"I'll be home for Christmas. You can count on me. Please have snow and mistletoe and presents 'neath the tree." Lena sang as she walked through the white streets of King's Row.

It was Christmas in Kings Row and Lena was walking about trying to get some groceries for Emily. They needed all the ingredient so that they could make delicious cookies to bring to Winston and Athena and anyone else who happened to show up at the Overwatch party.

Lena didn't like going out in the cold but she wouldn't rather been in the apartment at the moment. It was coming up to the holidays and it made bad memories of Amelie come back up. The ways they used to spend Christmas together and then there was also their second wedding with the help of Mei's ice gun that was somewhat reminiscent of the winter air.

She was used to using her blinking power to get home quickly. She suspected that her new girlfriend would be wanting her home to watch some classic holiday time movies. She could appreciate that Emily actually liked Lena's taste in movies while Amelie would have called them stupid but still watch them regardless.

She was trying not to think of Amelie that much. It may have been a while since the big reveal but it was deeply imbedded in her. It was still her primary goal destroy Talon to save her but it had been a year and every day the hope of her goal being accomplished was growing dimmer. Lena thought that her tears had dried up but anytime she remembered Amelie saying how she had to do this for her she could feel tears pricking in the side of her tear ducts.

Emily had been there to wipe away the tears however. It was a weird way how they had met but they did eventually go get that cup of coffee and then it turned into one or two dinners and then they ended up living together. It was weird but both of them were able to make it work. It also helped that all of Overwatch loved her, especially Winston. She loved him and was totally ok with the fact that he was a scientist gorilla. They all agreed that she was good for Lena in terms of moving on. They still had the fear of Talon trying to do the same thing that they did to Amelie so they were protecting her with their very lives.

Lena was blinking by the Mondatta statue. She had to stop and just glance up at it. Mondatta was still alive but his speech previously had been so popular that they had erected it in his honour. Amelie had failed to assassinate him before but she had come so close. The thing that kept on getting in her way was of course Lena. She refused to pull the trigger to shoot her in mid-air and when questioned she simply told her superiors that the gun had jammed.

Lena looked up then her eye caught the roof where she had attempted to kill her ex. She was fairly sure that all of her mind triggers were gone now but she was trying to be careful with anything Spanish in case something happened to be the word that make her into Talon Tracer yet again. She had to tear her eyes away. It was meant to be a happy time and she didn't want to spoil the mood when she got home.

In literally 6 seconds flat then she was in through the door and throwing her chronal accelerator on the charger.

"Love I'm home." Lena said as she lugged the two bags in through the door and dropped them half hazardly on the floor. Emily was in the kitchen doing something but she heard the dropping of the good and yelled playfully at her to be more careful. Lena laughed nervously for a second then blinked in to see her new girlfriend. Emily turned around and was met with Lena's winter chapped lips.

"Hello dear. How was town?" She asked kissing her more while also taking the shopping away from Lena before they got damaged. Lena flopped face down on the sofa while giving a thumbs up which Emily knew it meant that it had been a rough one but she was trying to keep positive about it.

Emily then took out the ingredients and then counted to make sure Lena hadn't forgotten anything. It was one of the rare occasions her head wasn't in the clouds and all the gingerbread ingredients were there. Emily was a better cook then Lena was. She was the one who actually remembered to turn off the oven when they were done. It was little goofy things like that Emily loved about Lena.

"Talons activity levels are through the roof." Lena said sighing and putting her jacket onto the small coat rack that they had.

She was right. Lately Talon activity patterns had been all over the place. They had been hosting major heists and about half of them had actually been successful. Jack was pissed that they had been slipping under their noses but he was keeping a good eye on them. On Gabe especially. He had been going through all of the files with a fine toothed comb trying to find any way that he could make him realise that Talon was wrong. That Jack had been wrong.

"Is Amelie part of that activity?" She said. She knew that if Amelie was involved it was having a deep effect on her new girlfriend. She didn't want her to be upset so close to the holidays and made it her personal missing to get her though the worst of times without Amelie. Amelie's departure to the enemy had left Lena in a state of disparity.

Winston actually had arranged for her to speak to an omnic therapist to help deal with the emotions but Lena had said that she was fine so Winston cancelled it. He really did wish that she had taken up his offer but she was Lena and she did what she wanted.

"Yes." She said partially lifting up her head to place it on Emily's lap. Emily played with Lena's spikey hair and patted it to give her the physical reassurance that she needed. She knew all about how hard it was for her to have to deal with this stuff.

"It's a shame. I wouldn't have minded all three of us in a relationship." She said in an attempt to lighten the tension. She and Lena had talked at length how when Amelie was free from the controlling Talon powers then they would all be in a relationship if she wanted to. They were all in favour of a polyamorous relationship and it could work really well if they wanted to.

"I know love. I want that too. All were missing is the final piece." She said muffled though the pillow of the sofa. Her eyes glance over to what was known as Amelie's chair. It had been where she would spend many afternoons in front of the fire read a French romance novel. It made Lena remember the good old days. She missed them but she knew she would have to leave them behind. She could only pick them back up when Talon was done with.

Emily took her hand supportively and shot a quick smile her way. Emily knew how Lena was about all of this. Lena loved out of her face down position and her head nuzzled under Emily's chin and they held each other close. As long as they had each other for support then they'd be ok.

It was a hard decision for them to deal with but it had already been made. Lena knew if Emily had been with them at the time then maybe she would have stayed, Emily could be persuasive when she wanted to be.

"How about I make us a cuppa tea? And then you can help make the gingerbread dough." Emily said. Food was often a good way to get the attention of bad subjects and often ended in them stuffing their faces with all the food and then watch all the animated movies.

"Yeah that'd be lovely. You're a ginger bread." Lena said once more hugging her girlfriend. She always knew how to make her feel better. She was also so understanding too

Lena wasn't exactly the best with her word choices but she sounded so cute when saying it that Emily didn't mind all that much. "Lena what does that even mean? Emily put on the kettle as she said it and waited for it to boil so they could just sit back and unwind with a cup of nice calming tea. It was clearly needed.

"You have ginger hair and you're so soft and squishy so you're a ginger bread." Lena explained with only logic that she herself could come up with. Emily couldn't help but laugh at the goofiness of it. Lena made her feel really good when she was down as well. They just complimented each other perfectly.

"Lena you have the flirting skills of a brick." She told her playfully poking at her cheek but making kissy faces as well. Lena had a hard time hiding the blush that crept across her face.

"Yeah but this brick's the one you fell in love with." She retorted thinking that she was legitimately being cool with the stamen but it only seemed to make her laugh out loud even harder the ginger bread statement. Lena was going to ask what was funny but then then Emily grabbed her face and brought her close once more.

They proceeded to kiss on the lips but Emily seemed to have been very lonely as she began to work her hands lower and lower on Lena's body. Lena could see what she was implying and was all for it. The fire was burning bright and she could easily see them getting it on right there and right now.

They began to make the whole room a bit steamier. There was kissing and tongue but before anything could get too risqué they had a rather rude interruption. Lena's watch began to blink and while she was tempted to just throw it in the other room she knew if work called then it simply couldn't ignore it. She got off Emily and looked to see what the message was. Emily gave Lena a pout before she looked at it but Lena just gave a sympathetic smile.

Lena's eyes scanned over the words and she held her breath. "Shit!" Lena said under her breath as she was instantly up off of the sofa and was now looking around for her shoes and other clothing items. Emily helped her find her things in her blind panic.

"What is it?" Emily asked concerned that something major had gone down with her work and it would require her help. Even if it was Christmas the world was still always in danger and always needed people to save it.

"Another Talon heist. Gotta blink but when I get back there better be little ginger bread men left." She got her jacket on once again and was promptly cleaning herself up for going back outside into the winter weather again.

"Of course." Emily said giving her a smirk and a quick good luck kiss before Lena took off out the door. Emily couldn't help but feel a small bit of worry when she saw Lena leave those doors but she knew that Lena would came back safe and sound as she always did.

Emily took the chronal accelerator off the charging station and threw it at Lena's back before she ran off into the streets and disappeared for another 6 months. Lena caught it before it smashed on the floor and put it on quickly before heading out again.

It was a pretty good relationship. Lena was happy and Emily was happy. There was only one person who wasn't and she was god knows where in the world.

She wondered how Amelie was doing with Talon…