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It is almost midnight on Christmas Eve, and Victoria Hughes is working at the front desk of Station 19. She groans at hearing the phone ring once again. It has been ringing off the hook with people reporting bright lights in the night sky.
Not wanting to answer, she hesitantly picks up the receiver, “Seattle Fire Department, Station 19, Victoria speaking. How can I help?”
There is silence at first then heavy breathing can be heard. Not knowing whether it was a prank call, Vic repeats her formal greeting in the chance it was someone in dire need of help.
“Have you been good this year?” Asked a masculine voice.
“Please identify yourself.”
“It is Santa Claus, and my reindeer have stopped for a break on your firehouse’s roof.”
This is a hoax, she thought, though she was curious as to whether someone was on the roof.
If reading her mind, the voice said, “Come and take a look for yourself, Victoria.”
Vic knew she was alone at the station as her team had left on a call thirty minutes earlier, and the aid car had followed them.
Being alone meant that the front door to the station was locked, as were the garage doors, and she was sure that no one could get in unless someone prised open the door and snuck in when she quickly had a toilet break.
Her heart started to beat faster in fear. She checked the front door had not been tampered with, and it appeared that it wasn't. Unsure what to do, she needed to end this call now. “This is clearly a prank call and I need to clear the phone line for genuine emergency calls.”
The guy chuckled, “Okay! Victoria, but I will speak to you again very soon.”
Hanging up the phone Vic wondered if she should call Lucas Ripley, her secret lover and the Fire Chief of the SFD. Before she could make the call her mobile started ringing. She noticed that the person calling was unknown.
Hearing a loud noise on the roof meant that someone was up there, and not wanting to be alone, she thought it was best to speak to someone in case she was in danger. So she answered the call.
“Hello!”
“Ho, Ho, Ho, Victoria. I told you I was going to speak to you real soon. You should come up to the roof and see the spectacle of lights in the night sky.”
“Who is this, and how do you have my mobile number?”
“Come up and find out. I have a special Christmas present for you, Victoria.”
At that moment, she knew it had to be someone she knew and was on her way, to love. It had to be Lucas.
After a moment of silence, she said, “Santa, I have a present for you too.”
Hanging up her phone, she detours to her locker to pick up something small, then ascends the stairs to the roof. Opening the roof door, Vic is stunned to see twinkle lights, blow-up reindeer, a cardboard cut-out of a sleigh with a short-bearded man in a Santa suit standing pretending to feed the reindeer with carrots
Walking over to her, Santa whispers, “Merry Christmas Victoria it is nice of you to join me.”
Pulling the fake white moustache off, she smiles to see her lover. “Lucas Ripley, how did you get in and past me."
“I have a key to all the stations, and I snuck in when you went to the restroom. I got Travis to inflate the reindeer and hang up the twinkle lights earlier in the day.” Lucas chuckles.
“Aren’t you happy now that I told him about us?”
“He has been a good minion.” Lucas chuckles, dreamily looking into Victoria's glimmering eyes.
“Why are you here?” She asked, a little perplexed.
“I wanted to be with you so we could bring in Christmas together. It is our first Christmas as a couple. We are a couple now, aren’t we?”
Giving Lucas a flirty smile she answers, “I didn’t think you heard me over your groans when I answered your question last night.”
“I heard you as clear as a bell while you were stimulating me with your mouth.”
They took a moment to gaze at one another, content and happy to take their relationship to the next level.
“I must get back to the phone. It has not stopped, with people reporting the lights in the sky.”
“You don't need to. Before you came up to the roof, I got the calls diverted to twenty-three and nineteen will be kept busy with all those Dads falling off their roofs pretending to be Santa Claus and those lights in the sky are from a Christmas lantern festival to commentate the festive season. The wind blew them off course that is the reason for the calls.”
“I am sure you ordered the weather gods to do that.” Vic titters.
“Well, I do have something important to give my girlfriend after all.”
“Oh! I am fascinated to know what my present is?”
Lucas pulls away the cardboard cut out of the sleigh to reveal a cosy space of pillows, a comforter, and a couple of blankets. “Make yourself comfortable by taking off your clothes. I’ll warm you up on this chilly evening.”
“No doubt you will, but we can’t. We are at work,” Vic informs him.
“That has not stopped us before. Remember the tryst in the turnout room at Thanksgiving.” Lucas laughs, beginning to remove his Santa suit.
After getting naked, Vic lays down on her back with her head resting against the pillows. She draws up a soft, fluffy blanket to cover her naked body and waits for Lucas to join her.
“You should know I don’t like these sorts of surprises.”
“I do know that. Travis told me. I just want to spoil you.” Lucas said, hanging the suit over the sleigh cut out before coming to lay on his side next to Vic and began to nuzzle her neck while his left hand played with her right nipple.
Once it hardens, he skims his fingertips across her breastbone to pay attention to her left breast. Vic shivers beside Lucas.
“Are you cold?” Lucas asks with concern.
“No, your touch does things to my body in a good way, that I cannot control.”
“I am happy to hear that.” He drawls, pressing a light kiss on the tip of her nose.
Getting lost in each other's eyes again, the sound of a fire truck’s siren in the distance ends their lustful gazing. Feeling concerned, Lucas jumps up, covers himself with a blanket and runs to the edge of the rooftop to look down to see the fire truck whiz past the station.
“We are all good for now, but I think it’s time for you to receive your present?”
Vic remains quiet with a lustful look in her eyes as she watches Lucas creep under the covers between her legs. The soft touch of his fingertips against her thighs gives Vic a hint as to what her gift may be. The sensual caress creates butterflies in her stomach and her heart races.
He then peppers small kisses against one of her thighs while stroking the other, then swaps sides.
“That feels good” Vic states breathlessly as her arousal increases.
His left index finger slowly slides up along her left thigh until it reaches the lips of her labia, where he gently traces it with his fingertip.
Vic lets out a moan. A sound Lucas most loved to hear because it meant he was succeeding in pleasuring his partner.
Wanting to hear more of those pleasurable whimpers, he slowly runs a finger against and around her clitoris.
Vic arches her back and thrusts a hip forward, wanting more. Reading Vic's body, he starts to apply direct clitoral stimulation. It was slow at first, then progressively increased the pressure and tempo of his strokes.
Griping the fabric of the blanket tightly, Vic experiences her first orgasm of the night. Not wanting to end Vic's intense sensation Lucas continued to stroke her clit from side to side. Lucas could hear Vic's sweet moans get louder and louder as she spasmed again and again.
“Stop!” Vic cries out, unable to take anymore.
Doing as he is told, Lucas stops and snakes up under the covers, doting light kisses over her belly and breasts along the way. Eventually, he pokes his head out to see Vic looking up at the sky in contentment.
Moving to lie beside Vic, he looks way up to see several lanterns in the distance drift by.
“How beautiful is that.” Lucas murmurs.
Vic lets out an exhausted breath. “They sure are.”
“Did you like your present?”
Vic turns her head to look at him and chuckles, “That is the best Christmas present I have ever received. Thank you, Lucas.”
Giving Vic a peck on the lips, he says, “You're welcome.”
Passing Lucas a tissue box from above the pillow that her head rests on, she whispers, “I have a present for you.”
“I don’t need a gift.” He replies, wiping his fingers with the tissue.
Grabbing her pants that lay nearby, she retrieves a small envelope from one of the pockets. “Now that you are officially my secret boyfriend, I think it’s time for you to have this.”
Taking the envelope from Vic, Lucas shakes it to feel something heavy inside. Intrigued, he opens it to discover a house key.
Surprised, he stutters, “Is…is... this a key to your apartment?”
“You don’t have to wait in your SUV down the road for me to come home anymore. You can go right on in and make yourself comfortable.”
“Do I get a draw too?”
“Don’t push your luck, mister.”
“So, you want me to leave my white shirts sprawled on your bedroom chair.”
Vic laughs, “Yes, I like to smell them.
Lucas chuckles and feels Vic shiver against him, “Common, we best get dressed and get this stuff packed away. It is getting cold up here on the roof, and I don’t want you to get sick.”
“Thanks again for my present and Merry Christmas, Lucas.”
“Merry Christmas, Victoria.”