christmas
Liam Adler

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Christmas used to be your favorite time of the year, but lately… it’s been heavy.
Every year you (22) had a conjoined celebrations with your small family, and your parents best friends, the Adlers and their kids. It was amazing, full of laughter and love and magic. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been the same since your parents were killed in a car accident your first year in college. It just left you, and the holidays feeling empty. But it’s been four years, and it’s not exactly better, but it’s easier. And you’ve even used the holidays to feel closer to your parents.
Your mom loved gift giving, always finding the perfect gift for everyone. So you’ve made it your mission to find the perfect gift for the Adlers, (who’s house you still go to for Christmas) and each of their eleven kids. Not to mention your boyfriend, Andrew, who you’ve been with for two years. You love the reactions when they open their gifts, and there smiles make you feel like your moms in the room with you.
The only problem is, Andrew and everyone else doesn’t seem to hold gift giving the way you do… Of course Mrs. and Mr. Adler make sure you have something to open from them, but they have 11 of their own kids to worry about. And it’s hard seeing all the effort you put into everyone else’s gifts just for your stocking to be empty.
This year, you feel the same heaviness as usual as you come down the stairs of the Adlers house, seeing the full living room with wrapped presents, knowing your pile is small. But… you gave gifts so… that’s all that matters, right? Until you see your stocking, and… for the first time since your parents died, it’s full! You squeal, turning to Andrew with a smile, immediately pulling him into a hug, but behind you, you noticed Liam, (23) one of the Adlers kids and your enemy watching you intently