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“I have an idea,” You said, “I saw this thing online.”
“Uh oh,” Rhea teased. You were sitting on your large living room couch, and your upper half was resting across her lap. She had the hand that wasn’t holding her phone placed over your stomach, her thumb tracing patterns over your clothes there.
“It’s this thing where couples pick a song that reminds them of the other person. It’s super cute!”
Damian sighed, and you looked over at him. He was holding onto one of your ankles, your lower legs resting on his lap. You could tell he was exaggerating his displeasure when you saw the playful look in his eye, “I’m not doing it for Rhea.”
“Oh come on! Just pick a song that reminds you of us!” You exclaimed, laughing when Damian rolled his eyes again.
“Well, every time I hear Motionless in White it reminds me of Rhea, so that would be what I’d pick for her.”
“Then I’d pick anything Metallica for him,” Rhea bit back, setting her phone aside, “But I have to think about it to pick a good one for you, dove.”
Damian leaned back against the couch, squeezing your ankle gently.
“I know what I’d pick for you two,” You grinned, meeting Rhea’s eyes.
“Oh really?” She looked down at you, her piercing blue eyes meeting yours playfully. Her hand weaved into your hair, and she began scratching her nails against your scalp a little.
“Do I get to cheat and look at my playlists?” Damian asked.
“Sure,” You answered, meeting his eyes. He’d begun massaging one of your feet, head still leaned back as if the ceiling would tell him what song to say to make you happy. You turned your ankle to poke him in the stomach, earning a squeeze to that foot.
“I gotta be careful here,” Rhea hummed, “You’re gonna overanalyze whatever I pick.”
“You’re going to do the same thing!”
Rhea met your eyes, squinting at you with a smirk on her pink lips. You were right. “What songs did you pick?”
You hesitated, licking your lips before humming, “For you I think I’d go with Would That I . By Hozier.”
Rhea smiled down at you, her eyes crinkling up as she did in the way that always made your heart soar. You’d made her and Damian listen to Hozier several times over all the time you’d been together, and while the two of them would rather listen to their rock and metal, they put up with your music sometimes. And now, with Rhea looking down at you with that adoration in her eyes, something told you that they didn’t actually mind it.
“And me?” Damian chimed in, breaking your eye contact. With a devious grin, you met his eyes.
“ Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves.”
Rhea cackled suddenly, and Damian raised an eyebrow, “Never heard it.”
“Give it a listen. You’ll hate it,” You just laughed with Rhea, and Damian slid a finger between two of your toes, making you flinch away from him at the ticklish sensation.
“You might have to give us some time, dove,” Rhea said softly, “We will come up with some good songs for you, I promise.”
“You better.”
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You forgot about the trend after that. A busy holiday season at work and a lot of time spent with the three of your families made for not a lot of moments for you to sit down and goof off like usual.
On Christmas Eve, the three of you decided to just have dinner just as yourselves. You’d celebrated at Damian’s annual Christmas party the night before, and will celebrate with a mixture of your families on Christmas Day, so this was the best time to just… Be together.
You wore pajama pants and a tank top, Rhea wore an oversized shirt and some sweatpants, and Damian had on a similar outfit. It was casual, relaxed, and fun.
After dinner that night, you had turned on a playlist and one of Hozier’s songs started playing over your installed speakers. You’d quickly forced Rhea to dance with you in the middle of the living room, and maybe it was the coquitos that you’d been drinking with your dinner, but you completely leaned against her as you swayed slowly across the wooden floor.
“I have a surprise for you, love,” Rhea said in your ear, her body warm where she had her arms wrapped around you.
“Hmm?” You asked, head against her shoulder.
Damian was still in the kitchen, as he insisted on doing the dishes even after being the one who cooked the meal. You swear you could hear him humming along with the song playing, but Rhea stole your attention when she said, “I made you a playlist.”
“WE!” Damian shouted from the kitchen, “WE made you a playlist!”
You giggled, leaning back to meet Rhea’s eyes. The closeness made it so her eyes were a little crossed as she looked down at you, and it made you smile some more at the softness of her expression, “Really?”
“Yeah. After you told us those songs that made you think of us, I had this idea.”
Damian didn’t dispute that from the kitchen, and you just smiled up at Rhea, your heart soaring, “Do I have to wait till tomorrow or can I look at it now?”
“You can look at it now. Call it a Christmas Eve gift!” Rhea placed a kiss on your head before pulling away and running over to grab her phone.
Her little run was cute, and it made you laugh as you followed her to go sit back on the couch.
Leaning over her shoulder, you watched her open her music app, send the playlist to you, then she placed her phone in your lap.
Scrolling through the playlist, your eyes began to well up with tears. They included the two songs you suggested for them first, then the songs that followed were some that you had heard before and some that you hadn’t.
“This is really sweet, Rhea,” You sniffled, scrolling to the bottom of the song list then back up to the top where you clicked on the first song that they had picked.
The Only Exception
by Paramore started playing on the speakers you had hooked up around the house.
When you met Rhea’s eyes through tears, she reached over to wipe at your cheek with her thumb, “Of course, dove. We wanted to show that we love you.”
“You know I don’t listen to a lot of sappy music,” Damian approached you from behind the couch, a dish towel still in his hand from where he had been double drying dishes that had come out of the dishwasher. He leaned down and kissed the top of your head, “But I tried my best. Rhea put most of those songs on there.”
“This is so freaking cute, you guys,” You tilted your head up to look at Damian. He leaned down again and this time placed a kiss on your lips. When he pulled away you continued, “I love you both so much.”
“So much?” Rhea reached up and tucked some hair behind your ear.
Nodding, you leaned into her hand with adoration in your eyes.
“How about we show her the other playlist we made?”
Rhea’s eyes lit up.
“What playlist?” You tilted your head to look at him innocently.
“Come upstairs, we will show you up there,” Rhea grinned, rising to her feet. Damian followed her as they started walking towards the stairs, and you followed eagerly, not a clue as to what they were doing.
That was until Damian stopped in his tracks, turned around, scooped you up into his arms, and continued walking the rest of the way towards the stairs.
“It’s a sex playlist, isn’t it?” You realized.
Damian just grinned, “That one I had a bigger part in making.”