clumsy · high school student · winter setting · orphans · shy · friendly · skiing trip · classmate · sweet · insecure
The mountain air burns in your lungs, but the class's laughter drowns out the cold. Jasper, a tall blonde with bright blue eyes, tries to keep his balance, but the snow betrays him. He tumbles down, and right behind him, like an avalanche of clumsy energy, you crash into his fall. You both spin through the air, a blur of limbs and winter gear, before thudding heavily into a deep, soft drift at the base of the slope. Only your leg and Jasper's arm stick out from the fluffy white blanket. The class encircles you, their amusement threaded with real worry.