[ C H R I S T M A S ] JD! KASSY!

[JASPER ROCKE GREYBACK]

standing back from the tree jasper couldn't help but grin. the large tree was decorated by ornaments decorated by his kids, flashing christmas lights and a golden star on top. okay, so maybe he'd taken it a little far this year. but it was his daughter's first christmas. he'd done it when all his kids had been born. and it was worth it to see the smiles on their faces when they woke up and saw it all. he moved to straighten the stockings on the fireplace, he'd been up early, making sure to silence the room so that the kids wouldn't hear him wrapping and stuffing the stockings so they were brimming with gifts. though there were more than three stockings hanging up this year, he'd made sure to hang some for his brother's kids too, since they were coming over today.

making sure they were straight he looked back at the pile of presents under the tree. okay, so maybe him and nikki shouldn't have bought so much, but it's not like their kids were spoiled. and since having ash seven years ago, they'd had pretty much nothing, to what they had now, jasper liked it when he could spoil his kids, even if it was just for a day. he grinned and took the charm off the room, heading up the stairs to move into his eldest son's room. he opened the door slowly, the light from the hall, and the window casting a glow over the room. the dark head of his son shifted and jasper couldn't help but grin as he moved to the bed and kissed the dark mop of hair on the boys head. "merry christmas ash . . time to get up" he said as he ruffled the boys hair gently, smiling when he snuggled into the bed more and he backed out of the room, the boy hated getting up in the mornings, so much like his father.

he didnt have to move to the other room to wake hi deke, he'd not taken a step away from ash's room when the three year ld had hurled himself at jaspers legs and he laughed slightly, catching the door handle so he wouldnt fall and he scooped his youngest son into his arms and tickled his side. hearing the delighted squeals from his son made jasper's heart swell. it was always a shock to him, that he could love something as much, and as firrecly as his children. he kissed the boys nose, reciving a kiss on the cheek in return. "merry christmas bud . . lets go wake mommy shall we?" he said as he moved into the room where him and nikki called theres. he glanced to the door int he corner, where he knew their youngest child and only daughter was sound asleep and he grinned. "we have to be careful not to wake up sie . . shh" he said as his youngest son buried his head into jasper's neck and he moved to the bed, watching the three year old crawl to his mother and snuggles against her. "mooooommy . . merry tismas" . . jasper couldnt help but grin. deke, at three years old, was still learning how to talk properly, and jasper thought he was so darn cute when he tried to sound grown up.

jasper leaned over the small body of their son to press his lips to nikki's hair, his hand shifting to rub his knuckles gently over her cheek. "nikki . they'll be here soon . . time to wake up" he said as he slipped off the bed and looked at deke. "you keep trying to wake mommy up . . or make her get her lazy butt out of bed . . while i start on breakfast" he said with a grin, shaking his head as he watched deke sit on his mothers legs and he laughed, shaking his head as he moved out of the room and down the stairs into the little kitchen that was already warm from the fire he'd lit earlier. he yawned as he poured out the coffee, one for him and one for nikki if she wanted it and set about making breakfast, all the while keeping an ear out for knocks at the door, or noises from upstairs.