She was quick to answer the door as soon as the knocking started, she’d been expecting Reggie for a while now and from how cold it’s been lately, she didn’t want to leave him waiting out there for any longer than he had too. Well that and she was really excited to see her boyfriend as well.

Opening the door to reveal a smiling Reggie with flushed cheeks and bright red nose from the cold despite being wrapped up in the scarf she had gotten him as a surprise gift and a beanie pulled low over his ears. “Come on in it’s too cold out” she commented, ushering him in and shutting the cold out.

“Well it is december what do you expect” he chuckled at her fussing as he unbuttoned his coat, shrugging it off and draping it over the coat rack along with his scarf and hat. 

“Yeah well when your nose looks like it could rival Rudolphs then it means you need warming up” she teased, laughing softly at the way he scrunched his nose up at the comparison, “Hot Chocolate with cream and marshmallows?” she asked, knowing it was his favourite.

“Lead the way”

He followed closely behind as she led the way to the kitchen, even though he had been to her house plenty of times before and knew exactly where the kitchen was. Sitting down on one of the dining chairs as instructed Reggie watches her as she busies herself with heating the milk before grabbing the coco powder and marshmallows from the cupboard and setting them on the side near the carton of milk and can of squirty cream.

“You know you’re cute when you’re concentrating” Reggie teases and she turns around to find him leaning over the table, head propped up by his hand with a sappy grin on his face and if it was a cartoon she swears his eyes would have love hearts popping out of them. 

“And you’re a flirt that’s very good at distractions” she smiles back with a wink that has Reggie laughing from his place at the table. It’s one thing he’s always been good at even before they started dating whether it was when they were trying to do homework and he would end up going off on a tangent of some new film he’d seen or after when he decided kisses were a good form of distraction. Not that she minded just right now she was focused on not burning the milk which she was quick to check on, turning her back on him for a minute as she poured the hot milk into a mug.

She made quick work of mixing the coco powder, adding the cream and marshmallows in just the way that Reggie liked it before carrying the filled to the brim mug over to the table and placing it in front of Reggie. “I think I may have added too many marshmallows but I know how much you like them” she smiles as she takes the seat next to him.

“Hey you can never have too many marshmallows” Reggie exclaims, reaching out to take the mug and feeling the heat seep into his slowly warming hands. Although one sip of the drink later and he hears soft giggles coming from her, confused he turns to look at her but instead he’s met by her lips instead.

At first he doesn’t think anything of it until he’s almost finished the drink and he realises that it happens every time he takes a sip. So in an attempt to throw her off he finishes the drink then as he sets the mug down and feels her lips meet his own just as he expected, he pulls her into his lap which makes her squeal and he laughs at her surprise.

“What the heck Reggie” she laughs once she gets over the surprise.

“I could say the same thing, if you wanted some chocolate you should have made yourself some as well” he teases, an amused smile taking over his face when the guilty look spreads across her face.

“But it was more fun this way” she pouts, turning into giggles when his fingers wiggle against her sides tickling her, “Okay okay you win” she pants between giggles trying to squirm away from him but he has a tight grip that he loosens at her words. It’s not enough for her to leave his lap, not that she wants to anyway, and she sighs in contentment when he finally stops tickling altogether and wraps his arms around her in a hug instead. “I love you” she hums, cuddling her body further into him.

“I love you too” he replies with a soft kiss to her cheek.