It is Hearths Warming Eve. A day meant spending time with friends or family, to gather around and cherish time together...

For Doc, it typically means spending time with those who can tolerate him long enough.

Except one of those few ponies is still working to the last minute on Hearths Warming Eve...

Sounds like an investigation is needed to look into why his dear old friend is still delivering, and to find the injustices within the system!

Written for Aromantic Brew for Jinglemas 2023.

Edited: Featured for a bit. A surprise for sure lol