#writeawaythewinterblueschallenge

Snow was now leaking into the neck of your coat as well as into your boots and mittens.  You whimpered at the frigid contact.  

"Help me out of here,  you asshole." You grunted, trying to find ground to push yourself up on.  

Leonard swooped over and grabbed you under your arms, setting you back to your feet.  

"That was mean." You pouted and looked up into his hazel eyes after brushing most of the snow off.  

"I know but I had to get you to shut up somehow." He teased with a smirk, his hands pulling at your coat so you moved closer to him. 

The playful, flirty look in his eyes set butterflies aflutter in your stomach, but you were not going to let him win this easy.  

You pushed him away as his face neared yours, "I thought you wanted to see the damn sunset." 

He turned his back to you and walked a couple steps forwards, his hands in his coat pockets and looked up to the sky and its ever-changing colours, giving you just enough time to stoop down and scoop up a handful of snow.  

"Yeah I do, now are you going to cooperate or..." He ranted and as soon as he turned back around to face you, you lobbed the snowball straight for his head, hitting his cheekbone with a thump.  

Now you were the one doubling up with laughter at the look on Leonard's face.  His jaw hung open in shock, his eyes squeezed closed, and he reached up with a gloved hand to wipe the snow off his face.  You straightened up and gave him a toothy grin when suddenly his face changed into a look of dangerous mischief.  Your smile abruptly faded as you realized that you were probably going to pay for what you did.  

Before he could make a move you turned back the way you came and started running, letting out a high-pitched scream and flailing your arms.  

You heard him let out a shout of laughter and yell, "Oh no you don't!"

You ran giggling down the snowy path, the sound of his heavy footsteps behind you.  You heard them pause for a moment before continuing, and before you could wonder what he was doing a snowball collided with the back of your head.  

You stumbled a few steps and let out a loud gasp of shock before continuing running.  But you knew he was faster than you and soon his long legs caught up.  You screeched as you heard him growl playfully right behind you and suddenly his strong arms wrapped around your stomach and you lurched sideways, landing in the snowbank again, along with Leonard this time.  

The icy air stung your lungs as you gasped in laughter and you heard Leonard laughing along with you, his arms still wrapped around you.  You squirmed around a bit in his grasp so you could spin around to face him, looking up into his beaming face.  His arms tightened around you and you snuggled into his embrace, the snow acting as a pillow around you.  

You brought your hands up to his face to run your fingers through his hair but forgot that you had mittens on, so you just ended up awkwardly patting his head instead.  You laughed and shrugged, giving Leonard a look of mock apology.  He rolled his eyes, his mouth still stretched into a toothy smile, and he leaned up and bit the top of your mitten, pulling it off with his teeth.  You then ran your fingers through his dark hair which contrasted substantially against the pure white snow.  

"You're gonna pay for this." You teased.

Leonard arched his eyebrows and made to respond when you tipped your head forward and captured his lips in yours.  He instantly returned the kiss, warming your mouth and your insides. 

As you kissed him deeper you peeked one eye open, making sure his eyes were closed so you could reach over and grab a handful of snow. You suddenly replaced your lips on his with the icy snow and threw your head back in laughter at the look of amused annoyance on his face.  

"Nice.  Real classy." Leonard drawled, the fluffy pieces of white sliding down his cheeks.  

Your eyes closed in laughter and suddenly his lips were on yours again, except this time the taste of his hot lips mingled with the frigid, wet taste of snow.  The sudden change in temperature stung your lips and you pulled back with a shout.  

But he had a good grasp on the back of your neck and was now using his face to smear the remnants of snow onto your face.  You squealed and tried to resist but it was no use.  Finally his lips met yours again and the snowy attack was soon forgotten.  

You kissed him until you ran out of breath, until your heart was full, and your fingertips were frozen.  You pulled back and tugged on your mitten again, pressing your forehead to Leonard's, the clouds of your breaths intermingling. When daylight began to fade, you took up watching the sky instead, tucked into each others warm embrace, the sky dripping into pinks and oranges. 

"What a beautiful sunset." Leonard stated absently, his eyes pointed upwards, as if speaking to the sky itself. 

"Damn." You said and heard Leonard's head turn abruptly to look at you in confusion. 

You met his eyes with a smirk and a shrug, "You're the one who called it a 'damn sunset'."

Leonard rolled his eyes, smiled, and bit his lip.  

"You can be such a damn idiot sometimes." He teased, his gloved hand playing absently with the ends of your snow-dampened hair. 

"But I'm your damn idiot." You pointed out, pressing a kiss to the tip of his red nose. 

"You're damn right about that." He smiled, pressing another kiss to your mouth, this one hot and heavy.   

Your lips felt warm and swollen as he pulled away, "Damn." You noted at the same time as Leonard said, "I love you." and began pressing kisses along your cheekbones as a feeble attempt to warm you up.

"Damn I love you, too." You raised an eyebrow at him teasingly. 

Leonard rolled his eyes again and groaned, pressing another sultry kiss to your mouth.

When you began to shiver, whether it was from Leonard's electric kisses or the cold you couldn't tell, Leonard got up, with some difficulty, and pulled you up beside him.

"Let's head home, darlin'." Leonard suggested.

"S-ss-sounds good to m-m-e." You shivered and he pulled you to his side tightly as you began to walk back.

"My coat got dam-p, thanks to you." You said. 

Leonard hummed in response and rubbed your arms, not catching your joke. 

"You were pretty a-dam-ant about seeing the sunset from the cliff-side, I'm sorry we missed it." You said, enunciating the word this time, hoping he would catch on. 

He chuckled, "I'm not."

"I'm glad that you didn't dam-age me, that would have put a real dam-per on our date."

"If you don't stop I am going to dump your fun-dam-ental ass back into the snow" He grumbled.

"That was weak." You gave a triumphant laugh and pulled him tighter, resting your head on his shoulder as you trudged back down the path.  

He pulled you closer and you felt your heart warm at his embrace, lavishing in the tingling feeling of the hot blood rushing through your body momentarily. 

And that's how you knew that you and Leonard were meant to be, that even when you were damn cold, he could warm you up.