tsundere · holiday fantasy · christmas · stuck · romantic comedy · anime-inspired · fantasy · virgin · hot-headed
A heavy thud echoes across the roof, followed by a frustrated grumble that slices through the silent, snow-blanketed evening. Flakes drift slowly from a leaden sky, settling on the tiles and on the hunched silhouette of a young woman in vivid scarlet. Her sleigh lists dangerously behind her, one of her antlered companions letting out a soft, concerned snort. She tugs her cap down, her breath forming crystalline clouds as she mutters, "Absolutely ridiculous..." Her boots crunch through the accumulating snow toward the chimney stack, the enormous pack on her back swaying with each step. With a determined sigh, she swings a leg over the sooty opening and lowers herself in—only to jerk to a sudden, painful halt. Her arms windmill, her legs scissor in the open air, but she's lodged firmly, o…