p style="text-align: center;"strongem~My jacket don't get no love, no hats and no gloves, not even a chance of rain. But my baby's in town and we're gonna do some winter things.~br / br /~Winter Things, Ariana Grande - Christmas Chill - 2016br / br /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/em/strong/p
p style="text-align: left;"After getting back to Joker and Harley from June and Rick, the months and days seemed the same living with the king and queen of Gotham. Some days were regular, with the regular beatings and fights, the weekends were drug dealings and heists and on rare occasions sweet and genuine moments as the dysfunctional family they are. After a while, calling them 'mom and dad' was a bit scary, but soon became a habit and a regular occurrence. After all the fights and beatings and even frequent rescues, she started to call them 'mom and dad'. But now the holidays have come and it was now Christmas Eve. The whole day seemed pretty chill for the first time in a while. Joker was in his workroom all day, Harley was out (doing whatever Harley does on an Xmas Holidays) and the crew was also out for the holidays. Jay went to Atlanta to spend time with this girlfriend, John is in Seattle with his wife and child, David is in Sweden for family and later on for the New Years, Italy to see his girlfriend, and Oliver is in England, for family celebrations. So that left Zara and her parents alone these last few days during the holidays. br / br /"11:40. Come on." Zara said staring at the clock and sitting crossed-legged in front of the green Xmas tree. The lights on the tree were white and gold, and barely had ornaments. But, there was a decent amount of gifts left under the tree after the Crew left for the winter holidays. Suddenly, Harley busted through the door, with a stack of wrapped gifts and bags in her arms. "I'm Home! Zara with you be a great daughter and help me with these gifts?" She asks as she struggles to get the bags untwined from her fingers. "Yeah, sure!" Zara says as she rushes over to Harley and helps Harley place the gifts under the tree. "Oh, my glob! How many gifts did you get?" Zara asks as she places the last large gift under the tree. "Well, let's say around..." She stops counting in her head. "25 gifts?" She said confirming. Zara's eyebrows raised in surprised to how many presents she got for just the three of them. Thinking how she got them was a bloody mystery. "The voices. Heh, but that's not what they really said." She giggled and walked to the Joker's workroom. br / br /"11:55. Hm." She muttered to herself as she looked back at the clock. She quickly ran to the window and saw Gotham city was under a blanket of white snow. Snowflakes hugged the sky as it fell down elegantly down the starry night. Zara saw her reflection in the window as she adjusted the tuque on her head, and saw some healing bruises on her cheekbones from a few days ago. "Oh C'mon Puddin! Get into the Christmas Spirit! Just this once!?" Harley says as she clings onto the Joker's arm. Harley quickly changed into a pair of skinny PJ pants, an ugly Xmas sweater and her hair down and in a festive jester hat. The Joker was also in an ugly Xmas sweater and joggers as well. Zara was in an elf onesie; as she looked back at them approaching the tree. "Zara, why don't you come to join us? It's 11:59!" Harley said excitedly as she sat down on the suede couch, with Joker's arm around her. "Go on, separate the gifts." The Joker ordered as he pulled out his phone from his pocket. Zara sorted out the gifts. She only could get three gifts for Joker and Harley and two for the Crew. She remembers with only a few dollars in her pocket, she could only get maximum two people something small and cheap back in the orphanage. She chose to get herself something, and her piano teacher something before she couldn't have lessons anymore. And, usually, the gifts were small ones; like keychains, bracelets or charms. But the orphanage would have donations sometimes and most of them would be woman's toiletries. This felt like a luxury beyond what Zara could imagine. "Wow. Fifteen gifts for me, thirteen for mom and ten for dad. Each of the Crew only had like six to eight each." Zara points out sitting on the carpet floor in front of her presents. A few here and there were from the Crew, but most of them were from either Harley or Joker. br / br /The clock read 12:00 PM at the time of Xmas gift opening is here. Harley shrieked in excitement as she ripped open her gifts open; the Joker tiredly doing the same. Zara, however, felt skeptical. She felt like most of their presents were a joke, a constant reminder that she's wanted, or taunting her past. But not this time. She was surprised to find lots of clothes, music, headphones, a Polaroid camera and a bunch of other things. She saved a heavy gift for last as it said, "To Zara. Fr: Mom, Dad Crew". She ripped the wrapper to shreds and opened the leather box, containing a shiny, metallic purple and gold gun. Similar gun to Harley's with just designs in her gun different. It had diamonds and card designs, and her name engraved on it. She felt gobsmacked and thankful that she had her own weapon. After so many times of being kidnapped, almost raped and almost never making out of the rescue at the end, she felt like she needed a weapon, but they never gave her one. Yeah, she had Harley's mallet, but he only would tell her when to bring it or not; which was not so often as she thought. "Thank you." She said looking at it and examining it in awe. "You like it, Sweetheart?" The Joker said proudly of himself and Harley. "I, I love it! Thank you so much!" She says and runs to the couple and hugs them. "Awe! See Puddin'! This is what family and the holidays is all about!" Harley says excitingly. The Joker smirks at Harley's thought of 'family'. Zara looks back at the snowy landscape outside and admires the environment she's in now. White Xmas, hot cocoa, pjs, warm fireplace, family. "Merry Christmas, Mom and Dad." She says and sits on the couch in between them; gun in hand. "Merry Christmas Sweetheart." The Joker says sweetly as Harley points at the parts of the gun to Zara and he quietly observes how happy the two girls genuinely in forever./p
p style="text-align: left;"After getting back to Joker and Harley from June and Rick, the months and days seemed the same living with the king and queen of Gotham. Some days were regular, with the regular beatings and fights, the weekends were drug dealings and heists and on rare occasions sweet and genuine moments as the dysfunctional family they are. After a while, calling them 'mom and dad' was a bit scary, but soon became a habit and a regular occurrence. After all the fights and beatings and even frequent rescues, she started to call them 'mom and dad'. But now the holidays have come and it was now Christmas Eve. The whole day seemed pretty chill for the first time in a while. Joker was in his workroom all day, Harley was out (doing whatever Harley does on an Xmas Holidays) and the crew was also out for the holidays. Jay went to Atlanta to spend time with this girlfriend, John is in Seattle with his wife and child, David is in Sweden for family and later on for the New Years, Italy to see his girlfriend, and Oliver is in England, for family celebrations. So that left Zara and her parents alone these last few days during the holidays. br / br /"11:40. Come on." Zara said staring at the clock and sitting crossed-legged in front of the green Xmas tree. The lights on the tree were white and gold, and barely had ornaments. But, there was a decent amount of gifts left under the tree after the Crew left for the winter holidays. Suddenly, Harley busted through the door, with a stack of wrapped gifts and bags in her arms. "I'm Home! Zara with you be a great daughter and help me with these gifts?" She asks as she struggles to get the bags untwined from her fingers. "Yeah, sure!" Zara says as she rushes over to Harley and helps Harley place the gifts under the tree. "Oh, my glob! How many gifts did you get?" Zara asks as she places the last large gift under the tree. "Well, let's say around..." She stops counting in her head. "25 gifts?" She said confirming. Zara's eyebrows raised in surprised to how many presents she got for just the three of them. Thinking how she got them was a bloody mystery. "The voices. Heh, but that's not what they really said." She giggled and walked to the Joker's workroom. br / br /"11:55. Hm." She muttered to herself as she looked back at the clock. She quickly ran to the window and saw Gotham city was under a blanket of white snow. Snowflakes hugged the sky as it fell down elegantly down the starry night. Zara saw her reflection in the window as she adjusted the tuque on her head, and saw some healing bruises on her cheekbones from a few days ago. "Oh C'mon Puddin! Get into the Christmas Spirit! Just this once!?" Harley says as she clings onto the Joker's arm. Harley quickly changed into a pair of skinny PJ pants, an ugly Xmas sweater and her hair down and in a festive jester hat. The Joker was also in an ugly Xmas sweater and joggers as well. Zara was in an elf onesie; as she looked back at them approaching the tree. "Zara, why don't you come to join us? It's 11:59!" Harley said excitedly as she sat down on the suede couch, with Joker's arm around her. "Go on, separate the gifts." The Joker ordered as he pulled out his phone from his pocket. Zara sorted out the gifts. She only could get three gifts for Joker and Harley and two for the Crew. She remembers with only a few dollars in her pocket, she could only get maximum two people something small and cheap back in the orphanage. She chose to get herself something, and her piano teacher something before she couldn't have lessons anymore. And, usually, the gifts were small ones; like keychains, bracelets or charms. But the orphanage would have donations sometimes and most of them would be woman's toiletries. This felt like a luxury beyond what Zara could imagine. "Wow. Fifteen gifts for me, thirteen for mom and ten for dad. Each of the Crew only had like six to eight each." Zara points out sitting on the carpet floor in front of her presents. A few here and there were from the Crew, but most of them were from either Harley or Joker. br / br /The clock read 12:00 PM at the time of Xmas gift opening is here. Harley shrieked in excitement as she ripped open her gifts open; the Joker tiredly doing the same. Zara, however, felt skeptical. She felt like most of their presents were a joke, a constant reminder that she's wanted, or taunting her past. But not this time. She was surprised to find lots of clothes, music, headphones, a Polaroid camera and a bunch of other things. She saved a heavy gift for last as it said, "To Zara. Fr: Mom, Dad Crew". She ripped the wrapper to shreds and opened the leather box, containing a shiny, metallic purple and gold gun. Similar gun to Harley's with just designs in her gun different. It had diamonds and card designs, and her name engraved on it. She felt gobsmacked and thankful that she had her own weapon. After so many times of being kidnapped, almost raped and almost never making out of the rescue at the end, she felt like she needed a weapon, but they never gave her one. Yeah, she had Harley's mallet, but he only would tell her when to bring it or not; which was not so often as she thought. "Thank you." She said looking at it and examining it in awe. "You like it, Sweetheart?" The Joker said proudly of himself and Harley. "I, I love it! Thank you so much!" She says and runs to the couple and hugs them. "Awe! See Puddin'! This is what family and the holidays is all about!" Harley says excitingly. The Joker smirks at Harley's thought of 'family'. Zara looks back at the snowy landscape outside and admires the environment she's in now. White Xmas, hot cocoa, pjs, warm fireplace, family. "Merry Christmas, Mom and Dad." She says and sits on the couch in between them; gun in hand. "Merry Christmas Sweetheart." The Joker says sweetly as Harley points at the parts of the gun to Zara and he quietly observes how happy the two girls genuinely in forever./p