It's bad enough I have to spend Christmas in this weird place where people spend weeks at a time being, I don't know... girls when they should be guys or kids when they should be old or whatever. But if I find the funny twit that pelted me in the back of the head with a snowball and didn't even have the nerve to come out in the open and get it
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[pause.] It didn't hurt you, did it?
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Yeah, it stung a bit. Part of what got me so riled up.
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...Do I need to take a look at it?
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[And then the word dies on his lips as he thinks about it.]
If you want to.
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I thought you might want some company out here.
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Is that right? I just thought you figured you'd keep me from going off on the bastard that got me.
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Well, that, too, but as you didn't seem to know who'd done it, I wasn't too concerned about that. I was more worried about you getting cold out here.
[That and the fact that camping out in the snow brings back memories she'd rather not think about.] The snow comes early here and seems to like sticking around all winter.
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So you came out to get cold with me? Doesn't sound all too logical.
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No, I came out to keep you from getting cold. Or staying cold.
[brb making the fire a bit bigger.]
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[Well, if there's an arm around her shoulders, she might just lean into it.] I could just ask you to come inside to keep me company, but you seemed busy keeping watch.
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You know, if you ignore the houses around here, it's pretty easy to imagine we're back at home. [Back at home and running for their lives.] Makes you kind of grateful for what we have now.
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[And then he looks down at her. And he realizes that there are loads of things he wants to say, but he just doesn't know how to say them, so he flushes a little and gives her an awkward sort of smile.] Good friends.
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