Guilty One Shots

Chris's First Christmas

Bianca had been put to sleep and I was lying in bed with Chris in Tahoe waiting to make sure she wouldn't wake up.

"You do know if you want to stay in bed I can put everything out..." Chris trailed off and I shook my head.

"No, I love putting out her gifts from Santa. It's almost as big of a thrill as being woken up at the butt crack of dawn when she realizes what day it is." I said and Chris smiled.

"She really would wake us up that early?" Chris asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, well she did last year when Jeremy told her too but since he isn't here this year, maybe we can sleep in later." I said and Chris laughed.

I looked at the clock and sighed seeing it was midnight.

"Alright, I think she is good. We should go out and get everything set up." I said as we both got out of bed. I grabbed my robe and we walked into the living room. Chris lit us a fire and I smiled at him as he did and I got us both something to drink.

"So how do you want to do this?" Chris asked.

"You never put out gifts for kids?" I asked and he shook his head.

"Okay well hopefully everything you want from Santa is marked..." I said and Chris nodded. He got up and walked to the hall closet. Chris came out with his arms full of presents and I just laughed.

"Chris! That's so many! Are they all for her?!" I asked and Chris just smirked as me as he set them down and then went back for more. "Chris..." I said to him after his third trip to the closet.

"Did I do too much?" Chris asked and I nodded.

"She doesn't need all this Chris." I said and Chris sighed.

"Rosebud, I have missed 3 years with her and Christmas. I want to give her the best Christmas she can have." Chris said. I moved closer to him and smiled.

"Chris, she is just so happy you are here with her, and she has her dad back, she doesn't care about all of these gifts. I think you could put on bow on your head, sit under the tree and she would be happy." I said and Chris smiled. He leaned down giving me a small kiss.

"Should I put some away and wait until her birthday?" Chris asked.

"I don't know I mean we could...I mean you did get her some pretty big ones so what if we put the smaller ones away?" I asked and Chris nodded. He got up and took all the small gifts except for one.

"You forgot one." I said grabbing it and seeing it had my name on it and it was from Chris.

"Nope, that one if for you." Chris said and I smiled.

"You didn't have to get me anything..." I said and he shook his head.

"Well, I did." Chris said and I smiled at him.

We started organizing the gifts better and I smiled as I watched Chris trying to put together the one thing, we got her together, the new bike.

"Want some help there Captain America?" I asked as I filled the stockings and he chuckled.

"Such a smartass." Chris said and I laughed as I walked over and helped him.

Once we were all finished, we got everything set up and then we sat down to split up eating the cookies Bianca left for Santa and just enjoy the tree lights on and the fire going.

"You want your Christmas gift early?" Chris asked.

"Chris...no." I said and he just smiled.

"Come on, do you want it early?" Chris asked and I knew he was bad at surprises. It amazed me he was letting Bianca sleep and not waking her up.

"Okay! Give me my gift." I said and Chris smiled. He got up and grabbed it from under the tree. He sat next to me on the couch and handed me the small box. I unwrapped it eagerly and then opened the box.

Inside I found a picture frame with a picture of me, Chris and Bianca sleeping on the couch. It was from when he first came to Tahoe so we could talk, right after he knew about Bianca. I looked at Chris with my eyes pooling with tears. He smiled at me, leaning in and giving me a small but passionate kiss.

"How did you get this photo?" I asked.

"Jeremy came by that morning. He said that he hadn't heard from either of us and he was making sure you didn't kill me. He took the picture of us on the couch and left. He told me about this when I was wracking my brain on what to get you, so I got a frame and printed out the picture. It's my favorite one of the three of us." Chris said and I smiled with a nod.

"Chris, I love this. This is the best gift I could have ever gotten." I said and Chris smiled. He wrapped his arms around my and pulled me close to him.

"You are the best gift I could have ever gotten back in my life." Chris said and I wrapped my arms around him, and we just held on to each other.

"I love you, Rosebud." Chris said.

"I love you too." I said looking up at Chris.

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Chris and I made it back into bed soon after I opened the gift and I put it on the mantel in the living room.

We were fast asleep in bed when we were instantly jumped on, causing us both to grunt.

"IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Bianca screamed and I smiled at her. Chris grabbed her and laid her between us.

"Can we sleep a little longer?" Chris teased.

"Daddy! No!" Bianca struggled to get out of his grip and get back up. We laughed and got up with her.

"Nothing says Santa came you know..." I said and Bianca ran down the hallway. Chris pulled out his phone and he wanted to record her reaction to everything so he could send it to Lisa.

We walked out and Bianca freaked out.

"HE CAME!" She screamed and I smiled.

"Merry Christmas baby girl." I said walking over to her and kissed her cheek.

"Merry Christmas mama." She said and I smiled.

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After the gifts were open, breakfast was eaten and the living room was a mess, Bianca was snuggled into Chris's side with her new stuff animal she looked and was fast asleep.

"Well Chris, how was your first Christmas as a family man?" I asked and Chris smiled.

"The best Christmas ever Rosebud. Thank you for including me." Chris said and I smiled. I got up and grabbed a bow, placing it on his head.

"Well, little did you know Evans, you were really the gift I have always wanted." I said. Chris chuckled. I then held something over both of us.

"What do you go there?" Chris asked.

"Mistletoe." I said and he smiled. He got up from the couch easily, laying Bianca down. He wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me close to him as mine went around his neck. He leaned in and passionately kissed me.

"Merry Christmas Rosebud." Chris whispered resting his forehead against mine when we broke apart.

"Merry Christmas Chris." I responded as we just stayed there holding her other, slightly swaying to the soft music that was playing in the background.

Perfect Christmas indeed.