AN: First of all, Breaking is unofficially officially suspended till January. Moving on, I know this first chapter sucks, but I swear it will be better. This was just an introduction. Basically, in case you haven't already figured it out, I'll post a little mini-fic, probably under 500 words, everyday in December leading up to Christmas because, sadly, I can't send you all actual chocolate, but reviewers will get pie ;D
Peter Burke sat at his desk casually staring out the large glass window. Thanksgiving was over and it was, much to his dismay, officially the Christmas season. Ugh, December was already bad enough with all the snow, why add putting up lights, shopping for gifts, and the dozen other overly stressful activities that come with the overly consumer-oriented holiday? To Peter, the entire ordeal was a waste of time and money*.
Fortunately (or possibly unfortunately), his witty, ex-con man partner, Neal Caffrey, walked in right then to distract Peter from his holiday loathing. "Hey, Peter," Neal greeted with his usual cheeky grin. Immediately, Peter noticed the man's hands not-so-inconspicuously hidden behind his back.
"Morning, Caffrey. What do you have there?"
Neal's smile doubled, if that was even possible, as he took a step closer to the FBI agent. "Just a little present for my dear partner." Peter rolled his eyes and reached out to take whatever it was that got a former convict excited. Neal happily placed the item in his hands. "It's an advent calender," he explained.
Peter rolled his eyes, again, and protested, "Aren't you a little bit old to be playing with these things?"
"Nonsense. I mean, c'mon Peter, it's a calender full of chocolate and various other little goodies! Don't tell me your too old for happiness. And I'll drop you a little hint, this calender is a bit more...sophisticated, trust me."
Neal stood and turned to leave, leaving Peter to stare blankly at the cardboard box-thing in his hands, desperately wanting to know what he ment by 'sophisticated', with Neal that could mean anything from Swedish chocolates to the location of a missing Van Gogh. Nonetheless, Peter carefully taped it to the large window he was previously staring out. Hopefully, it would at least serve some purpose by helping him to forget the stressful holiday chaos outside his warm, orderly office.
Only 24 days left to go.
*Amount United States Spends On Christmas A Year- 450 Billion
Amount Needed To End World Thirst- 10 Billion