A/N: Wow this is late today. Totally got caught up in other things. Sorry. So this will be the first one where the story has NOTHING to do with the lyrics of the carol that's its title, but I just thought it was cute. Plus, the actual song has been one of my favorites since I was a little girl. Enjoy!
That morning, the clippings book had sent the Librarians on a long and tiring case. They left before breakfast and didn't get back home to the library until almost dinner time. Everyone else had gone home, but Eve, electing to stay with Flynn for a while, had remained in the library.
She walked into the annex, just having showered, drying her hair with a towel.
"Flynn I'm done" she called. "You can head in now" She was met by silence.
"Flynn?" she called again, not seeing or hearing her Librarian anywhere.
For a minute, she feared he'd had to run off again, and that she'd be all alone just after getting him back. Her fears weren't eased when she saw a note lying on the annex table. To her relief, the note was not a goodbye.
Meet me on the roof- Flynn
Ok. Not that that wasn't confusing, but if he was on the roof, no matter how little sense it made, it meant that he was still there. Not thinking to bundle up first, she quickly ran up to the Annex's roof to see what was going on.
She arrived at her destination and gasped.
"Surprise!" Flynn called. He spread out his arms to present the spectacle around him.
Christmas lights were strung all over. In the center of the roof, facing the front of the annex, was a blanket, all covered with pillows and more blankets. There was a plate of cookies and pastries too, and two travel mugs filled with what she assumed was hot chocolate. The soft sound of Christmas carols filled the air.
"What's all this?" she asked, her voice breathless with awe.
"Well considering that up until yesterday I hadn't seen you for a month, I thought it would be nice to have a date" Flynn explained
"And last night didn't count as a date?"
"Well we've done 'last night' plenty of times. I thought you deserved something extra special" Flynn looked at the floor shyly.
"And I may have been planning this for a while" he added.
Eve laughed and looked around her, rubbing her arms to keep them warm.
"Flynn this is amazing" she said. "But it's freezing"
"Well I have plenty of blankets" he argued "And there's hot chocolate. And I told you to bring a coat!"
"No you didn't!"
"Oh right. Well I thought it was implied."
"Come on Librarian" Eve said, turning and motioning for him to follow her inside.
"No wait!" he called. "I was just kidding. Here, I brought you an extra coat just in case."
He walked up and put the coat on her, then grabbed her hand and led them to the blanket area he had set up. They sat down and he draped one of the other blankets over their legs.
"Cookie?" he asked, holding out the plate to her.
"Thanks" she said, grabbing a sugar cookie and quickly eating it. She grabbed her cup of hot chocolate and took a sip, clutching it tightly to warm her hands.
"I'm sorry it's so cold" Flynn whispered, noticing. "It would've been a little warmer if we did it on the Library's roof, but New York has all that extra noise, and we wouldn't have been able to see the stars…"
"Flynn" Eve said, cutting him off. "It's fine. This is perfect. Thank you"
He smiled and she grabbed another cookie before snuggling into his shoulder and pulling the blanket up to her neck.
"How did you get this all done since we came home?" she asked.
"You take long showers" he teased. She chuckled and playfully punched his arm.
"I've got to admit Flynn" she said. "You really outdid yourself. This is beautiful"
"Really?" Flynn was beaming. All he'd wanted was to see her smile like she was smiling now, the way she'd smiled at him since their first dance over a year ago.
She whined when he pulled away his half of the blanket and stood up. When she looked up at him, his eyes were right on her, and he was holding out his hand.
"May I have this dance Guardian?" he asked.
"Really?" she replied
"Come on. It'll be fun" he insisted. She laughed. Unable to resist him, she took his hand and let him pull her up to standing.
The Christmas Waltz played behind them as they swayed back and forth, alone. There, up on the Rooftop, the world was their own. All that mattered was the two of them, and how they felt about each other.
Later that night, Eve and Flynn had retreated to their pile of blankets once again, snuggled up tightly, talking and watching the stars. Flynn looked over at Eve to tell her something, and noticed that she'd fallen asleep in his arms.
He stared at her for a moment before kissing her gently on the forehead, and putting a pillow underneath her. He laid down on a pillow himself and felt her cuddle in closer to him.
"Goodnight Eve" he whispered. "Merry Christmas" He kissed her hair before closing his eyes, and drifting off to sleep in her embrace.
A/N: Hope you all enjoyed! See you tomorrow with "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" Bye!
