the roof, trying to ignore Julian's smothered laugh below him. "Oh shut up."

Julian was sitting in the living room watching some random Christmas special when all of a sudden the lights went out. What the hell? Julian heard crashing around on the front lawn and the sounds of what was probably Logan running into the side of the garage.

"Jules! WHERE ARE THE FLASHLIGHTS? I THINK I BLEW A FUSE!"

"Keep your eyes shut and trust me."

"Says the guy who ran into the side of the garage."

"Shut up. Just don't peek." Logan led Julian out the front door and onto the lawn before turning him to face the house. "When I say so, open your eyes. But not a minute before!"

Logan ran to the side of the house to flick on the switch before calling out "NOW!"

Julian opened his eyes and laughed as he looked at their house. White (non blinking) lights covered the roof while colored lights covered all the bushes in the front yard that lined the house and the sidewalk. There were blinking white lights around the windows, and on the roof of the house was a glowing Santa with a sled and eight reindeer.

Julian smiled at Logan and kissed him on the lips. "This is beautiful. But where's the oversized snow globe?" he teased.

"Too tired. These lights were drama enough. I'll deal with that tomorrow. Besides, I really just want some pie."

"Oh too bad. You took too long, I already ate all the pie."

"Lies!" Logan yelled before chasing Julian back into the house, where they curled up on the couch and ate pie.

Part 3 is coming in the next few hours :)