(a couple of days after their return home)

Tim sat lounged back in the recliner, drinking a beer as the others decorated the Christmas tree. He guessed you just had to see it to appreciate it.

"How does that look, Timmy?" Austin asks with a smirk as he glances around at the brunette.

"Your balls aren't straight." Tim says with a smile.

Chance laughs as he walks over to the recliner. He takes Tim's hand and lays it on top of his.

"I'll check them out later and see what I can do about evening them up." Chance smiles.

"Oh, you are so wrong for that." Tim laughs loudly.

Austin was unaware of Chance talking to Tim. He was busy hanging an ornament on the tree.

"Well, your dick is shaped like the letter S." Austin chuckles.

"It is not." Adam comments before slapping his hand over his mouth.

"Adam should know. He saw it up close and personal this morning." Tim laughs as Adam sits down in his lap.

"Gees, I'm so glad Kelsey ain't here to hear this." Rob says as he shakes his head.

"So what do you guys normally do for Christmas?" Chris asks.

"Ms. Betty always tried to make Christmas extra special for us since our lives sucked before we came here." Tim says with a slight chuckle.

"We would draw names and she would take each of us to the store and help us pick out a gift." Rob says.

"She would hang each of us a stocking near the fireplace. After we went to bed, she would fill each stocking with apples, oranges, nuts and all kind of candy." Austin adds with a smile.

"And on Christmas Day she would fix a big turkey with all the trimmings. She'd always let us help. We always had so much fun." Tim says with a sniff as his eyes begin to mist over.

"Whatever was left, which was always a lot, she would fix plates and carry them to homeless families." Chance signs.

"I think we should keep up Grandma's tradition." Adam says as he leans back in Tim's arms. Tim wraps his arms around his lover and places a soft kiss on his shoulder.

"I do too. It sounds fun." Chris nods. "Do you guys want to draw names?"

"Sure. Now's a good time as any." Rob nods.

"So it's just the four guys drawing names?" Nate asks as he gets some paper.

"Yeah, just like grandma did." Chris nods with a smile.

"Okay, I have their names written down." Nate says as he folds each name and puts it into a bowl. "Of course, if you get your own name, put it back in and draw another."

"Who wants to go first?" Chris asks.

Chance holds up his hand. He then reaches into the bowl and pulls out a name. He hides it from Austin as he opens it. He nods as he reads, 'TIM'. He slips the paper in his pocket.

"I'll go next." Austin smiles as he reaches into the bowl. He unfolds the paper to see that it reads, 'ROB'.

"ME NEXT! ME NEXT!" Rob giggles, reaching into the bowl. He opens the paper to see the name, 'CHANCE'.

"I guess that leaves me." Tim says as he holds his hand out. Nate puts the bowl under his hand. He picks up the last name and unfolds it. "Wait. It's not in braille. I can't read this. Someone tell me what it says." He jokingly starts to hold the note up. The other guys excitedly lean over to read the name. "Y'all actually expected me to show you?" Tim laughs as he hands the note to Adam.

"Dang!!" Austin laughs as he leans back.

Adam opens the note to read the name. 'AUSTIN'.

"Okay, you can have this week to give you time to think of something to get the person you drew." Chris speaks up to give Adam time to whisper to Tim the name he had drawn. Tim playfully rolls his eyes but everyone's attention had turned to Chris, except for Adam. Adam giggles and kisses him on the cheek. "And then, this weekend we'll take you shopping."

"Are we still sticking with the $150 limit?" Austin asks.

"Sure, if that price is acceptable to everyone." Chris nods.

The guys all nod in agreement. After the name drawing was out of the way, they all returned to decorating the tree.

Tim soon began to get bored. He begins to feel around his chair for any boxes that might be close. He was afraid to get up because of the boxes all over the floor. It would have been a total disaster.

"What's in this box?" Tim asks as he finds a box close enough for him to grab.

"I believe that's our stockings." Rob answers.

"Are the hooks still on the fireplace? If so, I can hang these if a path is clear." Tim says as he opens the box.

"Yeah, they're still there." Adam answers after checking the fireplace. "Let me move these boxes so you won't trip over them."

Tim gets the homemade stockings from the box. He smiles as he runs his fingers over each stocking. He remembered when Betty made them for them. Everything she did was out of love.

"There're only four stockings. What about you guys?" Tim asks.

"Grandma's only concern was that you guys had a great Christmas. We're going to continue in her footsteps." Chris says.

"So we don't get stockings for Santa to fill?" Adam asks with a playful pout.

"No, little brother, we don't." Chris chuckles.

"That's alright, Angel Face, I'll share my nuts with you." Tim says with a smirk as he carefully makes his way to the fireplace.

"Sounds good." Adam giggles as he pops Tim on the butt as he walks by.

Tim remembered that Betty would always hang the stockings in the order that they came to live at the home. Tim, Chance, Austin and Rob. She had embroidered each of the names so it was easy for Tim to read.

"Done. Now what?" Tim says as he turns around.

"There's a box around here somewhere that has the wreath in it for the door." Rob says.

"This box has a bunch of garland in it." Nate says as he looks inside a box.

"That's for the front porch railings." Rob says.

"Nate and I will put that up once we get done here." Chris says.

"Oh, okay, here it is." Nate says as he finds the beautiful wreath and hands it to Tim.

Tim laughs as he hears boxes being moved from in front of him as he walks toward the front door. It had to have been Adam.

"Thank you." Tim chuckles.

"Any time." Adam replies as he kisses his boyfriend on the cheek then heads back to work.

Tim walks out on the front porch and closes the door behind him to drown out Austin's singing of the 'Twelve Days of Christmas'.  The feels around on the door to find the hook.

"Well, hello there, Handsome."

Tim smiles as he hears Kelsey's voice as she walks onto the porch.

"Hello there, beautiful lady." Tim smiles as he turns around.

"Need any help?" She asks.

"No, I think I got this." Tim says a little unsure as he tries to figure out which way the wreath was supposed to hang. "I think there's a hanger on here somewhere. Here it is."

He turns back around to the door to relocate the hook. 

"I know I make this look more complicated than it really is." Tim chuckles as he hangs the wreath.

"Here, this is for you and Adam." She says as she places some mistletoe in his hand.

"What is it?" He asks as he tries to make out the object. "A plant?"

"It's mistletoe." Kelsey smiles. "Whoever stands under the mistletoe gets a kiss."

"Oh, interesting." Tim smiles as he holds it over his head.

"My pleasure." Kelsey giggles as she kisses him on the cheek.

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