tattered & torn | joey jordison x fem!reader

11. gift

'down in a hole' - alice in chains

(A/N: merry CHRIStmas my readers !! here's a lil christmas special since i'm posting this on, ya know, christmas. enjoy the long chapter ;)

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It was less than a month away from Christmas, and the fact that Mick begrudgingly admitted that he did not have a Christmas tree was enough to make you drag him out of the house and into the car, driving straight to the mall quickly. After stepping out of the car, you dragged him towards the large shopping centre, full of excitement.

"I still don't get the big deal about Christmas." He frowns, staring at the heavily decorated stores inside.

"Come on you Grinch, Christmas is fun! We'll get some decorations and chop a tree down on the way back, then when we get back to yours, we'll set it up and have an amazing time decorating it!" You buzzed with happiness. Christmas was always such a nice time for you; you loved almost everything about it, except for the sickening lovey-dovey songs that play around that time of year. You walked into a homeware store, making a bee line for the packaged ornaments. You picked out some ones that you liked; red and black in various patterns.

"Hey, they look good." Mick walks over, looking down at the ornaments in your hands. You smile whilst looking at the variation, as well as the other packets nearby.

"I know, right?" You grin. After gathering more decorations such as tinsel and lights, you paid for the items and left. You and Mick made it back to the car and drove to one of the tree farms, eventually cutting down and picking up a large tree. The ride wasn't long before you were hoisting the heavy tree through the front door and into the house. As Mick set the tree up, you ran back out to grab the rest of the items from the car, eventually grabbing them all and locking the car, stepping back inside the warm house.

"Fucking freezing out there." You mumble, your jaw chattering from the cool temperature. You dumped the items from your arms onto the couch, soon opening the boxes of ornaments. Sid, Chris, and you all helped put the smaller decorations on as James and Mick helped wind the lights in a spiral around the tree. As you stood back and observed the heavily decorated pine, you noticed a missing piece. You grabbed the star that was on the table nearby, attempting to place it atop of the tree.

"Need a hand?" James asked. You looked behind you and nodded whilst smiling. You faced back to the tree and soon felt two large hands at your waist, fingers squeezing you softly.

"Is this alright?"

"Yeah." You reply. He hoists you off the ground and brings you up high, allowing you to hook the star on the top of the tree. You thank James as he brings you back down.

"It's no problem." He shrugs, walking off into the kitchen after ruffling your hair. You turn on the lights at the outlet, the corner of the room immediately glowing multicoloured.

"Woah." Sid admired. You slumped onto the couch and sighed; all that hard work had tired you out.

"Maybe you should take a nap (Y/N)." Chris glanced over at you as you yawned. A mumble managed to escape your mouth.

"Mmyeah alright.." You said softly, combing your fingers through your hair. You eased off the couch and said goodnight to everyone in the room jokingly, considering it was only 6pm.

"No dinner?" Shawn asked. Him and Corey were making soup tonight, and although it smelt nice, you decided to pass.

"Nah, it's alright. I'm sure it tastes amazing, as your cooking does always. Thanks anyway." You smiled, walking down the hallway. You went into your room; well, the room that Chris, Sid and you shared. Ever since you woke up in their bed after getting high with them, you decided to keep sleeping there. They didn't seem to mind. You weren't even bothered to get out of your clothes and into your pyjamas; you felt like you had no energy left. As soon as you flopped onto the bed, you felt yourself sinking into a deep sleep.