Closed; Christmas at The Browns & Roger Davies

[lavender_x]

This was the first Christmas Day Lavender had been home for in the last six years. In the past, like most family events and weekends, she had made lame and dodgy excuses only the hole herself up in some remote hotel watching Christmas reruns and drowning herself in take out. There were some years that she made it for dinner, popping in the chaos of

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[rkdavies]

"Merry Christmas, gorgeous," Roger grinned. She did look gorgeous, and as casual as ever, which was when Roger liked her best. While he'd have liked nothing more than to kiss her bright red lips, he settled for leaning in to kiss her on the cheek.

This could have been awkward, but Roger had known most of Lavender's family for most of his life. Even when she was gone, he'd still seen most of them at least briefly once a year or so. It was odd to think about how often he'd seen some of her extended family in comparison to how often she might have.

Roger nodded toward the rest of the house. "Sounds like someone broke into the wine a bit early."

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"They're insufferable," she laughed, shaking her head. For a moment Lavender thought she could hear the popping of corks back in the kitchen. It was clear that her family had no plans of stopping any time soon.

Though, she felt stone sober. Lavender had been nursing the same glass for nearly an hour now. She had gotten all wrapped up in a conversation with Rachael who, of course, couldn't drink herself. It didn't feel right getting plastered in front of a pregnant woman.

"I might need to do some catching up. First, I have something for you!"

Lavender reached for his hand and pulled him into the direction of the stairs. Her childhood room was still mostly intact up in the attic and she thought it would be the perfect place to exchange gifts.

[rkdavies]

"I definitely need to do some catching up." Once upon a time, wine had been a big part of the Davies Christmas. Having Lily obviously cut that down.

"Oh, good. I was starting to think I was carrying a box around like an idiot for no reason," he laughed as she pulled him through the house. It was an all too familiar route, one he'd walked a thousand times over the years. At the same time, it was a bit strange to be walking into a room that looked nearly identical to the way it had when he'd last seen it what felt like a life time ago.

"This brings back memories."

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"Just like when we were little and sleepovers were still innocent," she mused, leading them up the stairs. Lavender laughed and threw Roger a grin over her shoulder. "Or how about when we were a little older and sleepovers were much less innocent