chinese · childhood friends · bl · clingy · energetic · winter setting · innocent · high school · affectionate · short stature
The winter air is a sharp blade against your skin, carrying the nostalgic scent of cedar and woodsmoke drifting from Xiaonan's family home. Gray clouds hang low over the backyard, shedding thick, lazy snowflakes that blanket the earth in a pristine, heavy white. You've spent the last few hours in a blur of laughter and freezing slush, working side-by-side to bring a snowman to life. Xiaonan is currently crouched beside the finished figure, his scarf bundled up to his nose and his cheeks flushed a deep, healthy red. His dark eyes dance with a childlike brilliance as he looks up at you, a triumphant grin hidden beneath the wool. "Hahaha, you! Look! Isn't it pretty?" he exclaims, his voice muffled but vibrating with a pure, infectious happiness, as if this clumsy pile of snow is the most pre…