Golden Dome

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"Wake up sleepy head..."

Josh's eyes slowly opened as he felt Dani snuggle up. He felt bloated from the night before. Rolling onto his side, he let his belly push forward. Dani dug her head into his chest and caressed his belly.

"It's time to get up", she played. "Santa came!"

Josh rubbed his eyes. He felt Dani give his gut a few pats as she tangled her legs with his. This was comfort.

"Dani, it's so early, how often do we get to sleep in together? Let's go back to sleep for a li—"

The scent flowing from the kitchen butted in.

"Oh," he said, "I see what you're getting at."

He looked down and met Dani's gaze, which was complete with a devilish grin.

"Leftovers." She kissed Josh on the cheek, and rolled back out of bed. "Merry Christmas, baby."

Josh listened as the kitchen sizzled and his stomach growled.

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"Okay, well, we're going to miss you all. Yeeees, of course we'll send pictures. Yes. Yes, of course, me too. I love you too, Mom. Tell Dad and the rest of the family we said hi. Yes. Talk to you later. Ok. Loveyoutoobye."

Josh heard Dani hang up the phone. She walked into the living room where Josh was watching the weather advisory on the local news.

"They've officially thrown in the towel", she said. "They're just nervous they'll get stranded."

"Ahhhh shit, I'm sorry, hon." Josh knew she was heartbroken. Christmas was her favorite time of year, and she didn't get to see her family as often as she used to. "Can't say I blame them, sounds like they're expecting over 25 inches tonight, and into tomorrow morning. The roads will be bad enough leading up to Christmas."

"I know..." Dani plopped down on the couch and cuddled up next to Josh.

He felt her pain. Dani's family was his, too. He always looked forward to getting together with the whole family.

"Well," he said, trying to cheer her up, "we've never had trouble thinking of our own silly traditions! We'll just get to spend more time together. Maybe some Netflix n' Chill, IF you know what I'm sayin'..." He shot a corny wink at Dani and she giggled.

"Thank goodness for you." she said, as she let her head rest on his shoulder. A small sigh slipped out, followed by little sniffle.

Josh could sense that Dani was going to be a little blue no matter what he said.

"Alright," he said, "let's surf around for some goofy holiday specials."

Dani sniffed again. Josh could feel her hand slip under his shirt as he flipped through the channels, her fingers danced around his belly button, and her soft palm gave warmth to his protruding gut. He looked down and even he himself was caught a little off guard. His gut pushed forward quite a bit these days. 300 he thought, three fucking hundred. He sank deeper into the couch in a rush of pleasure.

Looking down at a blue Dani, he sucked in quickly, and let it out just as fast. His gut bounced forward and Dani giggled again. She gave his underbelly a little squeeze and wrapped her other arm around his back, grabbing what she could of his hip fat which spilled generously over his waistband.

"You know..." he trailed on, "the silver lining here...we've prepped for five guests. That's a whole lot of Dani's famous baked goods, and a whole Christmas feast to ourselves."