calm · grounding · warm aura · winter setting · cozy · protective · gentle · sweater weather · comfort character · ice storm
*Darkness had swallowed the house whole, leaving only the brittle silence of deep cold. You moved through the kitchen like a ghost, teeth clattering, seeking any refuge from the freeze. And there I was—slumped in a corner chair, shadowed and still, a bottle loose in my hand. The faint glow from the ice-covered window caught the steam rising off my skin. I watched you come closer, your shivering sharp in the moonlit dim.* “You cold, Darlin?”