The twins blink, waving around fists full of wrapping paper while Alicia and Ricardo cuddle on the couch, watching them. Andre is nearby, playing with a set of legos that Sofia had gotten him. "Good holiday," he murmurs, pressing a kiss to Alicia's forehead.
"Yeah, it was," she hums, lacing their fingers together and glancing from the kids to the tree. "I loved what you got me too." She lifts the voucher for three sets of gear, smiling. "It'll be fun to design this. I might ask your opinion on one of their color themes."
"Red, green and white," he teases her. She sticks her tongue out at him and he chuckles. "I'll thinka bout it," he promises, kissing her.
"Great," she hums. "You have great taste."
"I know I do," he smiles, trailing his fingers over her stomach, lightly tracing under her shirt. "And I have amazing luck."
"We both do," she says, easing up to press another kiss to his lips. "I think the kids should go to bed soon. Don't you?"
"Yeah," he says, resting his forehead against hers, staring into her eyes. "Let's do that."
It takes about an hour to get them through their night time rituals, the babies soon in pajamas and settled under blankets, fighting sleep valiantly as Alicia and Ricardo stand over their cribs, reading aloud in soothing voices, trying all of their tricks to get them to fall asleep.
It works eventually and Sofia winks at them as she leaves Andre's room, their quiet signal that all of the babies are asleep. As she heads into her room for a quiet night of reading, Alicia grips Ricardo's hand and walks into their bedroom, sighing as she shrugs out of her Christmas sweater and dark green leggings she'd been wearing most of the day. Ricardo undresses too and stretches out on the bed, waiting for her with a small smile.
"Was it a good Christmas for you?"
"Yeah," he says, reaching out as she lays down next to him, sprawling his hands out over her ribcage, toying with the edge of her bra. "Very good. And it keeps getting better." he leans in and kisses her, stroking her jaw.
"Mm," Alicia moans into his mouth. "Mine too." She folds her knee up against Ricardo's hip and breathes deeply. "Think it can continuing progressing?"
He pauses and considers this for a moment before nodding. "Yeah," he murmurs, hand smoothing down her body, causing her to shiver. "I think so. Wanna try?"
"Yeah," she exhales, "I definitely do."
He smiles at her and slips his hand lower, slowly, causing her eyes to flutter as she arches up into his touch. "Perfect."