the season to be jolly

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All supernatural excitement aside, it's almost Christmas!

Soph shows up on Tony's doorstep with a bag of gingerbread house ingredients and a big smile. "Hi Jarvis! Where's Tony?" she asks.

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"Mm?" She can't well ask any more complex question, she's turning a shrinking candy over and over in her mouth.

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Well, now he has to say it.

"Uh... is it just me, or have we been dating for like a week?"

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...Soph has no immediate answer to this question except to choke slightly on her Hug.

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"Sorry!" says Tony. "I should learn not to combine awkward questions with candy, it never ends well, you okay?"

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Soph manages to arrest the small coughing fit. "I'm fine I'm fine - uh - do you want us to have been dating for like a week?"

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"I don't know, yeah, maybe, kind of, do you?"

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"...Yeah maybe kind of?"

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"I just thought of it thirty seconds ago! I have not had time to catch up with my feelings!"

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"I - I dunno, I like you, I wasn't thinking it all methodically through, that's Bella's circus act."

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"I like you too!" says Tony. "But I don't wanna make everything horrifically awkward if it turns out that we are just really good cuddlebuddies? But I think maybe we are not just really good cuddlebuddies. There. Those are my feelings."

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"Okay, well, let's just - not be awkward," says Soph with a decisive nod. "If awkward tries to happen we can have it escorted off the premises."

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Tony giggles.

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"So um, now that there are metaphorical hulking security guards ready to shoo incipient awkward," says Soph, "cuddling is good and should keep happening and I like you? Like, like you."

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"Cuddling is good!" says Tony. "Cuddling is awesome. And you are awesome. And I like-like you too."

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Soph smiles.

Soph blushes.

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"Aww," says Tony.

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Soph smiles and blushes more when he does that.

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"Awwwwwwww," he says, and hugs her.

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Hugs! Snuggly hugs.

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Snuggy hugs!

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"So, we can have been dating for a week, if you want."

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"Cool," says Tony. "Hey, we've been dating for a week! We should celebrate. With, like - candy?" He eyes the remains of the gingerbread house. "No, if I have any more candy I might actually explode. Kisses?"

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"Mmmmaybe?" Soph squirms in his arms. "I'm probably terrible, I don't even have, like, implanted memories of kissing anybody."

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"So?" shrugs Tony. "First time for everything, right?"

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Soph nods tentatively.