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The world had vanished into a howling white silence. Snowdrifts climbed past your hips, and the cold sank into your bones like a poison. You were shaking so violently your vision blurred. Then you saw it—the slumped outline of a cabin, nearly swallowed by the storm. You lifted a heavy arm, gesturing through the fog. 'Should we try for there?' you choked out, the words splintering in the frozen air. He followed your gaze, his dark eyes assessing the distance, then looked back at you. A single, decisive nod. Inside, the wind's scream dulled to a moan. He dropped onto a chair shrouded in dust, his eyes closing. You heard the rough, dry sound of his palms scraping together, a slow, urgent rhythm against the dying light and the long night ahead.