Song Quote: Christmas Lights
"Like some drunken Elvis singing I go singing out of tune Saying how I always loved you darling And I always will Oh, when you're still waiting for the snow to fall Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all Still waiting for the snow to fall It doesn't really feel like Christmas at all Those Christmas lights Light up the street Down where the sea and city meet May all your troubles soon be gone Oh, Christmas lights, keep shining on"
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"(Y/n) why do you still buy soap and bathe when you don't need to?" Connor asked while he was unloading the bags of goods you bought at the store.
"Why not? I like to smell good" You retoryed as you put some thirium bottles away into the medicine cabinet.
Connor didn't reply thinking to himself in thought as he continued helping you put away the contents of the bags.
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Later on when you came into the house after taking Teddy outside to run around in the grass while you played on your phone watching the pup you see Connor step out of the bathroom wearing a black shirt and some jeans but his hair was wet and messy.
"Why is your hair wet?" You asked curiously as you grabbed the towel that hung loosely in his hand.
"I was curious of why you like to take showers so I tried it out" he explained while running a hand through the strands of his hair pushing it out of his face.
"Geez c'mere your soaked...." you grabbed his hand and dragged him to the living room and sat him on the floor as you sat on the couch above him.
"What are you doing?" He asked but his voice was muffled when you placed the towel onto his head drying the hair.
"You gotta dry your hair dude" You explained as you ran a hand through his hair to see if it's still wet.
You caught a familiar scent and you leaned down to smell his hair and to your surprise he didnt flinch at the contact.
You smelled sweet strawberries radiating off him. "Did you use my strawberry soap?" You asked him confused.
He nodded adding "It smelled sweet but it doesn't taste sweet..." he trailed off quietly seeming embarrassed.
"No worries, next time we go shopping do you want to pick out your own soap?" You asked him as you got up from the couch to hand him a brush to fix his hair.
"I'd love to" he smiled as he brushed his hair not breaking contact with you.
You sat on the opposite couch watching him brush his hair then proceeding to brush Teddy.
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Later on you look over to the front door where Connor stood now in a blue button up shirt putting on his winter coat.
"Where are you going?" You asked curiously putting your phone down as you watched the android.
"I'm heading out with Hank for a while I'll be back soon" He replies smiling at you as he wraps a scarf around his neck but it looked like it was about to fall off.
"Hold on" you tell him as you get up and stood in front of him.
You grabbed the scarf and fixed it tying it snug around his neck.
You fixed his collar looking him up in the eyes smiling gently at him "Stay warm see you later."
He nodded but you noticed his LED flicker a second as a light flush come across his face but quickly went away.
"Yeah... see you" he nods as he heads out the front door and head towards Hanks car that was in the driveway.
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A hour or two passed and you get a random call from Hank.
"What's up?" You asked holding your phone to you ear.
"Real quick, Black or White?" He asked quickly over the phone.
"Uhhh Black like my heart" you shrugged confusion on your face.
"Hank I found it!" You heard Connor's voice on the other side of the phone.
"What are you guys doing?" You asked curiously as you heard chattering of many voices in the background muffled by Christmas music and bells.
"Uhhh shopping bye" Hank blurted out hanging up the phone abruptly.
"He hung up on me!" You huffed "how rude..." you set your phone down and got up to get a snack but stopped mid step.
"Wait...what day is it?" You wondered as you checked the calender.
"Oof it's getting close to Christmas. That explains it" you stated realizing you have no tree.
"Well I guess I should go shopping again" You shrugged grabbing your keys saying good bye to Teddy.
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You walk through the front door to see Connor and Hank talking on the couch and Hank sipping some coffee.
They both turned to look at you "Hey guys" you greeted smiling at them.
"Fuck!" Hank bolted up and ran over to some bags on your dining table trying to hide them from you.
Pretending you didnt see you pointed to outside "Can I get some help? I bought a tree" you tell them.
"Yeah I'll help" Hank replied and gestured for Connor to hide the bags as you both left to go outside.
Moments later you came into the house carrying a medium sized box and Hank carried a box of ornaments.
"What's those for?" Connor asked when he walked into the room.
"Christmas decorating obviously" Hank stated sighing at the android.
"Let's get started" you smiled to yourself as you opened the box.
Connor stood off to the side watching you and Hank open the boxes.
You and Hank set up the tree that already had pre hung lights on the branches and turned it on.
"Pretty..." Connor whispered to himself as he looked at what you thought was the tree.
"Connor wanna help?" You asked the android as you started to take out ornaments.
You hung some up and he helped as well, meanwhile Hank was cleaning up dropped fake pine needles.
"Stupid fucking plastic" Hank grumbled as he vacuumed.
"TRIGGERED" you shouted jokingly at Hank startling him a bit.
"What the hell" he grumbled looking at you confused "You said fucking plastic that shall not be used in this household" you told him in a joking manner remembering how him and Gavin called Connor a plastic prick.
After the tree was decorated you turned it on and each ornament glitter in the pretty light with a beautiful light up star on the top tying the tree together.
"Nice job kids" Hank praised you both smirking to himself and patting you both on the back.
"I like it" you smiled in pride of your work.
"Me too" Connor said and you perked up remembering something else you bought.
Looking at you in question the boys watched you as you grabbed a small bag pulling out two red and white collars in different sizes that had bells on the rim.
"For Sumo and Teddy" you explained as you handed the bigger one to Hank and placed the smaller one onto little Teddy.
"Awww little Teddy bear and his little bells..." you gushed quietly to yourself as you held the puppy close to you.
"So cute..." you smiled placing a kiss on the puppy's forehead.
"Nice" Hank smirked at he saw the puppy.
"Can I see?" Connor asked as he grabbed Teddy from your arms gaining some kisses from the puppy.
Teddy was placed on the ground wagging his tail feeling pride from the attention he received and the bells that jangled around his neck.
"Well I'll be heading out, I'll give this to Sumo though" Hank promised as he made his way to the door.
"See you Hank" Connor said "Bye Hank" You waved at him as he closed the door.
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"Shit! I didnt think Christmas eve was tomorrow!" You shouted cursing yourself out in your head.
"I wasn't paying attention to the days dammit" You grumbled as you walked through the store picking out what you think would be good gifts for Connor and Hank.
You also grabbed a treat for Sumo and Teddy.
"Hopefully these are good I hope they like it..." you thought to yourself worrying if these gifts are good enough.
As you left the store you saw some people harassing a android and decided to step in.
It ended with someone kissing the icy pavement and it wasn't you or the android.
Hey it's their fault for being rude...
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You came home to see Teddy running towards you with his little jingle bells ringing around his neck.
"Hey (Y/n)" Connor greeted but pulled his phone out to show you a picture of Sumo wearing the collar you bought him.
"Awww so cute! They're matching" you gushed looking at the picture.
"What's in the bags? Need any help?" Connor inquired gesturing to the bags.
"Nah I got it" you walked past him and into your room to get down to business.
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Christmas Eve finally came around too fast due to work speeding up the time.
You, Connor and Hank have the day off as well as Christmas Day and you all decided to spend it at your home.
You were making Hank some food for later when you hear said man's car pull up to the driveway.
"Hey Hank, Merry christmas" Connor greeted the Lieutenant when he opened the door.
You peek your head out of the kitchen to see the two males but also see Sumo walk in beside his owner wearing his collar with the bells.
You stopped what your doing and walked out "Sumo!" You gushed as you knelt down and rusted the dogs hair lovingly earning a nuzzle from the big dog.
"Geez,Great to see you too (Y/n)..." Hank teased since you barely paid him no heed instead gushing over Sumo.
"I saw you the other day" you responded earning another nuzzle from the saint bernard
You remembered Teddy was asleep in the other room and decided to go grab him.
You wake up the little golden puppy in the other room when you picked him up.
His dark eyes looked at you curiously and widened when you showed the smaller one Sumo.
Teddy reached his head out and touched noses with Sumo who watched the young ones movements in curiosity.
You out Teddy onto the ground and he excitedly ran around Sumo examining the bigger dog.
Teddy ran off to go play beckoning Sumo to follow him.
Sumo sits down in the middle of the living room while Teddy ran around him playing with toys as the older dog took a nap.
While Hank and Connor talked you were talking on the phone with Kara.
After a while Teddy grew tired and fell asleep next to Sumo.
"Yo Hank you hungry?" You called from the kitchen ad you set aside a plate of food for the guy.
"Not yet but thanks" he replied from his spot on the couch.
Shrugging you go to the other room and grabbed the presents you wrapped placing them under the tree.
Taking it as a cue, Hank and Connor snuck their presents to give underneath the tree when you weren't looking.
You were filling up some water bowls for the dogs when Hank came into the kitchen leaning on the doorway with Sumo next to him.
"Hey uh, (Y/n) could I get that dinner you made?" He asked awkwardly shifting weight from one foot to the other.
"Of course, after you give Sumo a kiss" You smirked at him and pointed to above the doorway at a mistletoe above him and Sumo.
"Hell no" He grumbled denying it complately.
"C'mon it's alright to kiss a dog" you insisted and he shook his head "Sumo get him" you commanded the dog and immediately he pounced onto his owner giving him kisses all over his face.
"Agh! Fuck! Sumo! Down boy down!" Hank yelled trying to push his dog off of him to no avail.
"I'll heat up your food" You told him as you put the plate into the microwave.
"Thanks..." he muttered wiping some dog slobber from his face and walked out the room.
After Hank ate you guys hung out in the living room laughing and talking while watching movies together and eventually it got late enough it turned midnight making it Christmas day.
"You guys wanna open presents?" You asked both males after glancing at the clock.
"Sure" Hank shrugged while Connor remained indifferent "Wait isn't this your first Christmas Connor?" Hank asked the android curiously as you passed out the presents.
"Yes, sorry if I don't understand certain parts of the holiday" he replied as he held two presents in his lap looking at them with curiosity in his eyes.
"Wanna start (Y/n)?" Hank asked you and after you gave Sumo and Teddy their gifts of a bone and a chew toy you started unwrapping your gift.
It was a old shoebox and inside it was a black graphic shirt that says "I am not programmed to tolerate your bullshit" and a black coffee mug that says in white letters "Have a nice day" but on the bottom of the cup had a picture of a middle finger.
You looked at them with a smile on your face looking at Hank "I love it Thank you" you thanked him as he smirked in pride "Glad you like it kid" He replied.
It was Connors turn and he started to unwrap the paper delicately without ripping it and this gift was from you.
He opened a small box and inside was a couple pairs of dog printed fluffy socks and a snow globe.
He pulled out the items examining them and you sunk in your seat self conscious "Sorry if it's not the greatest...I didn't know what you'd like for Christmas and you always walk around barefoot or have one pair of socks and when we were shopping once I saw you were interested in the snow globes..." you explained your reasoning for the gifts.
"I love it, Thank you (Y/n)" Connor said to you as he leaned over to you giving you a hug before quickly breaking away and started staring into space at the falling snow in the little globe.
"Alright my turn" Hank stated as he grabbed a present and hastily opened it up.
"It's from Connor and it's a new flask" Hank smirked examining the item that was a black flask that said "Fuck my liver"
"Great gift kid, but I saw you picked it out for me when we were shopping the other day" Hank told Connor adding "Thanks though"
Connor opened his gift from Hank which was a antique silver lighter.
Hank opened your gift to him which was a Amazon Alexa earning some curses from the old man saying that those were not good.
Meanwhile as the three of you were talking and spending time together Sumo and Teddy sat next to eachother chewing on their gifts.
Sumo chewed on his bone while Teddy snuggled up to the bigger dog while chewing on his toy.
Finally you started to open your gift from Connor and it was a flat box with blue shiny wrapping paper.
Inside revealed a smaller box and a small golden retriever stuffed animal.
"You told me your secret a while back was that you loved stuffed animals so I got you one that looks like Teddy..." Connor explained but then pointed to the other box for you to open.
Inside was a golden necklace with the pendant shaped like a heart.
"Connor Thank you so much" You smiled happily at the android before forcing both the android and old man into a hug.
"Thank you guys, I don't know what I would be doing without you two in my life" You confessed as you held them both in a big hug you tried to hide your face.
"You welcome kid..." Hank smiled patting your back reassuringly but drowsiness in his voice.
Connor stayed silent but he patted your back gently in a reassuring way as he melted into your embrace.
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While Hank was crashed out on the couch you were taking the dogs out to the bathroom when Connor came up from behind you as you both watch the dogs play for a bit.
"Are you enjoying your first Christmas Connor?" You asked glancing at the android.
Nodding he looked at you "Yeah, its different than what you read online" he confesses adding "But above all I'm enjoying it" he stared into the night sky through the glass as he stood next to you closely.
"Yeah and it was only Christmas eve and we stayed up until it turned Christmas day, would you wanna do anything later today?" You asked the android curiously.
He looked down in thought before muttering quietly "Can we see the Christmas lights in the park?" His voice asking in a innocent voice.
"Sure that sounds great" you smiled at him tenderly.
"Also (Y/n)?" Connor asked and you hum a response.
"Is that a mistletoe?" He continued pointed above both of your heads.
"When did that get moved?" You asked aloud since it was somewhere else, Hank probably moved it.
Breaking you from your thoughts you felt Connor lean his face down to yours and placed his lips onto your cheek for a quick but soft kiss.
Caught off guard you look at him face growing a bit hot from surprise but you catch a glimpse of his face in the light and he seemed to be blushing a peachy pink but barely noticeable.
And for a quick second you thought you saw his LED flicker to pink might have been your imagination.
"Uh...sorry" he apologized and explained "I read your supposed to kiss whoever's under the Mistletoe with you and I saw what happened with Hank and Sumo so I just thought..." he rambled losing his cool which is a shock to you.
"It's Alright, here let me return the favor and we are even" you told him as you reached your face up and gave him a quick kiss onto the cheek feeling him tense up but relax at the touch.
"There, even." you smiled at him as the dogs ran back into the house to head back to bed.
"Goodnight Connor" You told the android as you left the room with both dogs following behind you and crawling into bed with you.
You looked down at the heart shaped necklace on your neck smiling to yourself because of the person that got this for you.
But you realised it was actually a locket and managed to open it expecting no photos inside but to your surprise there were.
Inside th locket was a picture of Connor holding Teddy while looking into the camera with a wide happy smile.
Unable to wipe away the grin you closed the locket kissing it before laying down into your bed to go to sleep.
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Later when Hank woke up he decided to head home and he took Sumo with him and when it started to get dark out you took Connor to go walk around a park that was decorated thoroughly with bright lights.
Your chest was light as a feather when you saw the amazed look on his face completely ignoring the fact you both were holding hands the entire time feeling like it was second nature.
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