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After a year with her, he could read just about every emotion on her face, and this particular one was a personal favorite, one followed by lots of orgasms.

But sadly, they were headed into a room of her family ready for Christmas Eve.

“Thank you for coming with me. At least we’ll have the cabin to ourselves for one night,” she said with a wag of her eyebrows.

“Of course we are spending Christmas together. There is no need to thank me. My motives were purely selfish.”

“Let’s do this,” she said, reaching up on her toes for a quick kiss before pushing open the door.

“Oh good, you guys are finally here. We were just about to startThe Muppets Christmas Carol.”

“You guys missed the other ones!” her niece added.

“Well, thank you for saving the best one for us,” said Alice.

“I think by the time it’s over, the lasagna should be ready,” said her mother.

“You sit down and watch. I’ll run our bags upstairs,” Taylor said softly in her ear after hanging her coat up in the closet.

“Thanks,” she said to him as she allowed herself to be pulled in by her niece.

Alice went and sat on the couch as Taylor took their bags up to her room. He set hers down by her side of the bed and crossed the room to drop his off.

A lot of memories were embedded in this room. This is where it all started a year ago. They’d had such a good year, and things just kept getting better. Alice had moved in with him in the spring. There had been arguments and compromises alike. There was no clothes chair, but he turned an eye to the mess on her side of the closet. But there had been moments more wonderful that he could have expected like when Alice met his mother. They would get along, but they seemed to be kindred spirits.

He also remembered the day when he waited in the doctor’s office with her and when she came out with a grin.

“Looks like I have ADHD,” she had said on her way to the car.

While she didn’t need the official diagnosis, it did seem to help convince her she wasn’t a lazy fuck-up. He was glad because her confidence grew every day when she was able to live her life at a pace that suited her.

His attention was pulled when a soft knock sounded at the open door.

“Coach,” he said in greeting.

“How was your flight?”

Since Coach Wagner found out Taylor was with Alice, things between them had changed. It wasn’t apparent on the ice or in the locker room, but Taylor and Coach had gotten close. It was like he was able to finally see Alice for who she was, and he was thankful to Taylor for helping them do that.

All that credit went to Alice. All he did was love her, the easiest thing he’d ever done.

“Good. I was happy to have good weather. Not a repeat of last year.”

“Although that snowstorm seemed to work out pretty well for the both of you,” Coach said.

“Very true.”

“Speaking of that, do you have the ring?”

Taylor nodded, fighting the nerves in his gut.

“Good. Do you know when you are going to do it?”

“I was thinking tomorrow, before we all meet downstairs for presents.”

“That sounds good, son,” Coach said as he clasped him on the back. “I can’t wait to have you in the family.”

Both of the men made their way down to the living room, where the family was all stretched out, watching the movie. The kids were curled up on the floors with blankets and pillows.

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