Three Times The Hummel Verse

Lights

My final holiday story until next year.

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"A little more to the left." Finn shouted up the latter at Carson.

"Relax Finn, it doesn't have to be perfect." He said as he struggled to hang the lights over the gutter.

"What ever. It's your house, we're just standing out here in the cold to make sure you don't fall." Chris said bitterly as he held the bottom of the latter. Beside him, Blaine held the other side.

The snow was gently falling around them, but there was a brutally cold wind that tried again and again to nock them down.

Carson huffed at his brothers. He was glad they were trying to help, but he couldn't shake his jealousy for everyone that was warm inside.

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"It was so nice of them to help Carson with the lights. He was dead set on hanging them today." Shannon said as she continued to stir the soup on the stove.

"Yeah. Glad I'm not out there though." Kurt added from his seat at the island. He took another swig of his hot chocolate. "It'll look really nice. Carson always used to help our dad hang the lights at our old house." Kurt laughed as he thought back on his memories. "Dad used to beg me and Chris to help him, but instead we would make a hot dinner for when they finished." Kurt smiled warmly. "They stopped complaining after that."

Rachel laughed beside him at the counter. "Wow, not much has changed, has it?"

Kurt shook his head as he drank from his cup again.

"The soup is almost ready. Should we call them in?" Shannon asked.

Kurt seemed to debate something for a moment. "No, we should wait until they finish. Otherwise they'll leave it half done."

Rachel agreed, so they left the pot on the warm stove and began to wait for the boys to come inside.

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"How does it look?" Carson said once he finally got down from the latter. He was freezing, and his legs were stiff from balancing atop the latter for so long. The sun was setting behind the house, casting long shadows over the brothers.

"Look'in good. Plug it in! Let's light this puppy up." Blaine said excitedly. Of the four of them, he had complained the least throughout the whole process.

"Alright." Chris said as he began to walk towards the outlet. Finn went inside to collect the others so they could see the lights too.

Once everyone was outside in the dark and the cold wind, Chris plugged in the lights.

Bright colors irruption from nothing, casting glows over everyone. Cheers and laughter echoed around the yard.

Sparks flew up from the power outlet.

Everything grew dark again. The glow from inside the house died too.

Everyone was silent for what seemed like an hour.

"Nice job Chris." Carson snarled.

"Well at least the soup will still be hot." Rachel added with a smile.

Everyone groaned as they walked back into the dark kitchen.

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Sorry I haven't been updating lately. I want that to change. I'll try my best

Thank you so much for sticking with me <3