Jack read the last text from Doug,
"Hey babe, I'm running late, my plane is delayed, I likely won't get in until after midnight. I'm calling you." Doug had sent via text and had followed up with a call a few minutes later and they'd talked for about 30 minutes before they'd said good night and he promised he'd wake Jack up, when he got home, with a kiss.
Jack was disappointed, of course, but he understood, travel on Christmas Eve is never fun and coming from the northeast, where winter storms are a common occurrence, he gets that planes can be delayed. Still, he's not happy with it. He grabs a beer and sits in front of the tree, the dinner he'd planned and started cooking before Doug's call, sits uneaten on the island. He's got a fire going in the fireplace and the house is dim, lit only by the light of the Christmas tree. He's wearing grey sweats with wool socks and a tee, the fire is warm, though and he starts to shed clothes. First go the socks, then the tee and finally the sweats hit the floor in front of the sofa. Christmas music plays from their streaming device and on his third beer he begins to doze there, naked and warm in front of the fireplace.
He's stretched out on the sofa, face into the back, so his ass is to the fire, and he slowly comes awake to a feeling of someone touching his ass. A silky hand sliding across him, up onto his lower back, then back down across his ass cheeks onto his thigh, pushing between his thighs and brushing the underside of his balls. At that he comes fully awake and turns around. There beside him is the quintessential "Nick", red suit, white beard, rosy cheeks, big belly, white gloves, black boots and belt. Nick lifts a hand to his mouth and places a finger over his lips and whispers "shhh" then he reaches again for the exposed ass cheek.
Jack, is now fully awake and completely startled, he rolls over, sitting up. His cock had gotten hard with the ass caresses, betraying his excitement, but has now started to soften as he comes awake. Nick's hand is pushed away when Jack moved to sit up and the old man just stands there looking down at him, then slowly reaches one hand forward to caress the now exposed, hairless chest. He tweaks a nipple and Jack shutters despite himself. No word (besides shhh) has been spoken by either of them at this point.