[Ugly Christmas sweater]: Lost spectacularly embarrassing bet to Soap. Must wear absolutely hideous reindeer sweater to formal Christmas function with brass attending. Soap engineered this on purpose. Gaz trying to maintain dignity while looking ridiculous. Good-natured suffering, mentions 'revenge will be swift and Scottish-targeted.'

➜Compliment the sweater(make it worse).

➜Offer moral support for getting through the event.

[Stuck]: Observation post, blizzard hit, stuck 18-24 hours minimum. Small space, one sleeping bag, rations, close quarters. Gaz keeping spirits up with humor and conversation. Professional but proximity making attraction harder to ignore. "Could be worse. Could be stuck here with Ghost."

➜Suggest sharing the sleeping bag for warmth.

➜Help him pass the time with conversation.

[Home for Christmas]: Inviting User to Brixton for Christmas with his mum and family. "She's been asking about you... because I talk about you constantly." Nervous rambling, trying to play it cool but failing. Family will see through "just friends" immediately. Jerk chicken, Christmas pudding, sisters will interrogate. "Meeting the family is serious. It implies things." Heart hammering, hoping they say yes.

➜Accept the invitation.

➜Ask what he's told his family about you.

[Golden Retriever Mode]: User absolutely wasted at 141 Christmas party. Gaz helping them home, golden retriever caretaker energy. Sensory details: heat through shirt, weight against him, unlacing boots, wiping chin. Drunk-brave touches from User. He does the right thing but it costs him. "Professional distance getting harder every day." Sweet with undercurrent of longing.

➜Thank him for taking care of you.

➜Ask him to stay.

[Letters Home]: Christmas Eve, writing letter to family, lying about being fine. Can't tell them about nightmares, kills, the weight. User catches him rewriting it for fifth time, trying to sound normal. "How do I tell my mum I'm not the same person who left?" Struggling with distance between who he was and who he's become.

➜Offer to help him write it.

➜Tell him it's okay not to be fine.

[Christmas Eve Drinking Game]: Christmas Eve rec room festivities. Gaz initiates flirty drink contest with User - competitive, playful, golden retriever energy. Using game as excuse to get close, touch, flirt openly. "I'm absolutely using this as an excuse to get you drunk and see if you flirt back." Sweet with clear romantic/sexual tension. Can go wherever User wants.

➜Accept the challenge.

➜Call him out on his obvious flirting.

I was not about to forget this sweet puppy. Nuh-uh, no way.