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Oh the weather outside is frightful...

☀THE WARM AND TOASTY MEME☀
The situation: It is dreadfully cold. Think 'ice cave where all those slash fics are set'.
The goal: Keep each other warm tonight!

☀ STEP ONE: Comment with your characters. One comment for each character.
☀ STEP TWO: Other people reply to your characters.
☀ STEP THREE: Both participants are aware that they should/must keep nice and warm. To do that, you need to bundle up nice and closely, however grudgingly. No, killing your threadmate and cuddling the body doesn't count.
☀ STEP FOUR: Keep 'em warm! Hot cocoa, hot coffee, hot tea, hot mustard, or other suitably warming beverages will be provided if you cooperate.
☀ STEP FIVE: Lulz ensue!

((Basically just a winter-themed cuddle meme, with evil ideas from Shae and Col. Add some cuddle urges in the air if your characters won't otherwise cooperate but you want them to.))

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"Billy!" She hadn't known he'd be here, and the idea of her Bonded freezing bothered her. "Come here, come here! I'll make sure you're warm!"

She grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around him, hurrying him into a nearby shelter so he wouldn't get any colder.

"Are you all right?"

Billy hadn't meant to worry her. He looked apologetic, poking his head up from the top of the blanket and shivering slightly.

"I haven't felt severe hypothermia symptoms, so I believe I'm all right. I just need to carefully raise my temperature again."

He was running over treatment methods in his head at that moment. His clothes were waterproof, but there was snow from his gloves and scarf to shake out. It was done carefully by the doorway.

"I guess I'm just not used to this. We never saw snow in California unless it was summoned by a magical being."

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"Well you know where I'm from," she said, carefully putting away all of the clothing and making sure that Billy was ok. She grabbed him several pillows, and while he was talking, she was already starting up on the hot chocolate, glad that she's already gotten the hang of using these modern heating devices.

"What's it like, in California?" She asked, starting to put in those strange, mushy white candy things she liked.

Billy stripped to his dry layers and sat, still rubbing for warmth under the blanket. He covered his head with the blanket and settled, only his eyes peeking out at her.

"It's very warm. We wear thin clothing for most of the year, and there are always green plants. It's all covered in concrete in the large cities, but we lived in a less densely populated area outside. To our west was the ocean, where we'd often spend a day at the beach. To the east was a desert where the Command Center was hidden. I grew up in a colder inland city, so it was a welcome change."

Was he really out in the cold that long? Hopefully the warming would get easier as he remained in the cocoon.

She smiled. "Sounds pretty nice, for a lot of the people who live there. This kind of weather suits me just like being home again! I pretty much had to adjust to the weather that you're talking about. This is pretty fine for me!"

It sounded pretty though. She always appreciated others kinds of climates too.

"Here," she said, and crawled next to him under the blankets. "It'll be a lot easier for you to warm up this way."

"I'm glad you're comfortable, at least," Billy murmured, smiling up at her. He would catch up, eventually...with her help, he realized, as she slipped in beside him.

He would be shifting closer now, feeling the chill start to fade. "I hope this isn't too uncomfortable."

Oh Billy, you really should realize by now that she wasn't going to freak out about something like this. At his last sentence, she raised her eyebrows.

"Are you kidding? I'm more comfortable with you than I am with anyone, Billy. You're my Bonded."

Heck, they'd SLEPT in the same space. She wouldn't have done that with anyone but Billy...and Negi, of course.

That answer satisfied Billy. He lifted an arm and cautiously wrapped it around her.

"I'm not making you too cold, am I? That would make this whole exercise rather pointless."

Even if he was, Katara would never have admitted it to him. Billy was nice, but he was very cautious, in some ways, a lot like Renne: he expected someone to automatically bristle at his touch.

"Just come here next to me, will you Billy? You question things to much, and ME of all people. Honestly."

She grinned at him.

"Yes ma'am," Billy breathed, huddling close to her in an awful hurry. Not too fast as to knock limbs, but hopefully enough to satisfy her while he adjusted to the closeness. She was right about one thing: it was wonderfully warm, and he could feel the cold tension unknotting.

"I'll stop questioning you tonight, Katara. Promise. I've seen the error of my ways."

She grinned. "Good. I know that you have trouble doing something like this with people. I understand that. But you really should know by now that I'm not going to do anything to make you feel uncomfortable, ok?"

She smiled, and hugged him. "Feeling better?"

It really wasn't so bad. It was easier with Renne, who was so different that he knew no one would judge, but even a human girl was his Bonded just the same.

Billy relaxed into her arms, feeling warmed. "Much better, actually. It won't be long now until my temperature reaches its normal level. Thanks...for this."

He gently rubbed Katara's back for warmth, making sure he wasn't leaving any cold spots.

If Katara had known that, it would have been easier to understand his reluctance. For now though, she went for the easiest way: she projected into Billy a calm, flowing river that was flowing, flowing, until it came to a break and it stretched out into a vast ocean where it stretched on for miles, housing a variety of sea creatures.

You're like that for me Billy, she told him, and relaxed into the rubbing. So thank you too, for helping me whenever I needed it.

Billy smiled at the image, projecting that his image of her was remarkably similar---a water arc over their heads. Beautiful, simple, yet doing the improbable.

I should be thanking you, but it's not a problem. I'm happy to. Katara was all that mattered right now, and he quite happily relaxed once he was sure that he wasn't making her cold.

She didn't mind being simple, though the beautiful thing wasn't something she would own up to, and reddened accordingly. Still, it meant enough that Billy would tell her so, and she gave him a hug.

"Thanks," she said, and snuggled a little more closely. She was starting to feel a little chill in the air, now that she thought about it. I she hadn't been so used to the cold, it would probably bother her more.

He hadn't meant simple in that way! Billy sent assurance of that, smiling knowingly at her reaction. So Katara's not the only one who can embarrass after all.

Billy nodded and held her against his chest, checking that their blankets were indeed closed. "You're sure you're impervious to this?" Tease, tease. He was learning.

Oh, ok. She hadn't known what he meant, but she was sure that he wouldn't have been mean.

"Well, mostly," Katara admitted, shivering a little, cuddling closer to Billy. "I mean, I am still only human, even if I'm a waterbender."

"I never would've guessed," Billy whispered, relaxing in the warmth. He'd stop teasing now, really.

"We're all right." Even if he has to rub his feet together to keep them warm. That's what the shifting lump at the end is doing.

She smiled at him and playfully punched his arm. "Somehow, I think you don't mind seeing me a little defenseless, Billy!"

And he was trying to warm his feet was he? Well, she knew a weak spot after all, and started to tickle his toes.

Take THAT, blue ranger!

"No, I never want you hurt! I...may feel a little emasculated when you're always so much stronger than me, but that's my own culture's problems talking. And I trust you to help me get stronger, even if it takes time."

But yes, he admitted from within, he did like being able to reciprocate all her kindness .

"Hey---hah! Stop that!" Billy was suddenly laughing, his feet squirming at the sensation. Definitely not cold anymore, but he'd have to get her back.

She laughed. "I didn't mean like that Billy! I know you'd never want to see me hurt. And trust me, I understand about guys feeling emasculated: it happened to Sokka more than once, when we started traveling all around the world and he met different circumstances. It's how he met his girlfriend, actually."

She smiled. "But don't feel bad about it, ok? Like I said, we're happy."

She grinned. "Nooo." And on she goes!

It had happened to him too, then? Billy was in good company.

He would've smiled for her were he able, but was instead reduced to a quivering and laughing mass of human. Billy wiggled, helpless in laughter until he got enough of a hold on himself to do something.

Ah, yes, the Bond-tickle. He loved that trick.

She could give him stories, all right.

And THAT would teach him for that teasing earlier. Of course, it had slipped her mind that Billy could retaliate because of their Bond.

"No, NOO!" she shrieked, laughing and falling over. "Billllyyyyy!"

"Yes, haha! You're not the only one in charge!"

The blanket was probably slipping off them, but the laughing kept him feeling warm enough not to care. He was content to watch her writhe while he made silly faces.

Life was good. They were already acting like silly kids again.

"You're horrible!" she commented, but decided not to go after him this time. After all, Billy would have plenty of time to recover, and then they would have a fair tickle attack where they were evenly matched.

That, and all of the squirming was definitely making her warm, and so she did attack him at least a little, grinning.

"Revenge!" She hissed.

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