Andy laid there, warm underneath the covers as he turned over, his arm reaching out to find Dess but he was met with an empty space. He yawned, a smile creeping to his face as he sniffed the air and felt his stomach grumble. Dess was obviously up and cooking breakfast, something that he told her she didn’t have to do but she insisted that it was tradition and it was never going to change. Stretching his arms above his head, Andy knew he needed to get up so that they could eat and then open presents-there was one present that Andy couldn’t wait to give Dess. He dressed quickly, pulling on a pair of flannel pajama pants and a Henley shirt as Andy skidded across the hard wood floor on his way down the stairs.

Dess was in the kitchen, her back to him as she stood at the stove, moving her hips to a song that was playing loudly from the iDock that sat on the counter. He smiled as he watched her flip pancakes and he sniffed the air again, the scent of bacon making him even hungrier as Andy just took a seat at the bar and silently watched Dess move around. He stared at her, smirking at her Betty Boop Christmas pajama pants and bright red sweater and Andy was reminded of the Christmas mornings that he’d had as a child. He couldn’t wait until he had children to watch as they gleefully opened their presents on Christmas morning.


“Jingle bells…Batman smells…Robin laid an egg…” Dess sang loudly, her laughter breaking out as Andy huffed loudly from behind her and she jumped before turning to face him.

“I don’t ever want to hear you singing that again…” He said as he Andy got up and moved to wrap his arms around her.

“Merry Christmas babe…how long were you sitting there for?” She asked as Dess smirked up at him before leaning in and placing a soft kiss to his neck.

“Long enough to hear you insulting my favorite super hero of all time…” Andy grumbled as he leaned down, his lips pressing against her head as Andy pulled away from Dess and returned to his seat.

“Oh…want some coffee?” She blushed slightly as Dess held up the glass pot of coffee and Andy shook his head. She only shrugged, pouring herself a cup as she moved back towards the stove and added more batter to the griddle.

“When did you get up babe?” Andy asked as he reached towards the middle of the bar top and grabbed for one of Dess’ delicious sugar cookies. It was officially Christmas, so now he could eat as many as he wanted.

“Oh, I guess I’ve been up since about six this morning…” She said, turning to him and smiling as she held a spatula in one hand and her coffee cup in the other.

“Jeez babe! Can I help you with anything?” Andy asked, his eyes growing wide as he took in the clock above the stove and saw that Dess had been up for three hours already.

“No and don’t worry…I’ve always been an early riser on Christmas. Moira-not so much, although when she got older she would sometimes beat me but that was because she wanted presents.” Dess smiled as she flipped her pancakes and turned to face Andy once again.

“Moira always seemed to get more excited about things.” Andy laughed as he remembered how she reacted when he had given her the leather jacket last Christmas.

“It’s true. I remember one Christmas she didn’t even sleep the night before. She was so excited but our parents had to play the role of Santa, so dad put a chair underneath the knob on her door so she couldn’t get out. She passed out halfway through opening her presents and she almost broke my Barbie Dream House because she fell asleep on top of it…” Dess giggled at the memory and Andy could only smirk at her as he moved to get himself a cup of coffee.

“I remember one Christmas mom and dad had gotten me the entire Kiss collection of action figures. Dad had scoured for months trying to find them all in thrift shops and I got so excited when I opened that box that I ended up giving myself an asthma attack and they had to take me to the emergency room…” Andy laughed before taking a sip of his coffee and Dess just giggled as she turned to kiss him on the cheek before making him a plate.


Dess sat the plate in front of him and Andy seriously thought he had died and gone to Heaven. Eggs, bacon, sausage, potato casserole and a separate plate of four pancakes sat in front of him and he moaned loudly as he began to eat. Dess made her own plate, smiling over at him as she sat down and dug in herself. She had always liked doing this-getting up early to make breakfast on Christmas and Dess knew that her parents always appreciated it since that meant they didn’t have to worry about it. The couple ate in silence, Andy getting up for another helping of bacon and eggs before they were finished. Dess moved to get up to begin cleaning things, but Andy only gave her a look and pushed her off towards the living room.

She sat down on the couch, looking off towards the Christmas tree and Dess smiled softly as she thought back to past years. It had always been fun in this house around Christmas time-the halls filled with laughter as Dess and Moira ran around, bugging their relatives to hurry up and eat so that they could open presents. Last year had been different-just Dess, Moira and their mother. Dess had gotten up early to make breakfast, but Moira had still beaten her and Dess could remember that one of the first things she had done that morning was to get her phone and call Andy. Little did she know the surprise he had in store for her, coming to see her the very next day and then everything had fallen into place.


“So serious looking…” Andy said from the doorway, his hip leaning against the frame with his arms folded across his chest as he looked down at her and smirked.

“Come here you…” She smiled up at him, her red hair glowing in the dim light of the tree as Andy came to her, but instead of sitting next to her on the couch he sat on the floor and began to pull boxes towards them.

“You first…this one first.” He smiled up at her, that lopsided grin making her feel hot as Dess took the box from him and ripped open the paper.

“Oh babe!” Dess shouted as she held the box in her hands, her brand new Keurig lighting up her face as Andy only smiled and handed her another box.

“No…you open one…” She said, but Andy just shook his head as he jiggled the box at her and Dess relented. She ripped the paper, a confused expression lining her face as she looked down and then looked at Andy.

“Uh…you do realize that I have now have two Keurigs right?” Dess laughed as she sat the box next to its twin and moved to get one of his gifts.

“Yes, I realize that they are the same, but now you have one for the house and one to put on the bus. But beware…Jinxx’s has already said that he will probably use it just as much as you.” Andy laughed as he took the small box from Dess and ripped open the paper.

“Oh, well thanks. I’ll probably need a ton of coffee on this upcoming tour.” Dess laughed as she looked down at Andy and was met with his shocked expression. He said nothing as he held the small box in his hands and Dess felt a blush creep up her neck.

“Wha-I-This is AWESOME!” Dess looked down, smirking as Andy held the very Limited Edition Batman Figurine in his hands. Dess paid a pretty penny for it, but only two hundred of them were made and she knew that Andy had been looking all over for it for the past two years.

“I’m glad you like it…here’s another one.” Dess moved to get behind the tree, pulling out a huge present that was almost as tall as her but it was skinny and of course it was perfectly wrapped.

“What is that?” Andy asked as Dess set it in front of him and Andy quickly tore the paper off. He looked down, taking in all of the pictures and then he noticed-Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Jim Carrey…the signatures went on and on.

“It took me awhile and I had to ask a lot of favors, but everyone is there.” Dess said as she looked down and was met with Andy’s watery smile. She had been able to get pictures of each actor who was ever in a Batman movie and had been able to either get them signed or they had already been signed. In the bottom corner were also two pictures, one of Tim Burton-signed and Christ Nolan-also signed.

“I-I…Oh my God Odessa! How did you manage this?” Andy asked, the huge picture forgotten as he leaned it up against the couch and stood to take her into his arms. No one had ever done something like that for him before-put so much thought and heart in to a gift and Andy knew that he could never find anyone like Dess.

“Like I said-lots of favors. So you like it?” She asked, her eyes hesitant as Andy leaned down and kissed her roughly. She sucked on his bottom lip gently, his hands running through her hair as Dess melted against him but then pulled away, a small smirk on her lips.

“I fucking love it. I think I’m going to hang it in the studio…after I take a million fucking pictures of it to post so everyone can see how awesome you are…”Andy said as he pulled his phone out and Dess could only laugh as she sat back down on the couch and watched him.


The couple opened presents, laughing at some of the more joking gifts and smiling at the sentimental ones. Dess had gotten a pair of boots that she had been wanting from Sammi and Jake had gotten her a really pretty black and teal acoustic guitar, with the promise that he was going to spend the entire winter and spring teaching her how to play since they would be on tour together. Andy had also gotten Dess a diamond necklace, with the promise that he would make sure she would get to show it off at some award shows this year. Dess had gotten Andy a brown leather jacket, a pair of boots and the entire Batman Animated collection on DVD, but nothing would ever beat that framed picture for him. Soon the two were laughing as they had stuck bows on Crow and Dove’s heads and there was wrapping paper surrounding them.


“Well, Christmas is over for another year…” Dess sighed as Dove crawled into her lap, meowing pathetically as Dess could only laugh. The bow that Andy had stuck on the poor cat’s head was almost bigger than Dove and Dess finally took pity on the animal and removed it, kissing her on her tiny pink nose before allowing her to curl up in Dess’ lap.

“Not quite…” Andy said, his eyes gleeful and mischievous as he stood up and walked off towards the laundry room.


Dess sat there quietly, her hand running down Dove’s back slowly as the small cat purred loudly. Where did he go? Outside? If he got her a car Dess was going to throttle him-they had promised that no big gifts were to be given this year since they had to save for their wedding. Dess was getting nervous as Andy seemed to take forever and she felt like her mind kept wandering to the most expensive thing that he could possibly buy her. Finally Dess heard a door closing off in the distance and then Andy was in front of her holding a large box with quarter sized holes rimming the top right underneath the lid. What on Earth?


“Do I even want to know?” Dess asked as the box shook slightly and there was a muffled noise coming from within. Andy said nothing as he just sat the box at her feet and Dess took in the huge red bow that sat on the top.

“Open it Dess.” Andy said, taking a seat next to her and Dess felt her fingers trembling as she slid them around the edge of the lid and lifted up. A shrill bark came from within and Dess felt her eyes grow wide as she looked into the box and her heart melted.

“What did you buy?” Dess asked as she bent down, her hands wrapping around the small black dog as she lifted it up and out of the box. It was adorable, fluffy and cute as a button with black eyes and a tiny black nose that snuffled at her cheek as Dess held it close.

“He’s a Pommerpoo and I thought he could keep you company while we’re on the road…” Andy had an excited look on his face as Dess looked from him down to the dog and then back. The adorable little pup looked up at her adoringly and Dess felt her heart melt as she looked down into those big puppy eyes.

“He’s so cute…” She said as she cuddled him to her chest, petting his soft fur as Andy ran a hand down the small pups back and smirked over at Dess.

“What are you going to name him?” Andy asked as Dess moved the pup to rest on her lap, her hands running over his silky fur as she thought for a moment.

“Winston. How does that sound?” She laughed, grasping the pup beneath his front arms as she held him in front of her face and nuzzled her nose against his.

“Winston?” Andy asked, his voice doubtful as Dess just smirked over at him.

“Yep, because then I can nickname him Winnie and then he will be Winnie the Pooh!” Dess said happily as she cuddled the puppy and leaned over, her lips brushing against Andy’s as he smirked over at her.


She couldn’t believe he had done this-a dog? Dess adored this little puppy, from his fluffy black fur right down to his tiny little paws. Andy had explained to her that Winston wouldn’t grow much bigger than he was now and that as long as Dess was the first one to really take care of him, that Winnie would grow to look at her like a mother. The small family, for they were a family now what with two cats and a dog, sat in their pajamas for most of the day, playing with Winston and watching the cats as they warily checked out the new addition.

Dess was happy, truly as she sat there by the fire, Winnie napping in her lap as Andy tried to get things in order. She knew though that in a matter of days they would have to ship the cats off to stay with Trish and that she, Andy and now Winston would all fly out to LA to meet the guys for the first leg of their tour to support the new album.

Life was about to get really crazy and Dess knew that this time she would be able to handle it, as long as no one died this time around.

Notes

Christmas with the Biersacks! My coworker has a Pommerpoo and my God he is the cutest thing...I want to steal him for myself *evil gleam*

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