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[gotacigarette]

In London, the snow had never been white. It hadn't snowed often but, when it had, it had been grey like ash, which made sense when, most of the time, the world had felt like it was on fire. On the island, the snow is white and thick and it's like icing on the wedding cake of a hut that her and Babe find themselves living in. Nelson's wearing

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[realnicetrip]

Harry's foot was getting well enough that he was starting to be able to actually enjoy the snow; he was still having to use a cane, but instead of staying in the Officer's Club or hanging around in the rec room all day, he'd been able to resume his habit of mooching around the island looking for amusing diversions.

Babe's girlfriend throwing clumps of snow at a very unhappy-looking cat looked like just the thing. Harry stopped, leaning back against a tree and enjoying the show.

"I don't think it appreciates you doing that, y'know," he remarked.

[gotacigarette]

"He doesn't appreciate much, in all fairness," says Eden, though she's still looking amused. She rummages in the pocket of her overcoat for her cigarettes and then offers Harry the baggie.

"He's developed this habit for stockpiling all of Babe's socks. We're not...entirely sure what he's planning."

[realnicetrip]

"Probably just doing it to annoy you," Harry said, reaching out to accept the much-needed cigarette. (He did his best, but smokes were still too damn scarce by liking; before the war he'd usually been on twenty a day, and since then he was lucky if he got five.)

"Cats are like that. Can't trust 'em further than you can throw 'em." If it'd been a dog he'd have gone and given it a good scratching behind the ears, but when he tried to that with cats they usually gave him a withering look of contempt and dashed away. "Bit cruel dumping snow on it, though."

[gotacigarette]

"And he's a big bloody cat. I'm not sure I could throw him any distance at all," she says, slipping a cigarette between her lips. She lights it and then holds out her light to him.

"You obviously haven't met Nelson before. He's a mean little bastard. He'll live."

[spirited_hero]

[gotacigarette]

"The cat was born bloody sassy," says Eden, but, for what feels like the first time in ages, she's smiling as she rummages in her pocket for a cigarette. "He's currently refusing to get into the spirit of the bloody season."

[spirited_hero]

[gotacigarette]

"Some days are better than others," she says, but she knows that there are more good days than bad days right now, and that's something to recognise and it's something to be grateful for.

[waltsnothereman]

"I'd ask what he did to deserve it, but hey, 'tis the season for random acts of festivity," Wanda chuckled, tucking her hands into her pockets and dragging her feet in the snow as she walked over. "Although I think it sort of defeats the purpose of trying to keep the little bugger warm."

[gotacigarette]

"You're met the little shit," says Eden, bending her head to slip a cigarette between her lips. She huddles deeper in her greatcoat. "Have you seen the fur in him? Why the hell would I have to try andk eep him warm?"

[waltsnothereman]

"Because it makes him look hilarious?" Wanda said, with a wry snort, shaking her head. "Point taken, though. Even if it doesn't seem quite fair that he can't throw them back, but that's his own fault," she added, eying Nelson there with a pointed 'isn't that right, spaz?' sort of look.

[gotacigarette]

"...You want to try and put a bloody jumper on him, you go ahead," says Eden, gesturing with her lit cigarette. "I mean it. I could absolutely do with that kind of laugh."

[lt_blade]

Sonya had seen the woman ('Eden' she heard her name was) in passing around the Homestead and Curahee, but she reasoned enough that if she wasn't military, she was a fighter.

She did notice that there was something 'lighter' about her expression-her throwing snow balls at the cat only confirmed it.

"Kinda pointles when it can't throw snowballs back." She commented. Sonya managed to scrap the pink and orange parka for one in deep green, deciding that while the weather was calm, it was no excuse to stay cooped up inside-not that she ever remained inside unless she was ill.

[gotacigarette]

"Believe me. He would if he could," she says, slipping a cigarette between her lips. "He's a maelovolent little bastard."

[lt_blade]

"I'm sure he thinks the same about you..only 'big' and 'bitch' instead of bastard." There was a smirk across her face.

She held out her hand. "Your name's Eden, right?"

[gotacigarette]

Eden eyes the offered hand and raises an eyebrow. Coming on the back fo a comment it seems a litle rich. She smirks instead and drags on her cigarette.

"Major Eden Sinclair."