♛I usually like start off my holiday gatherings in a large group social setting, with our mortal social circles mingled with the coven, dancing and live music, then gradually move locations and shed people as the evening wears on, making smaller and smaller circles of interaction, from the impersonal to the more personal, coven-only at some point… I dream of having a heated blood fountain at one of these and Marius keeps shooting me down! He has such a limited idea of fun.

All this until, if I play my cards right and behave myself well, it ends up with just Louis and I alone together in a secluded little spot, or back home, tangled together somewhere with enough time before dawn for a little celebration of our own, if he lets me if we feel like it.