25 Days of Ambrollins

Day Seven - Ugly Sweater Party

"It's itchy," Dean complained as he tugged at the sweater material that rubbed against his neck.

Seth sighed, "It's not, you're just looking for a reason not to wear it," he tutted. Seth had given his boyfriend one of the various ugly sweaters that he owned for the purpose of the night, "Now, come on, Ro and Galina are waiting for us downstairs."

Dean groaned, "I look ridiculous." he said as he looked at the lights that lit up the sweater.

Seth chuckled and pulled his boyfriend to him, "That's the point of ugly sweater parties, babe. Everyone is gonna look ridiculous," he said softly. He gave Dean a reassuring smile and placed a kiss on his lips.

"Fine," Dean sighed and then broke away to head downstairs to greet Roman and his wife. They were sitting on the couch in the living room keeping themselves distracted on their phones. When they realized the two men had joined him, they both stood and pocketed their phone.

"Well, don't you two look festive," Roman commented as he looked at his two best friends. Dean and Seth both donned sweaters that lit up while Roman's was a more toned-down ugly cardigan that matched Galina's.

"I look ridiculous," Dean repeated miserably.

Roman laughed, "Yes, you do, but that's the point. You two have got to will for best something tonight," he said. He chuckled to himself and then moved to walk out the door, his hand on the lower back of his wife to lead her out with him with the two men on his heel. They piled in the car and took off for the McMahon house, Galina turning on Christmas music as they took off. The trip was short, and before long Roman was parking the car and shutting it off.

"Do we have to do this?" Dean asked, once again pulling at the collar of his light-up sweater.

"Yes, you'll be just fine," Seth assured his boyfriend, "Now, stop fussing over it and put a smile on that face. These are our friends and they're going to look just as ridiculous as us." Dean groaned but nodded making Seth smile in return. He pressed a quick kiss to Dean's lips, then took his hand in his own and then walked towards the large house.

The outside was just as decorated as the inside of the McMahon house. Garland lined the stair banister with festive lights, Christmas music was sounding from the sound system in the living room, the Christmas tree was decked out in ornaments and lights. "This place looks great," Seth said excitedly, "Now this is a decorated house."

"It's like the North Pole in here," Roman commented.

"Why thank you," Stephanie said as she came up to greet them. To Dean's relief, he found that Seth hadn't been lying; all the sweaters he spotted were in fact just as ridiculous as his own. Stephanie donned one with a reindeer head jutting from the stomach with garland around the neck. She did her best to hug the men, the reindeer head causing some discomfort, and then smiled at them, "Thanks for coming, you guys all look great."

"Thanks for hosting, glad we could make it," Seth said. He squeezed the hand that Dean had once again placed in his own in reassurance and comfort.

"I'll let you guys mingle. There's food in the kitchen and later tonight we have some awards to give out for the best of the best sweaters," Steph said and then took off towards the kitchen.

"Hey there, you guys," Bayley greeted. She hugged them and then took in their sweaters, "Wow, these are wonderfully ugly," she told Dean and Seth.

"Thanks, I take pride in my ugly sweater collection," Seth replied, a wide grin on his face.

"Roman, Galina, you guys look so cute in your matching cardigans," Alexa said as she joined the conversation. "Hey, did you guys check out the rest of the house? Crazy decorating skills, am I right?"