From: legaux	Date: January 10th, 2011 10:08 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Puzzled, she tried to remember last year's gift. "Oh! I still have that," she admitted with a laugh. "And... I don't think you could do much worse if you tried." She grinned, clearly teasing., and sat on the edge of his bed.

"Merry Christmas," she said shyly, pushing his present closer.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: January 11th, 2011 07:21 am (UTC)		(Link)

He pulled out the box in his pocket and handed it over to her with a smile, "happy Christmas." He picked up his gift and started to open it slowly, smiling as he opened it slowly. Pulling the book out, he opened it curiously, flipping though it before he smiled and looked up at her.

"Thank you, love..."

From: legaux	Date: January 13th, 2011 07:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Addy wasn't nearly so eloquent. She actually squealed upon opening his gift; they were just too adorable for words. The earrings were swapped out immediately, and she jumped up to squeeze him tight.

She was very pleased to see that he liked his gift. She wasn't sure about it; a book seemed like such a cop-out sort of present. But she was almost certain he'd find the contents interesting, and it seemed as though the owner of the store hadn't looked inside of it before offering it for sale-- or it would surely have been confiscated.

"I love you," she whispered softly. "And I love your gift," she assured him. In fact, right now? She loved everything.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: January 14th, 2011 11:16 pm (UTC)		(Link)

He smiled at her, opening the book without really looking at it. "There is a necklace too," he reminded her as she put on the earrings.

And she might have thought the book was a cop-out, but it wasn't in Leon's opening. Looking down at the pages, his brow knotted for a moment, before lifting high as he smirked. He didn't remember if they'd ever discussed it, but...this book was bound to keep his interest for a long time to come.

"Thank you, babe." He smiled at her, looking up to kiss her gently.

From: legaux	Date: January 18th, 2011 11:57 pm (UTC)		(Link)

She might have been content to stay there a while, but Gael had wandered in looking for respite from the party and thrown a massive panic at seeing her and Leon making out beside the bed. She had a pretty good idea what he thought was going on, or about to be. She pulled a face at him (highly mature) and laughed at the look on his face as Leon grabbed her by the hand and dragged her out the door.

It was probably common knowledge that Paris was beautiful, but at night, at Christmas, it was spectacular. A light snow was falling, and the streets were blanketed with a fluffy carpet, and everything was softly illuminated by little old-fashioned gas streetlights, and strings of festive lights through the otherwise naked trees.

They wandered for who knows how long, visiting the Tower and the gardens, nosing up to the glass pyramid at the Louvre, resting briefly by the Seine and staring in awe at Notre Dame. Or she did anyway, he just escorted her about patiently.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: January 21st, 2011 11:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"You do know that if we come back in the morning, when you can actually see all of it...it is still going to be a really old church, right?" Leon teased, his arms wrapped around her to help keep the night chill from bleeding through the jacket.

"Anything else you want to see?" He mused, resting his head against his. Thus far they'd been fairly lucky to not be cornered by locals, which he always hated. They liked to point out stupid things, like certain worlds he said with a strange accent. Like he could help being English.

From: legaux	Date: January 27th, 2011 02:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"You put things off, you miss them," she pointed out. "It might get wiped out by a massive mysterious tornado overnight, and then we'll come back and it'll be GONE and I never saw it." That being said... yes. It was an old church. A nice-looking one, but still just an old church.

She nuzzled up to him. "But anyway... there are other things I'd like to not put off anymore too."