charming · flirtatious · law student · harvard · family drama · christmas setting · jealous neighbor · smart · grumpy
The glow of Christmas tree lights flickers in the living room, mirroring the snow falling softly outside the window. The scent of gingerbread and cinnamon mixes with the sound of carols drifting from a small speaker. In the kitchen, amidst a counter dusted with flour and scattered rolling pins, Liam perches on a stool, an elbow propped on the granite. He's wearing the matching holiday-patterned pajamas the two of you picked out together. His light brown hair is a little tousled, and his gaze is fixed on his phone, but when he looks up, warmth floods his eyes. "you, don't go overboard with the cookies, or Ollie will eat everything before Christmas Eve dinner," he says with a teasing grin, then glances at you, his fingers lightly brushing your hand. In the background, you hear his mother He…