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“Wonder what Harry got me?” Louis says sarcastically as he unwraps the gift. Harry thinks Louis unwrapped his gift last on his 16th birthday, too. Which is nice. Makes him feel like he's somebody's favorite.
“Woahhhhhh,” Louis drawls in fake shock. “Would you believe that, a sweater! How original!”
Even so, he immediately gets up and pulls off his current sweater, puts on the new one. It’s light blue, like his dress shirt at the dance was, because Harry had been inspired.
“Maybe one year I’ll design and knit you one myself,” Harry says, only half joking.
“Seriously?” Louis says, his eyes shining. “Is that a promise?”
Harry can’t stop smiling. “Yeah. I promise.”
“Hey, Harry, can you make us all one, too? Can you make mine extra fluffy?” Niall asks from somewhere off to the side.
“No,” Louis answers for him, pushing the sleeves up as he reaches for a slice of the cake Harry made. “Only me.”
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Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson meet at Christmas as freshmen in high school. Their lives converge and diverge, with Christmas serving as their yearly checkpoint. Every year, it's different. Every year, it's also sort of the same.