#also using the liv tag cuz im petty

[labselkie]

i wrote tthis at like midnight..,, why?

i dunno but HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Bundled under a weighted blanket and cat at her side, Lucy was awoken by the faintest sound. Not the quiet creaking of her door, the rise of her lover and the footsteps away, not even the purr of her kitten. Rather, it was a whisper.

"Lucy..."

She lets out a small groan, and weakly brings up her arm to try and rub her face. It took her a moment to really wake up; the room was cool and the curtains were drawn, she practically forgot it was Christmas in her comfort. After she rubs the sleep from her eyes, she practically shoots up...

But Lucy's quick sitting up is met with a blur of green as a plush is chucked into her face. She falls back onto her pillows with a squeak, and the sudden movements cause the tortishelle cat to scamper off and out of sight. She takes a moment to adjust, her momentary floundering met with enthusiastic snickering from none other than Olivia.

The doctor is clad in a large, loose tank top and some baggy pants adorned in star prints. Her hair is down and not even held back, so silky strands of brown and purple cascade around her face and over her shoulders. The sunlight that streams in from the doorway and crack of curtains surrounds her like a halo- If she were anyone else, Lucy would've thought for a split second that she died and saw an angel.

"Merry Christmas, Luce," Olivia chuckles while Lucy sits up. When the younger woman does catch her bearings, she's able to process her present. A big green and tan octopus plushie, with little glass eyes and a stitched smile. Liv picks up a pillow on the empty side of the bed, puffs it up, and then plops herself on the bed as she holds it.

"Where did you- Since when?!" Lucy tosses the octopus in her hands, spinning it around and inspecting the springy tentacles with all the joy of someone getting their first Christmas present... Ever.

Olivia leans forward, sitting cross legged as she pulls the other woman close with a thin arm around her shoulders. "I ordered him like... Half a year ago now?" Her words are punctuated with the slightest laugh, one the causes Lucy's smile to brighten and for her to lean in.

The doctor tugs a tentacle toward herself, letting herself lean into her girlfriend as they both inspect it like a lab rat. Lucy grins wider when Olivia lets go of the tentacle and it springs right back into place.

"I don't think I could love a present more," Lucy murmurs, glancing over to Olivia with a much softer gaze. She runs a hand through her own hair, still fairly self conscious that she was woken up in a mess for something this sweet. "But I hope I have something that can make up for it,"

A peck of a kiss on Liv's cheek... And thankfully, later, she did present a real gift. A basket of assorted green trinkets and bunches of little things that reminded her of their love. A CD of an album they both liked, a box of chocolates she had gotten them on one of their first dates, a little cat plush. All these little things couldn't begin to describe how much they loved each other.