It was 24th December and the Department threw a Christmas dinner like every year. Shawn and Gus were already eating. Some officers were singing Christmas songs and Juliet was laughing with McNab.

You arrived at the dinner wearing a short black dress full of glitter. As you walked through the the department you saw Carlton and as usual he worked instead of celebrating, like everyone else. He wore a black suit, a white dress shirt with a dark blue tie that complimented his eyes.