Thank you to the lovely people who reviewed my first oneshot, it means a lot that you liked it! Thanks especially to silenceeverything for welcoming me, I must admit that I squealed a little bit when I saw that you'd reviewed. This oneshot is a lot less smutty and maybe a little more fluffy than the last one, but I thought I'd write something Christmassy, seeing as it's Christmas Eve and all. Enjoy!
Christmas Attire
I-I-I, don't want a lot fooooor Christmas, theeeeere is just one thing I-I-I need...
Hanna had set her alarm tone to the up-beat song last night when she was in a very Christmassy mood, but now it was 8am and freezing outside, she wasn't exactly feeling it. Immediately reacting to the noise, she buried her head into Caleb's chest and groaned, her hair falling around her face as she wrapped her legs around his. There was nothing wrong with using your boyfriend as a hot water bottle, right?
"Han?" Caleb asked, checking if she was awake. All he got in response was a rather unenthusiastic mumble, so he reached across the bed to Hanna's side to press the button on top of the alarm clock, earning a satisfied noise of approval from beneath the mop of blonde hair pressed up against his chest.
Caleb chuckled to himself as he wrapped his arms tighter around her small waist – they'd been living in New York together for almost three months now, and not once had she managed to turn off their alarm in the morning.
"I hate that song," Came a mumble from Hanna's lips.
Caleb laughed, "No, I'm pretty sure you don't."
"I do now, it woke me up," She replied sleepily, huffing at the end for added effect.
"Well," Caleb began, "If Mariah Carey hadn't done the very risky deed of rousing you this morning, I wouldn't be able to tell you about the surprise I have planned."
Hanna's head instantly jerked up at that, "A surprise? A good one?" She asked, her lips turning upwards slightly at the corners.
"Yep. But I guess if you just wanna stay in bed and sleep all day, I'll have to take someone else with me," He mused, shrugging his shoulders and attempting to sound indifferent.
"You wouldn't."
"Oh, I really would."
Hanna threw the covers off and untangled her limbs from his, sitting on his stomach and straddling him, her legs either side of his waist.
"Now," She started, placing her hands on his chest, "Tell me about this surprise."
Caleb raised his eyebrows, "Mmm, I'm afraid I'm gonna need convincing."
Pushing herself forward, Hanna pressed her lips lightly against his, nipping at his bottom lip and teasingly running her tongue along it. She dragged her nails down and across his abdomen, stopping just above the waistband of his grey boxers before she began to rock slowly against him, drawing a moan from the back of his throat.
Staying close to his lips, she nudged his nose with hers and whispered teasingly, "Convinced yet?"
Caleb's eyes were still closed as he tried to keep his breathing steady, "Hmm?"
"I said," She declared, before beginning to punctuate each word with a kiss across his jawline, "Are. You. Convinced. Yet?"
"Convinced about what?" Caleb teased, a huge grin spreading across his face as he finally opened his eyes.
"Caleb! Tell me now!" Hanna slapped his chest lightly as she moved off of him with a huff, sitting cross-legged on the bed with her arms folded across her chest.
Laughing slightly, Caleb took her left hand in his, causing her to turn her head towards him. The completely unamused look on her face was adorable, he thought.
"Well," He said as he kissed her hand quickly, "It all seems a little anticlimactic now."
Hanna raised her eyebrows and nodded her head towards him, as if to tell him to continue.
"I was thinking that I could take you out to breakfast somewhere fancy, then we could spend the rest of the day shopping," He finished.
She perked up instantly at that, "Shopping?"
"Yeah, for Christmas stuff. Decorations, a tree, and I might even have my eye on some gifts for a certain someone…"
A warm smile spread across Hanna's face as she realised that this would be their first holiday season spent in their own apartment. Since being in New York they hadn't really had a lot of time to spare, with the moving in and Hanna starting college and all, and Hanna had been itching to go on a proper spending spree in the city. She knew Caleb hated shopping, so the fact that he'd actually offered to take her made her feel all happy and fuzzy inside.
"Really? You wanna go shopping? With me?" She couldn't help the huge grin that was inching it's way up her cheeks, "You do realise how much that's gonna cost us?"
Caleb let out a breathy laugh, "Mmm, I think you might be worth it." He reached for her jaw and leaned in to kiss her, but before he could get close enough Hanna had pushed her self up and off the bed with an excited squeal, clapping her hands as she jumped up and down before running to her drawers to pick out some underwear.
"Can you put Mariah back on?" She requested, turning her head over her shoulder, "I'm in the mood for my Christmas alarm again."
"That one," Caleb declared, pointing to a modestly sized tree in the corner of the store. They were in a big outdoor garden centre, which must have had hundreds of Christmas trees scattered around its huge, grey patio area.
"Caleb, that's tiny!" Hanna whined disapprovingly, "We actually want people to be able to see the tree when they visit us."
Before he could reply she had stormed around the corner in search of something a little more showy, Caleb rolling his eyes and smirking as he followed close behind, holding several bags of shopping that Hanna had already accumulated.
"Now this is more like it."
Caleb caught up to his girlfriend only to see her standing by a strikingly tall tree – it must have been at least twice the size of the one he picked out, towering way above any of the others around it.
"I want this one. Can we have this one? Please?" Hanna pleaded as she made puppy dog eyes at him, batting her eyelids in the hope that it might somehow sway his decision.
"Han," He began, her smile dropping instantly at his tone of voice, "You know I'd do anything to make you happy, but we wouldn't even be able to fit it through the door. And we live on the second floor, how would we get it up the stairs?!"
Hanna was getting desperate now, she really wanted that tree, "But it's on sale! Only…" She looked at the price tag, "One hundred and eighty dollars!"
Caleb's eyes went wide as he shook his head at her and walked away, laughing as Hanna followed behind him, "We are not spending almost two hundred dollars on a tree Hanna."
She knew it was excessive and that he was right, but being stubborn, she was still reluctant to give in. "Fine,' She huffed, "We'll buy a boring regular sized tree."
She folded her arms and walked sadly beside him as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders, pressing a kiss against her hair and holding her closer to him. "You wouldn't want a big tree anyway, it would mean me having less money to spend on your presents."
Three hours later and Caleb was starting to regret bringing up the idea of shopping, maybe just a little. After finding a tree that they both agreed on – though he still thought is was a bit too big – and sorting out a delivery date for it, they'd pretty much cleared the store of all it's Christmas decorations, Hanna spending way too much money on tinsel and big gold bells and a tiny Nativity display that she said would look 'adorable' by their fireplace. They were now standing in a massive department store, Hanna browsing the underwear section, which she'd convinced Caleb was totally necessary.
As his girlfriend occupied herself looking through rails and rails of bras, Caleb wandered down one of the aisles to a display that had caught his eye. In the centre of it stood a mannequin sporting a very revealing Christmas lingerie set; red thigh high stockings attached to a pair of lacy red panties, and a sheer, almost see through red nightie with a white, fluffy trim at the bottom. Nodding in approval at it, and maybe imagining a certain blonde in it, Caleb picked up one of the nighties from the rack next to him and ran it through his fingers.
A sudden laugh from behind startled him, as he jumped forward slightly and instinctively shoved the piece of clothing back onto the rail. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Hanna walk around to the other side of the display, and pick one of the nighties up for herself.
"Really?" She teased, an amused looked on her face, "Kinda cheap and slutty don't you think?"
Caleb had never prided himself on his taste in women's underwear, but he couldn't help but feel a little hurt, and maybe just a bit embarrassed. "I wasn't looking at it for you," He tried, convincing nobody, "I just didn't, um, know what it was."
Hanna's amused grin grew as she put the hanger back, "You're cute when you lie."
"I'm not lying!"
"So you're telling me that you wouldn't appreciate me wearing that outfit?" She pointed to the mannequin.
Caleb was silent as she walked back over to him and patted his ass lightly, beginning to walk away, "I rest my case."
"But I wanna open my pwesents nooooow mommy!" A little girl whined to her mother, as Caleb watched from his position next to the store's exit. The clearly stressed woman strode ahead as her daughter tried to catch up to her, her little legs struggling to move fast enough, "That man has his presents already!"
Caleb looked down to see that she was pointing at the eight huge bags that sat by his feet, full of the purchases made by himself and Hanna – well, mostly Hanna – throughout the day. He shuffled nervously as the mother stopped and raised her eyebrows at him, obviously wanting a break from her daughters pleading.
"Oh no," Caleb began, "These aren't presents, they're decorations, for the apartment I share with my girlfriend. Do you decorate your home?"
The girl nodded shyly, before adding, "Yeah."
"Well good, because I've heard that if people put decorations up, and if they wait really patiently for Christmas day, Santa brings then extra special gifts, ones they really, really want."
"Dey do?" She asked wide-eyed, smiling from ear to ear.
"Yup, they do," Caleb confirmed, nodding, then looking to the mother for approval.
Before he could say anything else, the little girl was skipping out of the store happily, pulling her mother alongside her as she began rambling about her 'extra special gifts'. The woman turned her head and mouthed a 'thank you' to Caleb, who nodded in response and smiled, not noticing that Hanna was now at his side, placing her bags down next to his.
"Wow, look at you being all good with kids," She chirped, unable to hide the smile on her face. It warmed her heart to see Caleb around children, and maybe even made her a teeny tiny bit broody.
"I was good?" He asked, unsure of himself.
"Mmmhm," She wrapped her arms around his waist as they stood by the exit, their bags on the floor beside them, "Another thing I can add to my list of your good attributes."
"You have a list?" He laughed as she nodded, laughing too, "May I ask what else is on this list?"
"Yep," She agreed, "There's only two other things on it though."
He nodded his head at her, encouraging her to go on.
"Number one, you're hot," She said teasingly as she stroked his arms up and down.
"I can accept that," Came his reply, "Continue."
"Number two, you're the best person in the world."
His smile grew by about a thousand times as he felt his heart flutter at her words, "That's quite a concise list."
"Well," Hanna replied, "The second one pretty much covers everything."
He chuckled at that and placed a long, probing kiss against her lips, maybe, possibly, just for a minute forgetting that they were still standing in a store. Around them, the speakers in the shop began playing the next song, one that was all too familiar after that morning.
Hanna pulled away from the kiss as she realised what it was, "It's my alarm song!" She shrieked, pulling Caleb away from the bags as she encouraged him to dance with her.
He pulled her in by the waist and they danced around in circles to the music, jumping up and down and ignoring the questioning stares of people around them until the song came to a close.
"Aaaaaaaall I want for Christmas," Caleb sang, wrapping his hand around Hanna's neck so their faces were close, nudging her nose with his before his voice turned to a whisper, "Is you."
"Ouch!" Hanna flinched away from the candle she was trying to light, sucking the red burn on her finger in an attempt to soothe it. She really hated rushing around, but Caleb had only gone to pick up some food for dinner and he'd be back within five minutes.
She gave up lighting the last candle – ten more were scattered around the room anyway – and tiptoed over to the mirror to take a last look at herself. She gave a small nod of approval as she finished her make up with a swipe of bright red lipstick, ruffling her short curls a little and smoothing her outfit down.
The sound of the door slamming startled her and she immediately sprang into action, running to lie down on their bed. She could hear Caleb place his keys on the countertop and knew that the next thing she heard would be his voice calling her name.
"Han? Hanna?"
There it was.
"I'm in here! I got you an early Christmas present, come see."
The door to their bedroom crept open as Caleb wandered in, stopping in his tracks as he took in the sight in front of him. Dressed in none other than the Christmas nightie, stockings and panties that he had been so enraptured by earlier in the day, Hanna lay on her side, smirking up at him as he stood there speechless.
"Appreciate in now?" She teased, watching as his eyes wandered down her long legs and back up to her chest, where they seemed to stay for a while.
Instead of replying, Caleb practically flew to the bed, moving on top of Hanna as she turned onto her back and he pressed his lips down on hers, hard. His tongue ran across her lips and she parted them, granting him access as they kissed deeply, passionately. He broke the kiss, eyes still closed, and she could swear that she heard him moan. Still hovering over her, his left hand drifted up the smooth, warm skin of her thigh, skimming the bottom of the lace underwear that he totally hadn't been thinking about all day.
"Thought you said it was cheap looking?" He asked, his lips ghosting over hers.
"A little," She giggled, "It's still hot though."
He shook his head at her as he reconnected their lips, kissing his way down her jaw as the hand by her underwear slowly began to pull the small scrap of material down her legs. His fingers softly teased her slit and she threw her head back onto the bed, panting hard, wishing he would go one step further. Just when she was about to plead for what she wanted, she felt his warm breath by her ear as he whispered hoarsely, "Just so you know," He took a shaky breath in, "This outfit isn't staying on for long."
So there we go, Christmassy Haleb! It's not set on Christmas day, I know, but it's still Christmas themed, so I hope you enjoyed it. Reviews are always appreciated!