Discovered in a Box of Baubles - Day 26

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Happy Boxing Day... I hope everyone had a wonderful, if different, Christmas!
Apologies for the lateness of this post, but I think it's still Boxing Day in some parts of the world...
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The Boxing Day Claus

The small hand of the clock was firmly centred in single digits, and the darkness of the flat complete, when two figures stumbled across the threshold.  One hand groped for the light switch; another reached back to the door and rattled the security locks back into place.

“Food?”  Bodie glanced hopefully at the kitchen door.

“Nope.”  Doyle peeled off his jacket and let it fall to the floor where he stood.  He tried, ineffectually, to toe off his shoes, before remembering that the boots he wore had actual laces which needed untying.  With his feet finally free, he elbowed his partner to get him moving.  “Sleep first, then food.  No arguments.”

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