Kai + Kol

christmas eve | k o l

Christmas Eve
K O L M I K A E L S O N

Snow did not line the streets, flurries didn't grace the delicate glass windows of the house. After the Mikaelson get-together the night before, you both agreed it was best to distance yourselves from them for the remaining holidays.

"One hot chocolate coming up," you gave a small smile to your boyfriend. You topped it with a whipped cream swirl, chocolate syrup drizzle, and peppermint candy cane pieces before handing the snowman mug to him.

"Blood would work, too." He said behind the rim of the cup, voice muffled.

Glaring, you said with a sneer, "so would tap water."

He chuckled before wrapping his arms around your waist, nuzzling his nose into the crook of your neck. "Merry Christmas, darling."

"Eve. Christmas eve," you reminded with an edge to your tone.

"I've never understood the holiday," he stated aloud, pacing the room as he spoke. "I mean, it's just the day before Christmas. Basically you just wait around, endlessly, counting down the hours 'till the next day."

"Are you nervous about something?" You asked. The gifts you had stashed in your car popped up in your mind, "do you not like something, or?"

He grinned, taking your hand and spinning you around. "I'm afraid you won't like what I got you."

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"I'm not wearing this," Kol declared with an unapproving frown. He stared down at his outfit with a scrunched face.

"If I'm dressing up as an elf, you can be Santa, okay?"

It was a hilarious sight to see Kol Mikaelson, an Original, dressed in a fluffy Santa suit. "Fine. I'll leave it on for two more minutes. And I swear, love, if anyone manages to see this..."

"What? You'll what?"

"Ugh," he grumbled. It was solent for a while before he spoke agaim. "You make a cute elf."

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"Goodnight," he pressed a kiss to your temple as you dozed off, sneaking a ton of presents under the Christmas tree you'd both decorated together.

I hope she'll like it, he breathed. Kol knew in that moment, as he bent down to place each gift under the tree, that he was crazy in love with you. A rare kind of love that he'd never really felt before.