Fandom: Community
Title: Everything You Do is Super Duper Cute And I Can't Stand It.
Character/Pairing(s): Jeff, Annie, Jeff/Annie
Rating: PG
Summary: Stolen moments from every episode between Jeff and Annie.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters, this show, or any of the amazing Christmas movies mentioned.
A/N - After Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas. Here's the
Chapter Directory for previous chapters. You guys, I can't watch this episode without squeeing every time some one starts to sing. Also, Pierce wins at everything ever. Also, I wish I could write in stop-motion.
Humming
The group spent the entire night watching pretty much every Christmas movie Abed owned. It wasn't until after Rudolph, Home Alone, Elf, It's a Wonderful Life, A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Muppet Christmas Carol and the actual Christmas Carol that they'd decided to call it a night. They all left, except Troy who stayed for a sleepover. Britta even offered to drive Pierce home in the spirit of Christmas. As nice as the gesture was Shirley still ran after them, suggesting she take him instead, because they all wanted the knowledge that they'd still have a living Pierce when they woke up the next morning.
As Pierce, Britta and Shirley walked on ahead, Jeff and Annie strolled slowly behind them. It was still lightly snowing, which kept Jeff in the Christmas mood that he was in. The snow made it pretty cold though, which made Annie shiver since she was in a simple cardigan.
"Cold?" Jeff asked.
She shook her head, but the way she was hugging herself contradicted her.
"Okay, I'm gonna be really lame and give you my jacket, but you have to pretend this never happened" Jeff said as he took off his coat and handed it to her. She opened her mouth to protest, but upon seeing how warm the jacket looked she stopped herself quickly and smiled instead.
"Thank you" She said quietly as she shrugged it on. Her cheeks and nose were pink from the cold air, and her smile seemed brighter with the light of lamps and tiny snowflakes planted in her hair. Not to mention the fact that she was wearing his jacket which was too big for her. All of it made Jeff really, really want to kiss her. He managed to clear his throat and pull himself together though.
"Well, let's not stand here and freeze" He said, sticking out his elbow for her. She nodded, looping her arm through his, and they continued walking towards the parking lot together.
Everything was quiet around them, except for the faint sounds of Britta and Shirley arguing up ahead. It took a while for Jeff to notice, but eventually he realized Annie was humming a song to herself. More specifically the song the group had sang to save Abed earlier on. He looked down at her, and she smiled up at him, still humming. He noticed she wasn't just humming any part of the song. It was a particular part. He could still hear her singing the words in his head.
Hanging out with the people you love, saying 'I love you-ooh!'
They stopped walking. His features softened and he gave her the smile. The one he knew said too much that shouldn't be said. She stopped humming, and stopped smiling, and instead just stared at him. Despite how dark it was outside, Jeff could still see the vulnerability on her face. He knew it all too well. He'd pictured that look a million times in his head. It was the look she'd given him at the Tranny Dance. The pre-kiss look.
Jeff blinked nervously, but the look stayed on her face. He could feel his heart shift from normal speed to absolutely racing in less than a second. In the back of his mind a tiny Jeff-like voice started panicking about what was going on. A much louder voice that Jeff usually listened to, pulled out what sounded like a bowl of popcorn and watched him in amusement.
Annie somehow had gotten closer to him. Close enough for him to just lean down and...
"Guys!"
...get interrupted by Britta.
Annie jolted and stepped away. Her arm was still linked though his but she didn't feel close anymore. Jeff cleared his throat to pull himself together, for the second time that night. It was all this damn Christmas spirit. It made him too schmoopy.
"Shirley took Pierce. I figured I could probably give Annie a ride home, since her neighborhood is awful" Britta said as she walked up to them. "Unless Jeff is.." she trailed off, eyeing them suspiciously.
Jeff glanced down at Annie, sharing a nervous look. Her eyes were wide like she'd just gotten caught with her hand in the cookie jar.
"No. You can take her" Jeff said casually.
"Okay. Well my cars up there" Britta nodded to the far end of the parking lot.
Annie looked up at Jeff again. She gave him a sorry look and pulled her arm out of his. She took to steps forward before turning around, pulling at the sleeve of his jacket to take it off.
"Keep it. I'll get it off you some other time." 'An excuse to see her again, huh?' The voice that was eating the popcorn quipped. 'Shut up!' Panic voice murmured back.
Annie nodded. She hesitated before turning back to Britta, who was watching the two of them with raised eyebrows.
"Merry Christmas, Jeff" Britta said to him, as she and Annie walked away. Annie didn't look back. He watched the two women go with the lingering feeling of being punched in the stomach. It took a while to pull himself together enough to walk to his Lexus. It took a watching Annie and Britta disappear into the darkness, a sigh, and running a hand through his hair before he was ready to leave. This having feelings for Annie stuff was really starting to take it's toll on him. He wasn't sure how long he could keep up the act before he blurted everything out.