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Mercedes looked over at her boyfriend of a year as she slid into her coat with a smile. This was officially their first Christmas together and she was so stoked about it. Her and Sam have known and been best friends their whole lives, but now, they were in a serious relationship after being in denial about their feelings for one another.

Sam smiled as he looked at her, "You ready?"

"Mhm." Mercedes placed her beanie on her head, walking over to him, she leaned up to kiss his lips softly.

Sam smiled as he kissed her back, throwing his own beanie on his head before grabbing his girlfriend's hand and leading them out of their apartment. Once they got on the streets of upstate New York, he turned to her, "Are you excited?"

"Very." She smiled as she molded herself into him as they walked through the snow on the sidewalk, "Are you?"

"Hell yes." He responded with a chuckle as they turned the corner, seeing the lights from the centre of town, bumping shoulders with her, "I get to spend this Christmas with you, my little love muffin."

Mercedes giggles filled the cold air, snorting here and there at him, "You're such a dork Sam Evans."

"But I'm your dork, Mercedes Jones."

Mercedes continued to lean against him as they came up to the town, the buildings dressed down in Christmas lights, holiday music blasting over the intercoms, the smell of hot cinnamon and fresh peppermints coming from the different shops.

Sam looked around as they walked and watched all the families together. He couldn't help but think that one day, that'll be him and Mercedes. He tugged her hand when they got closer to where they were headed, coming up the big red sign, "Finally."

Mercedes chuckled as they came up to the Christmas tree farm. They had their whole apartment decorated already but tonight, they were going to picked out their first real tree together. Seeing a man approach them with a smile, she knew that he worked here.

"Do you two need any assistance with anything tonight?"

"Um..actually yes." Sam answered him politely, looking at Mercedes then the man, "My girlfriend and I are celebrating our first Christmas together and I want to buy the best tree you have."

Mercedes smiled at the older man, "We just want to make this Christmas extra special."

He nodded as he looked at them, "I can help with that. Follow me." He led the around, showing them different types of trees around the huge place for the next twenty minutes.

Sam held Mercedes close as they followed the man, scanning the area. It took awhile but he came to a stop when he saw one of his liking, "I think this is it."

Mercedes continued to look at him and imagined all the ornaments she brought on it. It was just perfect for them. Not too big, not too small, but just right, "I love it."

"Excellent choice." The man called for one of his workers, turning back to the young couple, "Will that be all?"

"Yes." They said in unison. Sam pulled out his wallet before a hand moved his down. He looked up at the older man, who was shaking his head, in confusion.

"It's on the house."

"We can't just take this without paying you." Mercedes said as she looked at him.

Sam nodded in agreement, "Yeah, I have to give you something."

"No. This is my gift to you for your first Christmas. Young couples starting their lives together warms up my heart."

Without any hesitation, Mercedes went and hugged the man, thanking him repeatedly.

When she was finished, Sam shook the man's hand and thanked him as well. When the worker came back, he said his goodbyes and grabbed the tree. This was already turning out to be a great Christmas.

Sam sat on the couch hooking the hooks on the ornaments, while Mercedes was fixing them some hot chocolate in the kitchen. He grunted as he poked himself, pouting deeply as he felt his finger starting to sting, "Babe.."

"Yeah?" She answered as she came in view with the mugs in her hands

He looked at her with a pout, lifting his finger up, "I stuck my finger with a hook."

"Poor baby." She sat his mug on the table, walking over to him, she kissed his finger with a smile, "All better."

Sam's smile brightened, "Thank you baby."

"You're welcome." She sipped a little from her cup, sitting it down on the table, she grabbed a few ornaments and headed towards the tree.

Sam picked up his cup, figuring it was cool enough, drinking it but immediately placed it down when the heat burned his tongue, "Ouch!"

Mercedes turned around, shaking her head when she saw him, "What is with you tonight?"

Sam held his tongue as he went to her, invading her personal space, "I thought it had warmed a bit."

Mercedes took her fingers to pull his tongue, she blew on it, smirking when he gazed at her. Placing a small kiss on the corner of his mouth, she let go and went back to the tree.

Sam smirked as he grabbed a few for himself to help her, "This is starting off to be a really great Christmas."

Mercedes tilted her head as she tried to find a perfect spot, when he spoke, she nodded her head, "It is."

About fifteen minutes later, they had successfully finished putting all of the ornaments on. Sam went over to the table and picked up the gold star, "Last thing."

Mercedes moved the ladder in front of the tree, stepping on the first two steps, she looked back at Sam, rolling her eyes when she found him obviously staring at her butt and she could tell that he was going to say something smart about the ladder.

Sam smirked widely as his eyes made contact with her, "I actually have a few short jokes brewing." He stopped when she glared at him, biting down on his lip, he walked behind her and handed her the star.

"We should put this on together."

"Okay." Sam grabbed her by her waist, jerking her down from the ladder, earning a small yelp from her.

"SAM!"

"What? You just said we should do this together." He placed his hand on hers and guided it to the top of the tree, placing the item on. He swung her around in his arms and sat her back down to her feet.

"Beautiful."

"It is."

Sam tore his eyes away from the tree and wrapped his arms around her waist, placing his lips on top of hers.

Mercedes moaned into the kiss, her fingers playing with the fine hairs on the nape of his neck, pulling back, she wiped her lip gloss from his lips with a smile, placing her forehead against his, "Want to help me make some cinnamon rolls?"

"Sure." He kissed her again before he grabbed her hand and led her to the kitchen. He could easily tell that this was going to be an amazing first Christmas for them together.

A/N. Hey my loves! I've decided to put some of my old and new one-shots & prompts from Tumblr on here, mostly holiday based. The old ones will be revamped because child...when I first wrote these, it was a mess & so many errors lol. So, hope you enjoy & this one is from 2014, in which I actually posted five years ago on this day!