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[officerjason]

Christmas Eve, and Jason feels a little bit like he might need to go puke for a little while, he's so nervous.

He's got Fred coming over, and he supposes in a little bit they might go and visit, or they'll do it tomorrow. The plans are probably firmer than they are in his head. Jason knows, though, that it's got to be tonight or never. It's not even the biggest step in their relationship; or maybe it is, because the pretty ring he's been paying off at one of the jewelry stores is formalizing his question tonight.

Jesus. He just hopes she'll say yes.

After taking care of the very live and wiggly present currently crated in his room, Jason heads out into the main room to find she's already arrived. He walks out and first things first, kisses Fred on the mouth. "Hey, baby," he murmurs. "Merry Christmas."

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[officerjason]

Jason's caught up in watching her with the puppy, and only tunes in to the last part of what she's saying. And there's his opening, as perfect as if it was made for him.

Deep breath, Stackhouse, don't fuck this up.

"Well, see," Jason says, drawling it out to hide the sheer terror that she might say no, "I was thinkin' we could make it a lot easier on the pup an' he could just live with both of us. In the same place. I've been lookin' at some apartments, and I found one I like. I think you'll like it too. I think we could be happy there, 'cos Lord knows, you make me happier than I ever thought I could be. And I want us to be together as much as we can."

He breaks off the speech to try and gauge her reaction.

[walkswithheroes]

It takes Jason a second to get to what he's trying to say, and likewise, it takes Fred a second to realize just what he's asking. Maybe it's on account of her not expecting it, not tonight at least. That isn't to say that she hasn't thought about it a few times herself, in passing. Spike and Andrea's wedding made her consider it all over again, though she doesn't want to think that either of them are only thinking about things like this because someone else has done it first.

But she loves Jason. Has for years now, if you count that time on the island. And she can't think of a single reason not to live with him. Can't think of anything she wants more right now.

"Oh, Jason," she says, "I think that's gotta be the best idea you've ever had."

[officerjason]

There have been a lot of best ideas Jason's ever had, but this is maybe the first time someone's said it to him without it involving drilling a peephole somewhere, or an unorthodox use of household objects during sex.

No, this is the best fucking thing of all, because Fred looks happy and she wants to live with him.

He doesn't really bother with more talking, since he got the big part right and doesn't want to fuck it up by accident. Jason just leans in and kisses Fred for all he's worth, sweet and hard at the same time, and just... grateful.

[walkswithheroes]

Fred's grinning so hard she feels like her cheeks might burst, which probably doesn't help a whole lot when all she wants to do is kiss him. Suddenly, anything she's got for Jason this year— those presents she brought with her tonight— don't seem like nearly enough.

She kisses him back, almost breathless, and she thinks she might be able to go on doing it all night, but a little wiggle between the two of them reminds her that there's a puppy there and they should probably make sure not to squish him.

[officerjason]

"I love you," Jason finally pulls back to whisper. "Do you got any idea how much I love you?" He kisses her again, soft and feather-light on the lips, on that sweet little lower lip. "Shit, you know I'm not good with words. I just. I just love you, okay? And I'm so happy we're gonna live together."

Forever, part of him tries to insist.

Well, they're not there yet.