𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚎 | ∙𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐳∙

9. Under The Mistletoe

The holidays roll around quickly, they have thanksgiving at Rossi's who put Matt on turkey duty and himself on zuppa which he told everyone was a meal for any occasion even thanksgiving. No one had the heart to argue with him.

Then Christmas came about and Penelope demanded a secret Santa between the team which everyone agreed to in fear of her wrath.

Luke opens the email when he got to his desk to see Felicity's name.

"So what are you getting me, Alvez?" Tara teases as she enters the bullpen carrying three carriers full of coffees. They're stacked precariously and Luke feels anxious as they teeter slightly.

He quickly grabs the top one to help out. "And why would I tell you that?"

She grins." I'll tell you if you tell me."

"We're not in middle school, Lewis." He says with a laugh as he puts the carrier on the nearest desk." What's with all the coffee?"

"I wanted to do something nice for the holidays." She answers placing the other two beside the first. She pulls one out and hands it to Luke." Merry Christmas. It's two creams no sugar."

"You remembered." He muses placing a hand over his heart.

She rolls her eyes." Yeah yeah, don't get sappy on me."

He laughs as he takes a sip of his coffee. He pulls back with a satisfied look." Perfect. Way better then our usual grounds."

Penelope comes clacking in and squeals in happiness." Coffee!"

Tara hands her the only iced coffee in the carrier." Here you go, Penny." She looks back at the rest of the drinks." Now I just have to remember which ones go to who. Plain and black for Rossi. Carmel macchiato for JJ, Peppermint tea for Felicity-"

"You got her peppermint?" Luke asks, eyebrows raised.

She stops and turns to him with a wince." Yes... I wasn't sure what to get her so I got her the only tea they had on their winter menu."

"She doesn't like peppermint tea..." he trails off.

Tara swipes a hand over her face." Crap, what now?"

Before she could say anything else, Luke's out of his seat." I'll head to the nearest coffee shop, I'll try to make it back before she's here."

"You're going to leave to get one cup of tea?" Tara asks eyebrows high.

He nods." Yeah." Before she could say anything more he's gone. The nearest shop is 15 minutes away. He gets there in record time but sadly the workers aren't as quick as he is. It takes them until 8:46 to make him a London fog.

He isn't sure why he was so quick to drive to get Felicity tea she actually liked. But the thought of everyone happily drinking their coffees and she being the only one without a drink made him feel the need to do it.

He makes it back to the bullpen by 9:08. He runs up the steps to the briefing room where everyone is already seated. They all look up when he enters looking like he just ran a marathon.

"Look who decided to join us." Emily grins.

"Yeah sorry I'm late." He takes a seat between Felicity and JJ. He puts the tea down in front of her. She looks up from her file. "What's this?"

"Your drink." He says before opening his file.

"Awe thanks, Lu."

"You're welcome, Flick." He answers before looking back up at the rest of the team who is staring at him. "Carry on, sorry for the interruption."