I'll Paint You Wings

Lexi had been put to bed by the time Alex had Jack pressed up against his truck, face buried in his neck. Alex had just put all his gear in the backseat and was dressed nicely in his EMT uniform.

His shirt was a white short sleeve button up with his certified badge and patches. His pants were black and fit nicely all the way down to his black work boots.

Jack smiled when Alex snaked his arms around his waist and pulled him closer for a hug, reaching up to kiss him softly.

"Do you think you guys will get any calls?" Jack mumbled, heart rate already picking up just thinking about it. He shouldn't be worried though cause tonight he was just an EMT and wouldn't be in as much danger as he would if he was actually fighting the fires like he normally does.

"Probably. We always do on Christmas Eve and day." Alex said with a half grin.

"Be safe then, okay?" Jack smiled, pushing his husbands neatly styled black bangs out of his eyes.

"Okay, babe. I promise." Alex smiled back as he stood up on his tippy toes and cupped Jacks jaw before pulling him down for a goodbye kiss.

Alex was getting into his truck, door in the process of closing before Jack slammed his palms against his side window, breath fogging it up, "Wait!"

Alex laughed and rolled down his window, "What, love?"

Jack smiled,"I forgot to give you something"

Jack started to search through his pockets before pulling out a small purple velvet box which was slightly curved at the top, all tied together neatly with a silk black bow.

"Merry Christmas, Lex." Jack smiled as he nodded to the box in Alex's hands. "Open in!"

Alex blushed as he untied the bow slowly, tossing over to the side before glancing back over to his beau.

"Nothing's gonna jump out at me, right?" Alex said nervously.

"Just hurry up and open it! My toes are cold."

Alex flipped Jack off as he slowly opened the box. A gasp immediately left his mouth.

In the box laid a cross neckless with four colored sections.

In the middle was Alex's station number and a design wrapped around it making it a firemen hat.

"It's-It's beautiful, Jack." Alex breathed out.

"Each color is a birth stone. The top is Lexi's stone, the left is yours, the right is mine and the bottom is your sisters." Jack explained with a wide smile. "Basically it's supposed to symbolize our faith and you'll always have a part of your favorite people with you."

Alex couldn't help the tears that were streaming down his face as his shaky fingers held up the neckless and brought it up to his lips, "I love it, Jack. Thank you so much." He said as he undid the clasp and hooked it around his own neck.

Alex quickly got out of his truck an tackled Jack into the snow to smother him in kisses.

"I love you so much, baby." Alex whispered against Jacks lips as they were kissing slow and sweet.

"I love yo-" Jack got cut off by the shrill tone of Alex's pager in his pocket.

"Go on." Jack sighed as he assisted the both of them to their feet so Alex could run to his truck.

Right as Alex was backing up out of the driveway, Jack was quick to stop him again.

"What, babe!?" Alex shouted out the window, fingers tapping impatiently on the steering wheel.

Jack only reached into his shirt and held up the same neckless Alex was wearing, "I have one also"

Alex smiled and blew Jack a kiss before pulling out the drive way the rest of the way and sped off to station 7.

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Alex's whole team was in a fit of laughter when they all got back from their first call off the night.

A dad pretending to be Santa Claus thought it'd be a great idea to actually get on the roof and wound up slipping and falling into the chimney, successfully getting the overweight man stuck.

They all got the poor man out after a while, him only sustaining a scratched up belly and a few burns on his legs and feet from the fire place being on.

Alex sighed when his back hit his mattress, hand running through this sweaty black hair. He was liking the freshly dyed locks.

He pulled out his phone and started looking through pictures of him and Jack.

Some where of when the two first got together.
His favorite finally made it to the screen.

Jack was laying his head on Alex's shoulder, uneven hair flying all over the place as a laugh took over his features. You could see a lot of gauze plastered on his chest in the picture and his face was shiny from the petroleum used to keep his face moist.

Alex couldn't help but smile as he remembered Jack only had one more skin graph to go. This one would take care of his main insecurity with him: his crotch and stomach.

Lexi had a fascination with running her tiny fingers over Jacks scars and mouthing at them when he would hold her chest to chest. Jack would momentarily freak out cause, hey, he only let Alex kiss them but this was his baby daughter so he lets it slide.

All Alex could do was curl up under the covers on the small twin bed and wait for another call if they'd have one and maybe even get to go home early.

Notes

I'm sorry it's so short. Would y'all be interested in the next chapter being focused on Jack and Lexi bonding?