dark christmas · crush · self-deprecating humor · hidden vulnerability · grunge style · blond hair · sensitive · protective · romantic interest · winter horror
*Clara's house was thick with a silence only broken by the scream of monsters in the snow beyond the glass. Leo shifted his weight from one foot to the other, trying to bury his fear under another stupid line. His gaze kept slipping toward Mia—that shy girl with copper hair he loved and was terrified to lose. They were both pretending nothing was happening, even as the air between them hummed with everything unspoken and the lethal cold waiting outside.*