Warnings: AU, fluff, sap, silly.
Pairings: Caeru and Velaxis
Rating: G
Summary: Caeru loves decorating
for the winter time and gets Velaxis to help.
Beta: nadda
Timeline: HA! Who needs a
timeline!
A/N: Every year, I do ficlets for
Advent up until and including Christmas. To me, they
are a symbol of the best things and the not so great
things for Christmas. Enjoy and please review!
“No...hmmm over there I
think...yes perfect!”
Velaxis rolled his eyes as he
hooked the silvery garland he had been getting
directions for draping it on the large pine tree in
the middle of Caeru’s den onto the branch and stood
up, wincing as his back protested at the movement.
“Are you sure it’s ok now?” he asked in exasperation
as he glanced at his best friend with a tilted
eyebrow.
“Positive! Oh look at how it
glints with the lights!” Caeru exclaimed as he
clapped his hands and swayed happily.
“Where *did* you find these old
lights? I’ve never seen them in the downtown
stores,” Velaxis inquired as he began pulling out
ornaments from the old box along with Caeru.
“Oh, well I found these in
Ferelithia while I was living there with Wolf...I
mean Abrimel,” Caeru explained, though he grew quiet
at the mention of his son and the past.
Watching his friend, Vel reached
over and placed a hand on his friend’s arm. “He’s
fine, Caeru. And besides, you can talk about him
that way too. I knew him as Wolf as well, remember?”
he said softly with a gentle smile.
Smiling back as he nodded, Caeru’s
eyes shone with gratitude before he began to place
the ornaments he had in his hand onto the tree. He
gasped then and snapped his fingers. “I forgot!” he
cried before rushing out of the room with his friend
watching him leave in disbelief.
“Forgot what?” Velaxis wondered
aloud before he resumed his own decorating. He
smiled as he looked at the beautifully sparkling old
ornaments and the delicate blown glass ones. They
were truly a gorgeous treasure and a reminder that
not all of the sordid past of the human race was
bad. He looked over again as Caeru ran back in with
what looked to be an old fashioned cd player and a
couple of cds in his hand. “Where did you get
those?” he asked in shock and delight. He had an
interest in old stuff like that...
“In Ferelithia. The house we were
staying had an attic that was filled with such
things and the cds were in one of the rooms,” Caeru
answered excitedly as he plugged the player in and
slipped a cd out carefully before putting it into
the player. He studied the player for a bit before
flipping it on and pushing ‘play’. Soon, soft music
was floating out and Vel blinked as he recognized a
couple of the songs.
“Christmas music? Oh you lucked
out!” he declared and grinned as Caeru nodded
eagerly. They resumed decorating the tree and then
the room while singing to such classics as ‘The
Twelve Days of Christmas’, ‘Oh Holy Night’, and
‘Jolly Old Saint Nicholas’.
Finally, when they had finished,
Caeru leaned against his friend and kissed Vel’s
neck in gratitude as they took in their work.
“Thanks for helping me deck the halls,” he whispered
tenderly.
“Anytime, old friend...anytime,”
Velaxis whispered just as tenderly as he wrapped an
arm around his friend’s waist. Sometimes it was just
good to change a room’s look to know that things are
wonderful.
The End!
