AN: Chapter codes are as follows;

(AUS) indicates the story is based around Lena and Andrew
(ZUR) indicates the story is based around Angela and Hanzo
(ALL) indicates the story contains all four

Outside, the weather was rather crummy. Over the past week, Austin had been seeing cloudy weather and then thunderstorms and then back to cloudy weather again. Right now, it was raining. Some cars passed up and down the soaked and partially flooded roads. Pedestrians outside were clinging to their umbrellas or scrambling their way inside a building or to their cars. The sound of rain was actually rather pleasant with a distant rumbling indicating an oncoming storm. It was all rather peaceful, actually. Inside a small coffee shop, Lena and Andrew found a small round table to sit at while they waited for their orders to be brought out to them. They had met up there after both had been hard at work; Andrew had just gotten back from Dallas doing collaboration work with his friends in the band Polyphia while Lena had just gotten back from the gym, being there from a recording studio doing some voiceover work earlier.

"Whoo, there's a storm brewing out there for sure." Lena said as she ran her fingers through her rain-soaked hair, fixing it up best she could.

"Yeah. I'm ready for it to go away." Andrew said as he rolled his shoulders and neck.

"Anyway, how was your day, love?" Lena asked as she motioned Andrew to bring it in.

"Good. You just come from the gym, babe?" he asked as he looked her up and down, noting her gym attire consisting of leggings and a tank top.

"Sure did."

Andrew came in and the two hugged and kissed each other before taking their seats across from one another.

"So anyway, how was your day?" he asked.

"Ah, you know." Lena said as she shrugged her shoulders, "Voiceover work. Not always the most exciting work, but still fun."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah. I prefer acting work since I can be more animate and, let's be honest; I just like being in front of a camera."

"Hah. Yeah, I know." Andrew chuckled.

"What was it for?" he asked, "Or can you not talk about it?"

"No, I can say." Lena shook her head, "It was just some commercial spots."

"Ah."

"Yeah."

There was then a bout of silence between the two as they just kind of relaxed into their seats and stared at the rain and life outside the window. The sound of the rain and distant rumbling thunder was just kind of nice; the ambient noise inside the cafe wasn't too overbearing either. There weren't too many people inside.

"Lena?"

"Andrew?"

The two piqued up when they heard their names being called by the baristas and they raised their hands. The baristas brought their drinks as well as the food they ordered over to them and then went back behind the counter; Andrew ordered a cheese danish while Lena ordered a croissant BLT sandwich.

"Can you believe it's going to be Christmas in a couple days?" Andrew said as he picked up his fork and knife and began to cut up his danish.

"I know. Another year, come and gone." Lena said as she fiddled with her sandwich before taking a bite out of it.

"I'm glad we get to spend it together this year though." Andrew mused as he stuffed a square of cheese danish into his mouth.

"Mmmhmmm." Lena hummed, nodding her head in agreement as she chewed on her food.

She swallowed what she had in her mouth before addressing him further.

"Yeah, I'm really happy too. This is the first...I think this is the first Christmas we've spent together since we hooked up, yeah?"

Andrew's eyes looked around the room in thought as he pondered the thought before looked back at Lena and nodding his head.

"Yeah, actually, you're right. This is the first Christmas we're going to spend together. Holy shit."

"I mean, we're always so busy around this time of the year. I think the year we got together, I went back to London for the holidays…" Lena mused.

"Then I was in California for my grandfather's funeral the year after that."

"Right. Then last year I was in Hawaii shooting for Hawaii Five-O and you were in...Japan with Genji, Hanzo and family, right?"

Andrew nodded his head, "Yeah. Damn. For some reason, I thought we've spent a Christmas together before but now that I think of it, yeah, we've been so busy. This is the first year since getting together that we'll be home with each other."

Lena shook her head and blew her bangs up.

"Well damn, it's a long time coming." she said before taking another bite from her sandwich.

Andrew looked over and smiled at her as he reached across the table and placed his hand on top of her free one, brushing the top of her hand lightly with his thumb.

"I'm glad that I can finally have this holiday with you, Lena." he smiled.

Lena looked over at him from her sandwich and smiled back at him. She swallowed before answering him.

"Awww. Me too, babe." she said, tuning her hand over so that she could grip his hand, "I'd kiss you, but my mouth is all mucked up with food particulate now."

"Yeah, try not to kiss me with that mouth right now." Andrew said, shaking his head.

"Whatever." Lena chortled as she rolled her eyes and retracted her hand.

Andrew chuckled as well as he went back to eating his food and drinking his coffee. There was another bout of pleasant silence between the two as they enjoyed their food and drink. Finally, Andrew broke the silence.

"So, just out of curiosity; do you celebrate Christmas for what it's really for or do you just quote-unquote 'celebrate' it as just another festivity in the year?" Andrew asked.

"Well, me personally, I just celebrate it as another festivity in the year. I don't celebrate it as the birth of Christ, though a lot of my family does." she told him.

"Yeah, same here. Not really religious, as you know."

"Mmm." Lena hummed, "I mean, I used to go to church with family back when I was younger, but it was more something that I had to do rather than something that I wanted to do."

"I feel that."

"Though I will say, when you go to some of the older churches, like Canterbury Cathedral or something, these churches that have been around since medieval times, they definitely put on a really good show. And the energy is pretty neat as well." Lena explained to him, "Personally, I don't think you have to be religious to appreciate that kind of stuff, know what I mean?"

"Yeah, totally. I'm the same way." Andrew said, "When I lived in the Bay Area, I would usually go to the mission in San Juan Bautista since it was an older mission to see the mass there. I didn't like Santa Clara because it was too new, even though it was closer. Didn't have that cool old energy since it was rebuilt a bunch of times. Well, more than SJB was, anyway."

"Did your parents make you go? Or…?" Lena asked him.

Andrew shook his head, "No. My parents were areligious themselves. Or Buddhist at best but that's a major stretch to say. I went on my own since I was just curious. Though I'd love to go to a proper Christmas mass at, like, the Vatican or something. That would probably be pretty awesome; standing in St. Peter's Basilica."

"Oh, let me tell you baby…" Lena started.

"Did you go to one?"

"Uh-huh. With some Italian friends when I was staying over there. This was when I was like, 16 or something." Lena told him.

She took a sip from her coffee mug before continuing, "Coolest experience with Christmas mass I've ever seen or experienced. Would do it again if I could."

"Well maybe we should make it a point to do that together one year." Andrew suggested.

"Yeah, we should. I'd love to." Lena said, "And we could make a trip out of it while we're there."

Andrew nodded his head in agreement with that.

"That's funny though; that you went to Christmas mass even though you're not religious. And I did the same thing." Lena mused.

"Yeah, I thought I was really weird for doing that but the fact that you did it…"

"I learn something new about you every day, love."

"You complaining?"

"Absolutely not. I love it."

"Good."

They then went back to picking at their food and drink for a little longer.

"So...like, what is your worst Christmas memory?" Andrew asked her.

"Worst Christmas memory?"

"Yeah."

Lena sucked in a long breath as she thought about that before snapping her fingers when it came to her.

"Ah, that's an easy one, actually." she said, "I think I was about...gosh, I had to be like 7 or 8 or something?"

Andrew nodded his head as he watched her.

"Anyway, I really wanted an N64…"

"A Nintendo 64?" Andrew asked.

"Yeah." she nodded, "So anyway, earlier on in the year, Ocarina of Time had come out and I played it on a friend's system and I wanted it so bad."

"Oh, hell yeah! That game was the shit!" Andrew exclaimed.

"Still is." Lena said.

"Oh, absolutely!"

"Anyway, so that year, I asked my mum and dad to buy me an N64 and Ocarina of Time, and they seemed like they were going to do it. I was really stoked because in my mind at the time, I was like 'oh, I'm totally getting the N64 and Ocarina of Time'."

"So did they get it for you?"

Lena held a finger up so she could finish her story.

"Fast forward to Christmas time. We have the tree up and there's presents under the tree. One looks like the exact size of an N64 box and I was so happy. I actually went and picked it up and it felt heavy enough, so I thought to myself, 'this is it! This is my N64!' and I was so eager to open it. So on Christmas day, as me and my brother were opening gifts, I decided to savour it and open the big box last." Lena explained.

She had to pause a moment to catch her breath with a sip of coffee. She set her mug back down before continuing her story.

"So as I was ripping open the other boxes, they were like, you know, typical gifts that you don't really care for. I mean, I got some cool stuff like I remember I got Pokemon Red and Super Mario Land 1 and 2 for my Gameboy and I was super happy about that. But as my presents began to dwindle, I noticed that I didn't get Ocarina of Time. So I thought to myself 'oh, it's probably in the box with the N64' because I think they were doing a system bundle at the time if my memory serves correct...or was that Majora's Mask?"

Andrew thought on it then shook his head since he didn't know.

"Well, anyway, I thought and sincerely hoped that Ocarina of Time was in the box with what I thought was an N64. So I grabbed the box, excited to get my N64 then ripped the wrapping paper and...it was a plain white box. I remember my heart dropping for a second but then it came back up slightly and I thought 'they must've put it inside this white box to trick me. So I opened it up and what was inside? Was it an N64? No. It was fucking a box of assorted clothing."

"Awww nooooo." Andrew laughed as he shook his head, "Nooooo."

"I know, right?! I was so shattered, I began crying and ran off to my room because I was so hurt,"

"Noooo. That's fucked up."

"I know. I still bring it up from time to time in jest." Lena chuckled, "But anyway, yeah, that was my worst Christmas ever."

"So I'm assuming you got it eventually."

Lena nodded her head, "Tchya. But like, years later when the N64 was nearing the end of its life and could be had for cheap and I still had to buy it with my own money that I saved from my birthday and Christmas. Fucking sucked, but getting to play Ocarina of Time was worth it, I guess. I always thought it was kind of fucked up that I had a PlayStation long before an N64. But better late than never, yeah?"

"Yeah, especially with that game."

"And fun fact; to this day, Ocarina of Time is still one of the only games that I have ever beaten and the first game I had ever beaten. As you know, 99% of games I buy, I never finish. But Ocarina of Time was an exception and I actually played the game until the end. That's how awesome it was."

"Damn." Andrew nodded, 'Yeah, that is a pretty fucked up Christmas."

"Tchya." Lena said before leaning back in her seat, crossing her arms as she looked at him, "What about you? What was your worst Christmas?"

Andrew chuckled and shook his head, "Well, it's somewhat similar to yours in the sense that I thought I was getting something but got something different but not as bad as yours, especially looking back retrospectively. It just sucked to me, at the time, as a young kid without perspective."

"Well?" Lena said, "Spit it out, love."

Andrew rolled his neck and shoulders before getting to his story.

"So this happened when I was 10 years-old and when I was living in Thousand Oaks. It's like an hour, a little less than an hour, away from LA." he said, setting up the scene, "So anyway, I really wanted to go to Disneyland for their Christmas stuff, and just like you, my parents really made it seem like we were going to go. But what happens?"

"What?"

"We end up going to Universal Studios instead."

Lena made a face, "Oh. Well that's not a bad substitute."

"No, I know that now, looking back on it." Andrew told her, "But in the moment, I was so hurt that we were going there instead of Disneyland. And I was all pissed off and crying about it. I mean, like I said, I was 10, so I was a little shit and didn't know any better. If that were to happen to me now, I'd be like 'oh, well, fuck yeah'."

"Right."

"But, you know, little kid, had no perspective." Andrew said.

"Oh. Well, yeah, it wasn't that bad. Did you have a good time?" she asked.

"Yeah, as time passed on, I warmed up to it and had an okay time."

Lena nodded her head. They then went to finish up their food and drinks and then relaxed back in their chairs, staring at the rain outside, not really speaking any words to one another, just enjoying the other's presence. The baristas came by after a while and took their empty plates and cups and pulled the two from their trance of looking at the outside world. They thanked them as they took their empty dishes and silverware before looking at each other, nodding.

"You wanna go?" Lena asked.

"Yeah, let's go home."

They stood up and got their jackets back on and Andrew grabbed his umbrella.

"What do you want to do when we get home?" Andrew asked her.

"Have you seen 'Deadpool'?" she asked.

Andrew shook his head 'no'.

"No, but I wanted to." he said, "Just couldn't find the time when it was in the cinema and then you know me; I'm not one to sit and watch a movie."

"Well, the Blu-Ray was on sale at Target, so I picked it up. Wanna watch it? Maybe order a pizza and have a dinner-movie date night?"

"That actually sounds really fun."

Lena beamed a smile at him. They then exited the coffee shop, bidding farewell to the staff as they exited. Once outside, they stood underneath the canopy as the rain poured around them. Lena zipped up her jacket all the way before looking at Andrew, who was opening up his umbrella.

"Did you park far?"

"A little. At the garage down the street."

"Oh."

"Why, did you need a ride to your car?" he asked.

Lena shook her head at that, "No, just curious. I parked right over there." she said, pointing at her blue VW Golf R.

"Oh. Didn't see it." Andrew chuckled.

"Well, I'll meet you at home then. Drive safe, love." Lena said, getting on her toes to give Andrew a kiss.

"You too." he said, reciprocating her kiss.

"Did you want a ride to your car, love?"

"No, it's alright. I'll just walk."

"Suit yourself."

With that, the two went their separate ways to their cars. Lena dashed out to her car while Andrew strolled down the street to get to the garage where he parked in. Both were eager to get home after their long days.