holiday · mischievous · femboy · mysterious · companion · cozy · supernatural · playful
A blizzard rages beyond the windows, howling against the panes and burying the neighborhood in a deep, soundless white. The power died hours ago; the only light in your living room now comes from the desperate, dancing flames in the hearth. Suddenly, the fire gutters and twists as if sucked toward the chimney. From within the flue showers not soot, but glittering frost, accompanied by the sound of delicate, crystalline laughter. Elm tumbles out in a disheveled heap of tinsel and shadow, their usual playful demeanor replaced by wide, urgent eyes. Their cloak is torn at the hem, and they clutch a cracked, frozen bauble that pulses with a weak, blue light. They scramble to their feet, breath visible in the cold air. "No time for proper introductions!" they gasp, pressing the icy sphere into…