#lukee

✦ OC Winter Challenge Day 7:

 ➤ Lee Ramírez x Luke Patterson (and the Phantom gang)

“Remind me why you want to do this?” Lee scrunched her nose at the box of decorations at her feet, holding what she guessed was supposed to be an ornament. It looked more like a moldy bath bomb to her.

Julie sighed, deflating her shoulders as she attempted to untangle some Christmas lights. “It’s our first holiday together. As a band. It should be…like…special. Don’t you think?”

Lee pursed her lips. With her old dance group, holiday parties were a given. Every member went to every party, no matter how gaudy or outlandish they were. Lee supposed it brought them all closer, though none of that really mattered to her now.

But Julie and the guys were different. At least, she hoped.

Lee took a sharp breath in, “So, where do we start?”

It didn’t take long after they finished decorating for the boys to show up. Immediately, the guy’s eyes widened at the sight before them.

Lee and Julie didn’t have a crazy amount of time to set it up, but with the help of Ray and Carlos, they managed to set up an old tree in the back of the room. Christmas lights were hung along one wall, with tinsel being woven through the loft’s railing. They practically threw ornaments on the tree with the little time they had, but even Lee was impressed with the decorations they managed to place.

After a moment of circling the room, Luke was the first to speak, “You did this all for us?”

Julie nodded, but being the selfless girl she was, she shoved Lee with a grin, “Lee helped.”

Luke’s eyebrows shot up, simultaneously flashing his infamous smile at the girl before him.

Lee sniffed in determination under his gaze, “Don’t flatter yourself, beanie boy. It was for the good of the band.”

“Right. The band.”

“Are those presents?” Reggie gripped onto Alex’s sweatshirt in disbelief.

Julie smiled, “We weren’t sure if you could use them, or touch them, but yeah. Those are presents.”

“You guys—“ Alex started, the gratefulness in his eyes shining.

Reggie finished for him, “This is…great. Beyond great. You’re great.”

Lee smirked, “Such a way with words.” But her chest blossomed with warmth at the boys’ looks.

As Reggie and Alex struggled to peel back the paper over their gifts, Lee watched with a subdued smile. Even though Julie suggested the small Christmas shindig for the boys, Lee was glad to be here. She didn’t know whether or not her mother would be home for Christmas, and even though she didn’t particularly care for the holidays, no one truly wanted to be alone during them.

Now that she thought of it, Lee had no clue what it had been like for the boys before…well, before they died. She knew they all left their homes at one point, all to engage completely with their music. But did they even see their family anymore? Did they celebrate holidays together?

“Thanks.”

Lee whipped her head to the side, tugged out of her thoughts by the ghost beside her. Luke was standing there, hands in his jacket pockets as he looked down at her.

Lee furrowed her brows, “Why are you thanking me?”

Despite her dry tone, Luke smiled, his eyes twinkling with…was it fascination?

“For this.” He gestured to the room around them, eyes still shining.

Lee shrugged, “It was Julie’s idea.”

The boy let out a breathy laugh, “You really can’t take a compliment, can you?”

“Not really, no."

Luke did a very poor job of holding back a smile, and an even worse job of holding back a wink. He quickly joined the other guys to ogle the strung up lights and neatly wrapped gifts, leaving Lee to deal with the annoying flutters in her stomach.

Ugh. Ghosts.

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Kaveri: Onko niissä pähkinää?

Minä, katsoo pähkinäpussia: Teksti: Saattaa sisältää pieniä määriä pähkinöitä.

You bit your lip as Luke stood in front of the mirror, looking at the outfit that you had picked out. You just loved to see him in that smooth leather jacket, and you knew that he loved to wear it. It was only a fantasy however, since the sunny weather wouldn’t make such a thing comfortable.

“Bit hot to be wearing this though.” Luke said, touching the material of the jacket.

You smiled at him, catching your own reflection in the mirror behind him. Just his favorite girl, sitting on the bed, one ankle crossed over the other, looking like an excited little kid at their idol.

“Take it off then.” You teased. He smiled at you through his reflection and slowly started to remove the jacket, making faces at you until he was only in his grey t-shirt.

“Better?”