A.N.: So I couldn't narrow it down to 100 words with this little drabble. I hope everyone had a magical and wonderful holiday! Spoilers up to 6x17. Set in the AU where Bobby and Ellen were married. :D Thanks so much to all who read and review!
Bobby stared at the angry red mark at the bottom of the paper with disdain.
He didn't know how he was going to make this up to Ellen. He didn't know how to tell her that their tiny plastic tree would sit adorned with nothing but the cheap tinsel and popcorn they had strung up together earlier in the week.
Turns out he didn't have to as she leaned in behind him and voiced. "What's this?"
He tried to shuffle the paper away from her. "Oh that's nothing."
Ellen snorted. "Nothing huh? So I'm just supposed to ignore the 'final notice' in big bold letters at the bottom?"
Bobby sighed. "You saw that huh?"
"Yeah," she began as she sat down in the chair next to him. "Want to tell me what that's all about? Where did all our money go?"
Bobby looked down at his hands. "Jo's tuition."
When he met her eyes they were soft and full of adoration. She laughed softly and flicked on a lighter to illuminate the tapered candle in the middle of the table.
"Who needs electricity anyway?" She whispered with a grin as she leaned in to claim his lips with her own.