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It was a cold and snowy night, with the only lights being the Christmas decorations set up outside in most people’s yards and on their houses, as expected since it was that time of year. One particular house was especially festive and a little… excessive in their decorations.
On one portion of the roof was a blow up santa that looked prepared to climb into one of the chimneys, while his sleigh and reindeer were being driven by Frosty the Snowman who was cheerfully waving from another part of the roof. Decorating the roof as well, was a netting of multicolored Christmas lights that lead to ice blue icicle lights dangling from said roof and some window sills. Wrapped around banisters and the porch were strands of lighted garland that had red berries and holly on it, along with silver and gold tinsel. On top of that, projectors had been set up so the front and sides of the house had snowflakes, Disney characters in Santa hats and winter clothes, and the words, “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” moving across them in random intervals. The yard hadn’t escaped the madness either, as the scene where Clara and the Nutcracker share a dance surrounded by everyone was depicted in surprising detail. You could even see the Mouse King off to the side with a glare on his face. Not that the detailed scene was the only thing in the yard, there was also a family of snowmen close to the porch, Mickey and Minnie were in a sleigh being pulled by Pluto, there was a 10ft fully decorated Christmas tree near the scene, and Olaf was standing near the driveway holding out presents for you. Said driveway had arches made of candy canes and other sweets lining it to guide you to the garage. It was something of a marvel when compared to some houses, especially since the house, itself, was almost fairytale-like.
The house was a charming Victorian cottage style, three stories tall and even had a little tower to the side. The outside of the house was a pretty seafoam green color with dark blue roofs, and sandy brown wood trimming, looking almost like the ocean. Not the usual coloring or aesthetic, but still nice to look at during the year.
Going inside said tower, we come across a peaceful scene. Two people are sleeping in a bed that could be better described as a nest, as piles of fur blankets and pillows were heaped upon the thick mattress and arranged so it’s occupants were comfortable and warm in the center. Said occupants were curled into each other, limbs tangled so it was hard to tell where one began and the other ended. They were a striking pair, one blond with creamy skin and lithe muscles like a dancer or a gymnast. The other was larger, with black hair, tanned scarred skin and built like a soldier or a heavyweight fighter. The smaller, blond figure was curled into the chest of the larger one, who in turn was curled over and around his mate.
Both slept deeply and peacefully, unaware of the door silently creeping open. The figure at the door paused, waited, and quietly tiptoed towards the nest. Their progress was slow going, as they knew how easily the dark haired man in the bed awakened. The figure stopped just before the nest and took deep breaths as they were preparing themselves.
However, before they could do anything, the black haired man spoke, “Don’t even think about it, kit,” in a sleepy, rough drawl. The figure froze and silver and gold eyes opened to watch them with a lazy amusement, and deflated. “Aww, that’s no fair papa, I almost had you this time,” pouted the child that snuck into their room.
“Did you?” asked the man with a raised brow and a smirk.
The child deflated even more. “You knew I was here the moment I opened the door, didn’t you?” they asked as they sulked.
Their papa let out a deep chuckle, which was all the answer they needed.
“What are you doing up, kit? Couldn’t sleep?” the ravenette asked after a moment. The child perked up and shook their head. “No, papa, it’s Christmas! You and daddy need to get up!” chirped the child. Said chirp caused the blond man still sleeping to let out a noise as their eyes scrunched up and he cuddled further into his husband. Said husband pressed a finger to his lips to warn and quiet their child, who covered their mouth with their hands and had a sheepish look on their face.
“Sorry,” they mouthed with exaggerated movements.
Their papa softened and cooed. “You’re fine, kit. But you have to be quiet, daddy didn’t get to bed till late and needs to sleep a bit more. Besides, the sun hasn’t come up yet, kit, so it’s not Christmas just yet,” the man whispered.
“Oh, okay,” the child whispered, now looking sad.
“Hey now, none of that, kit. No sad faces during Christmas time. Come on. How about you sleep with us for a bit and then we can all wake up together when the sun comes up?” the ravenette crooned as he motioned for his child to join them.
Said child immediately perked up and eagerly nodded yes, as they climbed into bed with their parents. There was some shuffling needed, before the child was able to nestle in between his parents without waking up the blond. Once everyone was situated and warm, the child let out a yawn, feeling a little bit sleepy, and went back to sleep. Smiling softly at his family, the ravenette wrapped a strong arm around them both and pulled them in close before going back to sleep as well.
A few hours later, the man awoke to feeling fingers running through his dark hair. He let out a pleased hum before opening his silver and gold eyes. Laying beside him with a warm, sweet smile on his face was his husband and soul mate, Adrien. The blond had changed over the years, his face was handsome instead of cute, and his beautiful emerald eyes had more life in them. His hair was longer too, going to his shoulders in messy waves, and he showed off his Words with pride, no longer hiding them behind false skin, as he was originally taught to do.
Said blond was smiling down at the raven and their child, who was still curled up between the two adults. “Morning, minn auðr. How are you feeling?” the ravenette asked in a deep, sleep roughened voice.
“Morning love. I’m feeling great. I had a wonderful Christmas Eve night with my husband and got to wake up on Christmas morning with said husband and my child,” Adrien replied.
“Hmm, you sure you’re fine, beloved? Last night was intense, and rough on you,” the bi-colored eyed man asked as he leaned to kiss his husband and soulmate.
Adrien blushed, as usual, but kept his smile. “I’m fine. A little sore, but that’s nothing a hot bath and a massage from my soulmate can’t fix,” reassured Adrien.
“Then I guess I’ll have to give you one. It may have to wait until later though. Once our kit awakens, I don’t think we’ll be able to stop them from running for the presents,” the bigger man replied.
Adrien let out a small chuckle at that. “You’re right, Caden, but I don’t mind waiting. It can be an extra present to me for tonight.”
Caden leered at his soulmate. “Oh? And will my naughty little soulmate deserve his extra present?” he teased.
Adrien blushed, but didn’t back down, not quite as shy as he used to be. “You know I will, husband. You’ve seen just how good I can be,” replied the blond in a husky voice.
Caden chuckled, deep in his chest. “That I do, beloved, but if you really want that present, you’d better be extra good for tonight,” Caden lightly growled out, before kissing the blond.
It wasn’t anything explicit, there was a child in the bed after all, but it was still deep and dirty and left Adrien breathless when Caden was done. As the blond panted for breath, Caden gently shook his child awake. “Wake up, minn men, or you’ll sleep Christmas away,” crooned the ravenette.
Said child gave a slight groan of discomfort, before bolting awake. “It’s Christmas!” they cheered before getting up to jump on the bed. “It’s Christmas! Christmas is here!” they screeched and jumped in excitement. Both adults laughed at their child’s cheer before Caden reached out and caught the small being. “That’s right, minn men, but even though it’s Christmas, you still need to wash up and have breakfast. If you hurry, you can even choose what we have and who gets what present first,” laughed Caden with a grin.
Said child gasped in excitement. “Chocolate chip pokemon pancakes with bananas, strawberries, whipped cream and caramel?!” they squealed.
“If you’re the first one ready and downstairs,” teased Adrien. With another squeal of excitement, their child jumped off the bed, rolling with the landing, and ran out the room.
Both adults laughed. “Did we ever have that much energy?” Adrien mused as he got up at a much calmer pace.
“We still do, if last night was anything to go by,” Caden replied with a grin.
“Down boy. It’s Christmas and there’s a child in the house. No funny business today,” teased Adrien as he waved a finger.
Grin still in place, Caden stalked forward until he loomed over his shorter mate. “Big words for a man who was teasing me a few minutes ago. Remember kitten, it’s you who has to behave today. Or no treats tonight,” Caden warned before catching his mate’s lips in a filthy, rated R kiss. When the taller man released his mate, Adrien was completely flushed, panting, and aching. “I’ll shower first while you take a minute to calm down. Remember, you have to be a good kitten today,” Caden teased his mate in a husky voice before leaving him in the middle of their room to take a shower in their private bathroom.
Adrien whined before throwing himself back into the nest. “Damn that man,” he hissed as he tried to calm down.
“Ugh, disgusting. After all these years, you’d think you two would tone the horniness. But no, it’s like you’re still 16 and in your mating haze,” complained Plagg.
“That was your mistake, Plagg. You thought mating and then marrying his destined mate would calm my cub down. I, however, knew it would only make it worse,” replied Yuuki.
“Morning, Plagg, Yuuki. Merry Christmas,” Adrien greeted the kwami.
“Merry Christmas, Adrien. We’ll go check on the kit while you and my cub get ready,” replied the wolf kwami.
“Thanks you two,” the blond thanked them as the kwamis flew off.
Sighing, Adrien took a while to calm down, but was able to cool his blood before Caden got done with his shower. It didn’t last long though, since his husband and soulmate was an evil tease and came out of the bathroom naked. Adrien felt his mouth go dry and then fill with drool at the same time as he felt the familiar tingles of arousal fill his stomach. Emerald green eyes darkened as they watched water sensually trail down his husband’s muscled form, outlining his firm chest, chiseled 8pack abs, steel muscled, and even lower. “See something you like, beloved?” Caden asked with a raised brow as he used a towel to dry his hair. Like he didn’t know what exactly he was doing to his soulmate. Adrien gulped and ripped his eyes away from his husband, “You’re an evil bastard and I hate you,” the blond hissed as he pouted. “No you don’t,” Caden whispered into his soulmate’s ear, before giving it a light nip. Adrien jumped, and felt his blood start to rush. “Now, be a good kitten and go shower. Our kit needs his Christmas breakfast, after all,” the taller man ordered as he pulled away to dry off and get dressed, acting as if he wasn’t torturing his soulmate. “Evil,” Adrien hissed, before slowly getting up to take a cold shower. Merry Christmas to him.
Smirking, Caden made his way downstairs dressed in black and white wolf lounge pants and a star wars christmas sweater that read, “I find your lack of cheer disturbing”. Did it match? Nope. Did he care? Not even a little bit.
When the man finally made it to the kitchen he chuckled at the sight he found. His child was dressed in their favorite grey bunny onesie, with a Santa hat on their head, and was currently trying to reach for the hot cocoa ingredients with the help of the kwami. Or well, Yuuki was helping, as he had activated Wolf Pack and had a wolf wrapped securely around the child, while another nudged the ingredients over. Plagg was ‘supervising’ as he munched on his beloved cheese. Where he kept finding the cheese, neither Caden nor Adrien knew.
“Well, it’s nice to know I can trust one of you with my kit,” spoke Caden as he moved to retrieve the required ingredients. “Papa!” cheered the child, before they pouted. “What took you so long? And where’s daddy?” asked the suspicious child. “Sorry kit, papa needed to get daddy up. You know how much he loves his beauty sleep,” replied Caden, feeling no guilt whatsoever at throwing his soulmate under the bus. “But it’s Christmas! How can daddy be so lazy on Christmas?!” protested the child. Caden shrugged and proceeded to make real hot cocoa. “I don’t know, kit. There are some things about your daddy that not even I know,” the man replied. “But you’re soulmates! I thought soulmates knew everything about each other?” “Not necessarily, we just know most things about each other, if we knew everything, then we’d be boring. Mystery adds some excitement to a relationship, kit,” Caden replied. “Oh. Yeah, that makes sense,” agreed the child with a sage nod.
It was as the hot cocoa was made and served into three large mugs, that Adrien made his way downstairs wearing a christmas kitten onesie, with sprigs of mistletoe clipped into his hair. “Daddy! You’re late! It’s Christmas! You can’t be lazy on Christmas!” scolded their child as they glared at Adrien from over the rim of their mug of hot cocoa. Adrien froze and looked like a deer got in the headlights, before blinking and looking sheepish.
“Hehe, you’re absolutely right, kit. Daddy’s sorry about that, but papa wouldn’t let me sleep last,” Adrien replied as he glared at his soulmate.
“Papa?” their child asked.
Caden shrugged, unrepented, and replied, “I guess daddy doesn’t like it when papa cuddles him anymore,” with a despondent sigh.
Their child gasped and looked at Adrien with wide, accusing eyes. “But papa’s cuddles are the best! Don’t worry papa, we can cuddle when we unwrap presents, without daddy,” stated their child.
Adrien gaped at his husband. “Hey now! I never said that! I-It was just too warm for me, that’s all. You know your papa runs hot, kit,” the blond protested.
“True, but that’s a really good thing. It’s cold,” replied their child, before drinking their hot cocoa.
Adrien gave an awkward laugh, before heading over to collect his mug of hot cocoa. “You’re a dead man, Segric. Just wait until tonight,” the blond hissed as he smiled. Caden gave a deep rumbling chuckle, before leaning down and whispering, “I’m counting on it, kitten,” in Adrien’s ear. Adrien shuddered at the sound of his husband’s husky voice and the feeling of his warm breath on his ear.
The blond pulled away and almost aggressively chugged his hot cocoa. Damn it husband. Damn his unfairly seductive soulmate! Their child was right there, and he still managed to pull off smooth, sexy moves! It wasn’t fair! Adrien should be immune to this by now! They’d been together for 15 years and married for 10!
“Wow daddy you really were thirsty! Good thing papa made a lot of cocoa,” commented their child. That brought Adrien out of his head, and the blond realized he had drunk all of the cocoa without realizing it. Blushing, Adrien gave an awkward laugh and agreed. Once their kit finished their cocoa, they asked if they could unwrap presents first. Their request was denied, as Caden pulled out the necessary items to make breakfast. Food first, then presents. After all, their kit would need the energy afterwards.
It was to their child’s excitement that Caden, with Adrien’s help, did make chocolate chip eevee pancakes that were topped with strawberries, bananas, more chocolate chips, whipped cream, and chocolate and caramel sauce. They were served with eggs, bacon, hash browns, and toast with apple butter. The kit was given apple juice instead of another mug of cocoa, but that was because they were saving the last of it to have with their presents. Yuuki had to take the kit’s fork awake, so they’d slow down and actually chew their food, but even then, they were still the first to finish their breakfast. Caden chuckled and waved their child off, who ran to their tree with a squeal and with Yuuki flying beside them to keep an eye on them. Plagg followed, if only to see if he could insight the kit to cause some chaos. It wouldn’t work, not with Yuuki there, but the cat kwami liked to test his luck.
Adrien was next to finish his food, and the blond got started on cleaning up breakfast, knowing that Yuuki would keep an eye on their child. This was a mistake on Adrien’s part, as it left him open for attack.
Caden wrapped his arms around his mate’s waist, and nuzzled into their neck. “Hmm, so far so good kitten. Let’s see if you can keep up the good behavior for the rest of the day,” Caden teased.
Adrien tensed, and huffed his annoyance. “I don’t know if I should behave, seeing as you tried to turn our child against me,” replied the blond.
Caden chuckled, “Alls fair in love and war, kitten. You should know that by now,” the ravenette rebut.
“Well, yeah, but you got our kit involved! Have you no shame?” Adrien grumbled.
“When it comes to getting a kitten in my bed? Nope,” replied the shameless man, before biting down on the sensitive spot on his soulmate’s neck.
Adrien gasped and moaned, shuddering at the sudden pleasurable pain that zipped up and down his spine from the bite. He braced himself on the sink, and gasped out, “You really are being evil, wolf.” “And enjoying every second of it. Leave the dishes, minn auðr, our kit wants to open presents,” smirked Caden as he walked away with a slight swagger in his step.
Adrien braced himself for a few more minutes, both to calm down and to mentally cuss out his teasing husband. Didn’t people say that a decade of marriage and a kid killed an adult couple’s love life? Cause it sure as fuck didn’t kill there’s. If anything, having their kit with them made Caden more horny! Adrien was pretty sure there was a kink that revolved around that, but his muddled brain couldn’t think of what it was called right now.
Once the blond was calmed down enough, he cautiously made his way to the family room, and melted a bit. Their kit really was adorable in his fuzzy grey bunny onesie, that had a hood with small rounded bunny ears and the fluffy white tail. They were especially cute in their oversized Santa hat that had a sprig of holly on the rim of it. Of course it didn’t help that they were bouncing in Caden’s lap, eager to tear open their presents, but trying to be patient.
“You gonna stare all day kid, or get in here?! I wanna open up the presents already!” complained Plagg, who could get more whiny than their actual child. Adrien rolled his eyes before making his way over to snuggle into his husband’s side. “Finally! You take too long daddy,” pouted their kit.
Adrien laughed and apologized, saying he was cleaning up breakfast.
“You need to get your pri-or-ate-ies straight, daddy. Christmas first, clean up later. Wa~y later,” the kit sassed.
Caden snorted and laughed, “Like there’s anything straight about your daddy or papa.”
“Den,” Adrien hissed.
“Huh?” asked their child looking adorably confused.
“Nothing, kit. It’s a grown up thing,” the blond hastily explained.
Their child huffed. “Grown ups are weird,” they stated before crawling for the brightly wrapped presents. Grabbing three different ones, the child awkwardly shuffled on their knees back towards their parents. Gift distributed, the child didn’t bother waiting any longer before shredding the wrapping paper. Squealing in delight, the child raised their newest game high to both show it off and admire it. It was the latest FF game, but it wasn’t supposed to come out until February. “Thank you, daddy!” chirped the child, before diving back under the tree for another. Adrien chuckled as he opened up his present, and cooed at the handmade picture and frame of their family, this was definitely going on his office desk. “Aww, thank you, baby,” cooed the blond before swooping his child up for hugs and kisses. Said protested, but laughed the entire time, before boasting how they made it all by themselves. Caden, seeing that his two loves were happy, finally opened up his own present. The muscle bound man melted at seeing the locket that had pictures of his mate and child in it. It wasn’t something you’d normally get a man, but for someone who was as family oriented as Caden, it was perfect. The man immediately put the jewelry on, and kissed both his mate and child. Presents continued to be sorted out, until each had a small pile. Yuuki and Plagg got presents too, to which one pretended the gesture didn’t get him all choked up (*cough*Plagg*cough*), while the other accepted them graciously (Yuuki).
There were a few presents that got raised brows and disapproval. A black sexy kitten lingerie set for Adrien. (“CADEN!!”
“Wasn’t me, but damn do I wish it was.”
“CADEN!!”
“Aunty Alix said you wanted to be a pretty kitty, so we got it for you, daddy. Don’t you like it?”
“I- Wh- Al- Huh ?”
“What your daddy is trying to say, kit, is that he loves it very much, he’s just shocked he got it for Christmas.”
“Really?”
“Yep.”
“Yay!”
“Plagg, I know you find this humorous, but you’re starting to worry me. Breathe.”)
A real life version of Cloud Strife’s fusion sword, that actually came apart into separate, functional blades for Caden. (“Wh- Wha-? How-? Huh?”
“Nice. Very nice. Papa approves. You did well, kit.”
“... Cub, that look in your eyes is very disturbing and not very Christmas-esque.”
“Whoo, boy. The amount of chaos that’s gonna come… I gotta admit, even I’m concerned. Oh well, at least I’ve got cheese.”
“Mou, don’t spoil papa’s fun! Me an’ Uncle Ren worked hard to get that made special for him!”
“Wait, what? Ren ? Crazy guy who’s always grinning, randomly shocks people for fun, should be locked up in a crazy house, Ren? That Ren?”
“Yep! He’s awesome, daddy!”
“Caden, when did my kit get within 50ft of Ren? More importantly, why was he left alone, and unsupervised, with my kit?”
“... I have no idea. The deal was Ren was supposed to be kept away from the kit until they were at least 16… Someone’s going to be my new sparring partner while I test this baby out.”
“Normally, I’d tell you to keep your fangs sheathed, wolf, but in this case, go feral on their butt.”)
And two small custom made tactical knives that fit perfectly in a child’s hands. (“Caden Óráed Sigerīc, why does my baby have real, actual, knives?”
“To stab people with. Now kit, what are the rules?”
“Your knife is your friend and is to be kept close and hidden until a stranger or someone who makes you feel scared or icky comes along. Then it’s fangs bared.”
“Good kit. And where do your fangs go if that person gets too close even after you warn them or say ‘no’?”
“Because of how tall I am, my fangs go for the crotch, or the back of the knees to bring them down to my size, then they need to take out either their throat, heart, or eyes.”
“Very good. And if the bad person tries to touch you?”
“Chop off their fingers or hands and cut their wrist before running for one of the shadow wolves.”
“That’s my kit. For now, it’s fangs sheathed. Papa will teach you how to properly sharpen and clean them later.”
“Yay!”
“Remember kid, you married that.”
“*sigh* I know Plagg, but he’s my soulmate and I love him, so it’s not like I couldn’t not marry him.”
“Oh? Is it wrong to teach cubs how to defend themselves? In my last cub’s era, the cubs who didn’t learn young often died in raids. Or didn’t need to learn due to them being a lord or king’s cub and didn't need such protection until later in life.”
“No, Yuuki, teaching your child to defend themselves is a very good thing, giving them weapons they could hurt themselves with, isn’t.”
“Ah, good thing Caden has been teaching the kit with fake knives for months now. So there shouldn’t be any accidental stabbings.”
“Caden’s been what ?”
“Oh, ho busted.”)
When the last of the presents had been unwrapped, their kit was bouncing in place, eager to go play either outside with their new toys, or up to their room with their new toys. Caden chuckled, “Hold up, kit, Adri. You both have a couple more presents from papa.” That earned him twin blinks of confusion. “...We do?” asked a confused Adrien. Caden nodded and told them both to close their eyes and no peeking.
When he was sure neither of them would look, the tall ravenette got up and headed for the small guest room that was on the first floor. After he retrieved the gifts, he held them in front of the two, and said, “Open your eyes, loves.”
Opening their eyes, both of them gave gasps of delight. “Puppies!” they both cheered as they reached for the wiggling ball of fluff closest to them. Laughing, Caden handed the grey and black pup to Adrien, while their kit got the reddish one. “Merry Christmas, you two,” smiled the ravenette. “Thank you, papa!” thanked their child in between hiccuping giggles as their new puppy gave them a tongue bath. Adrien tried to do the same, but his puppy had knocked him over, and was currently smothering him with a combination of puppy fluff and kisses.
“You’re both welcome,” Caden chucked, before helping his husband.
“Aww, Caden they’re adorable, but what are they? They’re definitely not gonna be small,” asked Adrien as he took his new puppy back.
“Our kit’s pup is a red retriever husky mix, while yours is a wolf-dog hybrid. Both are girls and 6 weeks old,” Caden informed them.
“Do they have names?” their child asked.
“Nope. That’s up to you two,” Caden replied.
“I’m gonna call mine Rose!” their child announced, and the pup barked as if in agreement.
“Rose it is. And you, Adri?”
“Hmm, I’m thinking of Eclipse for this girl,” replied the blond.
In response, the newly named Eclipse barked, as if in agreement as well.
“I guess that settles it then, Rose and Eclipse,” confirmed Caden with a smile.
“Yay! Can I go out and play with Rose, papa?”
“Of course, the poor pup hasn’t been able to play for a while, so you need to make up for lost time,” agreed Caden.
“Got it! C’mon Rose, let’s go!” cheered their child as they ran out of the room with the puppy following close behind.
“Make sure you put on your coat, boots, gloves, and scarf!” Adrien called after the child.
Caden chuckled. “They’ll be fine, minn hjarta. Besides, Eclipse needs some exercise as well.”
“That’s true, guess we’ll need to join them. Oh! And we’ll need to see if the pet store is open, since we’ll need puppy food.”
“No worries, love. I’ve got it all taken care of. They have toys, food, treats, and pee pads. The only thing they don’t have is a collar and tag. I figured you two would want to pick them out yourselves,” Caden reassured his husband.
Adrien smiled and kissed his soulmate. “Should’ve known you’d take care of everything, Den. You always do.”
With that the two humans and puppy joined the two kwami, child, and puppy outside. The snow was high enough that their kit had problems maneuvering, as it came up just past their knees. The puppies didn’t have too much trouble, as one was part husky and thus built for snow, and the other was part wolf, and thus built for going over rough terrain. Still, the snow didn’t stop anyone from having fun, if anything, the pups had fun tackling their child and Adrien, into the snow. They tried with Caden, but the man was too sturdily built and too steady on his feet for them to do much.
The hyper red retriever-husky, Rose, did succeed in squishing Plagg into the snow when the kwami wasn’t looking though. That set off a game for the pups, as each took turns jumping at the cat kwami, who whined and protested the entire time, before seeking refuge with Caden. Adrien and their kit just laughed at the kwami’s plight, and called the pups over. Yuuki had fun with the puppies as well, teaching them how to better pounce on something, or someone, as he could communicate with the animals.
It was past noon by the time Caden decided his family needed to come inside and warm up, as well as eat. There was some protesting and whining from their kit and the puppies, but the tall ravenette just picked them all up and carried them inside. It was an effective strategy.
Once inside, the pups shook off the snow that stuck to their fur, and made a beeline for the fireplace in the family room. Their child, after shedding his boots and winter apparel, joined them and the three were soon cuddled together. Chuckling, Caden and Adrien went to the kitchen to make lunch, just a simple grilled cheese and tomato soup, while the kwamis joined the child and pups by the fire. When lunch was done, Adrien went to get everyone, only to pause and smile, before rushing to find his phone.
“Caden, Caden, where’s a phone? Caden, we need a picture of this!” Adrien quietly hissed as he searched for a phone. Wordlessly, Caden handed over his phone, which had been sitting on the kitchen counter and dried his hands as he followed his excited mate. Reaching the family room, Caden looked over Adrien’s shoulder to see what had him so excited, and smiled.
Their kit was laying on their back, with Rose curled up at their side with her head on their chest, and Eclipse was curled on their other side with her head on their stomach, while Yuuki was sleeping in the kit’s neck and Plagg was starfished on Rose’s head, snoring. Apparently, settling down next to the fire after hours of playing in the snow made all of them sleepy.
After Adrien was done taking a dozen pictures, the two adults left them to nap in peace, as they could always heat up lunch later. Of course, what Adrien didn’t realize was that this left him open for attack. Before the blond knew it, Caden had scooped him up bridal style and carried him to their soundproofed tower room, where they had a nest and their own fireplace to enjoy.
It was two and half hours later that a satisfied Caden woke up their child and the pups for food and more fun, while a flushed and limping Adrien rested on the couch. When asked, Caden just replied that Adrien twisted his foot and needed to rest on the couch for a bit. While their child believed Caden, Yuuki and Plagg sent the two very knowing looks, and shook their heads. Adrien blushed and hid his face, while Caden kept his satisfied look, completely unashamed.
Their child, deciding they had enough snow, eagerly rushed to the game closet, and picked up their latest version of Dance, Dance Revolution for more, slightly controlled, fun. Adrien had to skip the first couple rounds, if only to give his body time to recover. But when round five started, the blond felt good enough to participate. Their kit, worried about his daddy’s ‘ankle’ selected the most simplest dance that was available, to which Adrien was thankful for, and mentally thanked all the kwami and higher powers that their child did NOT know what was really going on behind closed doors.
After that, the name of the game was Twister. A huge mistake, Adrien realized, as Caden, ever the teasing horn dog, would take every opportunity to teasing stroke Adrien as he stretched, or loom over him to stare in his eyes with powerful silver and gold eyes, or to lightly ground his hips into Adrien’s ass or hips. Needless to say, despite being far more flexible than his husband and child, Adrien lost at Twister, and was a blushing mess throughout. Their kit, bless their innocent soul, was worried that their daddy’s ankle was bothering him, which was why he lost the game he was normally good at. So the child suggested playing video games so their daddy could rest his ankle.
Blushing, Adrien thanked his child and huddled on the couch with his puppy, and made sure to wrap himself in the throw they had, glaring (read: pouting) at his husband. Chuckling, Caden kissed his soulmate’s forehead before joining his child on the plush rug so they could play Mario Kart. It was a fierce battle, and Rose tried to help by barking her encouragement and jumping onto Caden. Adrien laughed and cheered both his child and Rose on, Eclipse barked with him and eventually jumped off the couch to help her playmate tackle the alpha.
Yuuki and Plagg laughed at the sight of the dark haired man getting assaulted by pups that were more fluff than anything else. Caden just chuckled, but was mostly unbothered by the puppies, instead scooping them up to hold them in his arms as he played. Said pups wiggled and barked, but eventually settled down once they realized they couldn’t escape.
Their kit paused the game long enough to tackle his papa in an attempt to free the puppies. It escalated from there, becoming a playful wrestling match that Adrien and the kwamis joined in as well. It was all fun and games until one of the pups bit just a bit too hard. Adrien yelped, and that ended the fun as Caden gripped both pups by the scruff of their necks and glared into their eyes. Both puppies whimpered and whined as Caden scolded them for biting too hard.
Once he was done, the pups crawled on their bellies to Adrien and the kit, both of whom comforted and petted the small animals. “Papa! Don’t be mean to Rose!” their kit scolded as they held their puppy close. “Papa has to be mean sometimes, kit. They need to learn that they can’t bite packmates. Only people who want to harm the pack,” Caden explained. The child went quiet as they understood that hurting family was a big no-no, but still pouted.
With things calmed down, Caden got up to start Christmas dinner. By the time dinner was ready at 7, all was forgiven as everyone enjoyed honeyed ham with gravy, baked sweet potato, green beans with bacon, Brazilian cheese puffs, and a fruit salad, with cinnamon apple cobbler and vanilla bean ice cream for dessert. Yuuki and Plagg joined them as well, if only because their kit turned their puppy eyes on Plagg. Yuuki was already going to join them, but the puppy eyes assured his presence.
After the food, they all went outside to play in the snow one more time before bed. By the time 9 rolled around, their kit and the pups were tired enough that Caden and Adrien had to help them bathe and get ready for bed. Their child was out like a light the moment their head hit the pillow, and Rose was curled up on their chest as well. Yuuki and Plagg opted to stay with their child, knowing they wouldn’t get any sleep in their holder’s room until much later tonight. Eclipse was asleep in Adrien’s arms as the blond carried the pup to their room, where Adrien had Caden set up her own little den.
Once the pup was all settled, Adrien headed for their private bathroom to shower and shake the cold off. Naturally, Caden joined him and the blond was ambushed again. An hour later, Caden, clean and fully satisfied, was carrying Adrien out of the bathroom bridal style. The poor blond couldn’t walk, and was heavily flushed, from both the steam and Caden’s love. Caden dressed his soulmate carefully, before getting dressed himself and sliding in beside Adrien so they could cuddle. “Goodnight, love, and Merry Christmas,” Caden whispered. “‘Nigh’, M’rry Chr’smas,” Adrien sleepily mumbled, before falling asleep himself. Caden smiled and kissed his mate before curling around him protectively and falling asleep himself.
All in all, it was a good Christmas.