Midnight River Shorts

Holiday Special! (Third person POV)

~Sterling Household~

Cameron holds Charlie close to his chest, trying to keep the Omega from bouncing too much. "Charlie, calm down." He laughs, kissing his Omega's cheek.

"I'm just so happy you're finally home for a holiday, Cam!" Charlie cheers happily.

"I'll be here for all of them." Cameron kisses his head.

"Alright!" Samuel says, his voice booming across the crowded room with his children and grandchildren. "We'll go youngest first, since they have the least amount of patience. Emily, Brayden, and Hailey!" He calls the triplets. "Open your gifts!"

Brayden gets a plastic tractor from Samuel and Andrew. A pajama set from his Uncles Jay and Jace. A new set of markers from his Uncles Mira and Phil. His Uncle Jamie had gifted him a new set of sneakers, and his parents give him a giant plush octopus he had been asking for for ages. His Uncle Eric and Aunt Anna give him a doctor playset after he had been especially interested in Eric's job the last time he went for a check up.

Emily gets a jewelry set from Samuel and Andrew. Jamie gives her a princess dress. Her parents give her a giant plush unicorn. And Eric and Anna gift her a kid's beauty make-over kit that she would definitely be using on Dennis when she got the chance. Mira and Phil had gotten her new markers as well. And Jay and Jace had also gotten her a set of pajamas.

Hailey's presents were similar to Emily's, though her gift from Jamie is a pair of cargo pants, as she tends to enjoy more masculine clothing. Eric and Anna give her an art set that went with Mira and Phillip's gift of markers. And her fathers had gifted her a giant plush horse.

"Kylie and Shannon!" Samuel booms after the triplets are done. "Let's see what you got!"

The twin girls of Eric and Anna are twelve and are gearing up to start shifting soon. They got several sets of clothing and a backpack each from Samuel and Andrew. They are very happy with their gifts. They know in the early days of their shifts, it's hard to control, so the extra clothing would come in handy. And having a backpack for their clothes would also come in handy when they shifted spontaneously back into their human forms, as they would carry the clothes with them.

"Tyler and Miranda!" Samuel booms.

The twin children of Jay and Jace are past their spontaneous shifting, so they don't need copious amounts of clothing. They are each gifted gift cards and small trinkets. Tyler is very happy with his gaming gift cards, as that was how he spent most of his free time, taking after Jay. Miranda is gifted new drumsticks as she's part of their cousin Savannah's band.

"The next youngest I think is Charlie, Ashton, and Teddy!" Samuel laughs, his eyes sparkling as he watches his family enjoying their time together.

Each young man gets a few gifts specific to them. Charlie gets a new set of drawing pencils, as he spends a lot of time with Parker, drawing designs. Ashton gets a new tablet to help with his work as the Beta-in-training. And Teddy gets baking utensils, as that was something he had expressed interest in learning. The rest of their gifts are geared toward their unborn children.

"Mira, Phil, and Jamie!" Samuel calls his youngest twins and Phil's Mate.

Miracolo and Phil walk up hand in hand, and Jamie follows smiling after his twin.

"Mira, welcome to the Sterling family chaos!" Samuel laughs. "Here is a gift for you and Phil!" He hands them an envelope.

Mira squints his eye and opens it, finding a handwritten coupon for a week in the cabin.

"Why-" Mira starts, but is cut off.

"To bond!" Samuel laughs loudly. "Jamie, here you go!" He holds another envelope to his son.