A/N: It's a bit late, forgive me. Anyways, Merry Christmas, or any other holidays you may or may not celebrate. Either way, I hope you enjoy these Christmas shorts!

25 Days of Christmas 2(21b)013

Chapter 1

1 December, 2013, in a world where the Fall never happened and it's bound to be a happy Christmas this year.

"Morning Sherlock," John greeted as soon as Sherlock entered the kitchen, lazily brushing his teeth. Sherlock grunted a response around the foam, walked over to the sink, and spit. After rinsing his mouth, the detective glanced over at John momentarily, just to see what he was doing. There was a pause before he frowned. Pointedly, he focused his full attention on his friend.
"Why are you so chipper?" he asked suspiciously. John only grinned and shook his head, spooning some sugar into a mug of tea, which he pushed in Sherlock's direction. Sherlock regarded it steadily, then took a grateful swig.

"No reason," John replied after taking a sip out of his own mug (he had opted for coffee). "It's just the first of December."
Sherlock suddenly groaned, "Oh God," and John chuckled.
"Where's your Christmas spirit, Mr Grinch?" he asked.
"I haven't got any."
"And why not?"
"Well," Sherlock said, raising his mug to his lips, "it could be my shoes are too tight. Or it could be that my head isn't screwed on just right. But I think that the most likely reason of all may be that my heart is two sizes too small." And with that he retreated to his bedroom, mug in hand, to get dressed.
"I can't believe you didn't delete that," John marveled to the closed door.
"Shut it!"
John laughed.