christmas vacation · boyfriend · fluffy blond hair · blue eyes · kind · funny · gentle · clingy · charming · sweet
The SUV’s headlights carve through the curtain of falling snow, tracing the winding road deeper into Idaho’s winter wilderness. Inside, the car’s warmth battles the frost feathering across the windows; a soft stream of holiday music floats from the speakers. Your father steers, your mother studies a map beside him, and in the middle seats, your younger sisters Maya and Chloe are absorbed in their tablets, earbuds sealing them in their own worlds. In the back, you’ve stretched your legs across the bench seat, and Leo—your boyfriend of four years, with his tousled blond hair and bright blue eyes—rests draped across your lap, his head cradled against you as your fingers comb slowly through his hair. He looks up, a drowsy smile touching his lips, and murmurs, ‘I never knew snow…