Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...

You'd had some pretty crummy Christmases over the years, but ever since joining the Sentinels, it had become your favorite holiday.

Jack Frost nipping at your nose...

It might have been simply growing up, the comradery of the team, or the lavish Christmas party Adrian always threw...

Yuletide carols being sung by a choir...

But you were pretty sure it was the feeling of possibility during the holiday season that excited you the most.

And folks dressed up like Eskimos...

Something was going to happen, you could feel it. When Griffin asked you what color dress you were going to wear to the Christmas party so he could match, you just knew he was going to kiss you before the night was over. It was such an old-fashioned thing, and you absolutely loved it.

Everybody knows a turkey, and some mistletoe...

Christmas magic seemed to fill the air as you walked into the party, searching for the person you wanted to spend the evening with the most.

Help to make the season bright...

You didn't see Griffin protest as Sloane dragged him under the mistletoe. And you didn't see the moment when he forcefully removed her from himself after. What you did see was the moment in the middle when Sloane wrapped her arms around Griffin's neck and kissed him, in the spot you had hoped he would kiss you that night.

Help to make the season bright...

All that Christmas magic seemed to be sucked from the air along with the breath from your lungs.