Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, nor do I completely own Nick and Jeff (although I'm pretty much creating their personalities myself since we haven't gotten to know them too well on the show).

A/n: So I know it's been AGES since I've posted one of these. Okay, not really. But still, too long! I haven't forgotten about these, I promise. And I'm going to try and finish before June, because I'm participating in Camp NaNoWriMo this summer and I don't need another open writing project while I'm working on that! Enjoy!

Stocking

Skype was a blessing, really. That was the first thing Nick had realized when Jeff had been tapped to produce a documentary. In Japan. For six months. Including Christmas. But as much as the two men hated the idea of being separated for so long, the fact was that the money was something they couldn't afford to turn down. And so Jeff had packed his suitcase and moved halfway round the world, leaving Nick behind to take care of their wedding plans by himself because neither of the men really wanted to postpone the ceremony they had been planning for more than a year already.

"I miss you."

"I miss you, too. But I'll be home in a month…"

"Doesn't change the fact that they're making you miss Christmas," Nick replied, smiling sadly at his fiancée over their computer's webcam. "I wish you could be home with me. I decorated the apartment yesterday, but it wasn't as fun without you here."

"We'll celebrate Christmas for real when I get home, okay? Just leave the decorations up, and we'll have our own celebration in the middle of January…"

"People are going to think I'm weird, Jeff…"

"So? Screw them… it's better with decorations, and I'm going to take them down since you were the one to put them up." Nick smiled, knowing that Jeff wasn't going to take no for an answer on this one. The blonde had always been insistent that they share equally in things like that; it was one of Jeff's convictions that marriage should be an equal partnership, and that even though they were just living together at the moment they should go ahead and practice living that way. To be honest, Nick sort of loved it; there were so many things that needed to get done around the house at any given time, and Nick couldn't imagine either of them taking sole responsibility for all of that and having a full-time job. Plus a lot of the things that needed doing they could do together, which meant they got to spend that much more of their time hanging out.

"Earth to Nicky…"

"Huh?"

"Welcome back to Earth, Space Cadet. I was asking if you would be willing to show me the Christmas decorations… we don't exactly have any in the hotel I'm staying in." Nick smiled, picking up the laptop as he walked around the living room, where most of their decorations were. Nick was actually pretty proud of what he'd managed to accomplish on his own. "It looks great, Nicky… but where did you put our stockings?"

"Well… I didn't want to take them down before you got home. So I put them someplace special. Somewhere only you and I would see them…" Nick began with a smirk.

"There's something suspicious in mine, isn't there?"

"You'll just have to wait and find out when you get home, Mr. Producer…"