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Home For Christmas - Daniel Ricciardo

You didn't realize how overworked you've been leading up to the holidays. You promised Dan that you would be awake when he gets back home from his last race of the F1 season, but your body had other plans when you fell asleep on the couch with the TV playing in the background. The other plan you had was to get all of the Christmas decorations hung but that was completely forgotten when you got home from work. Your exhaustion dictating your night from the moment you stepped into the apartment you share with the Aussie.

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A couple of hours later you wake with a start, eyes opening before squinting in the darkness to re-orient yourself. You furrow your eyebrows when you see that you're in the bedroom, wondering when you moved from the couch. When you sit up you hear the Christmas music playing quietly in the other room. It makes you slide out of bed with a smile on your face, tiptoeing out of the bedroom and down the hall towards the main living space. You come to a stop once you spot Daniel moving around the space that has been transformed into something from a Christmas card. Your love for the Aussie grows tenfold at the sight because even though he must be exhausted he stayed up to decorate the apartment.

After a few seconds of admiration you finally shuffle into the room. Daniel immediately looks away from what he was doing, a grin forming on his face at the sight of you. "Welcome back" you say as he quickly closes the distance separating you two, hugging you tightly into his body, letting you take in his familiar embrace as your arms hold onto him just as tightly. "I've missed you darling" he murmurs before dropping light kisses to your shoulder, which makes you giggle. He lifts his head while smiling, so you bring a hand up to his cheek, brushing your thumb along his skin, "you should be sleeping Dan" he shrugs, "I wanted to do this for you" the words make you smile. "I love you for that, but you've had a long season and you deserve to rest, we can decorate tomorrow or even the day after that" he takes your hand before gently kissing it while looking into your eyes. "Y/N only if you rest with me" you open your mouth to object but he quickly covers your mouth with his free hand, "darling you look tired, seeing you asleep on the couch when I came back tells me that you've been working too much" you sigh and lower your gaze. "You're not wrong" you mumble, Dan lowers his hand from your mouth and tilts your chin up so that you're looking at him, "no working for the rest of the week alright?" you nod and he drops a swift kiss to your lips.

When he pulls away you're smiling, "love you" he grins and presses his lips to your forehead before tugging you to the empty space in front of the Christmas tree that is now fully decorated. "Dance with me darling" he says, you giggle as he tugs you closer, "if you insist Danny" he begins to sway you around the small living room, humming one of the many songs he knows by heart. You rest your head against his shoulder, gently closing your eyes as you listen to the Aussie feeling all of your worries from the past few weeks disappear. "You awake Y/N?" you nod in response, "just enjoying this moment" he squeezes your hip making you smile.

Dan eventually pulls you back to the bedroom. The time nearing 2am as the two of you enter the dark room. You let out a yawn while shrugging out of your sweatpants, leaving you in one of Dan's old shirts from his Red Bull days. He sheds some layers too before easily hoisting you into bed with a grin, you quickly snuggle into your boyfriend letting out a sigh. "I love you" he murmurs while bringing an arm around you, "you're not bad either" you reply making him chuckle, "I hope that I'm more than just not bad, I don't bring just anyone back home with me for christmas" you stiffen at the new information, "what?" you whisper while peering over at Daniel. "My parents already love you Y/N, it's time you meet everyone else, this time IN Australia" he explains making you rotate in his arms, "you're sure?" he presses a kiss to your lips in response. "I've never been more sure, I hope you're okay with the two week quarantine though" you nod enthusiastically making him smile, "anything for you and your family" he kisses your head before tugging you back into his chest, your arms winding around him automatically. "I can't wait" you smile and kiss his chest, "me neither" he sighs and you shut your eyes falling asleep minutes later as his fingers move along your back soothingly. Christmas at home with Daniel replacing your thoughts about work for the next few weeks.