Oh the weather outside is frightful...

[boundlesslight.livejournal.com]

☀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.))

Comments

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

[ Kaylee's trying not to make it too obvious that she's shrinking further and further into her coveralls while trying to rig something that might warm the place up. Bit hard to do with frozen fingers, though... ]

[morphitudinous]

[Billy is working on the same device, and he's not faring well against the cold either. In his stumbling he discovers a blanket. That should help her shivering---he scrambles to get it and wrap it over her shoulders.]

It's a low-tech solution, but it should keep you warm enough until we can rig something else.

[Regard for his own cold-feeling? Nope.]

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

[ She's grateful for the blanket, but... ]

And what 'bout you?

[morphitudinous]

I can work while moving to maintain some heat. [He starts prodding and pacing.] We can switch off later if you truly want to, but it's a somewhat small blanket.

[So small that he estimates they'd have to cuddle each other to share it---and while that might sound nice and familiar, he doesn't want to put himself in the line of fire from boyfriends more than necessary. Even if fire is warm.]

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

[ She gives up on the heater momentarily and watches Billy. ]

Alright look just. C'mere. [ And she drags the heater onto the floor where they can work on it better, settles herself down against the wall next to it, and holds the blanket open for Billy to join her. ] No worse'n cuddlin' in the hammock, yeah?

[morphitudinous]

[Sigh. So tempting, so tempting...he's gonna look for any spies now. None. Good.]

I suppose not, and we trust each other, but...I worry about offending people. Perhaps too much.

[He'll look left, right, then shyly slide in beside her and start rubbing his hands for warmth.] Are you warm enough?

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

You're not gonna offend. Don't think you could even if you tried.

[ She makes sure he has plenty of blanket as well before going back to staring at the heater. ]

For now, yeah. It'll be better once we get this gorram thing workin'.

[morphitudinous]

All right. I'll work quickly, promise.

[The cold is distracting but he manages to get his tools out! He's working, careful not to jostle her with stray elbows.]

The wind's worsening the chill. I sealed off what areas I could, but I couldn't get everything.

[Shivers and finds self unconsciously moving closer.]

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Billy...

[ She sighs, and cuddles up close to keep him warm while he works. After several moments of watching him and looking over the heater she finally reaches out to pull his hands back under the blankets. She closes the blanket again before he has time to protest. ]

Not gonna get anywhere with it. Cold's gummin' it up.

[morphitudinous]

It'll be all right.

[And he tries, he really does, but she's right. The cuddling makes his face red right quick, and he's docile enough to let her guide him inside. He turns to face her sheepishly, carefully tugging his hands away and winding them in the cloth.]

Don't want your hands to freeze too.

[bonnypiperlad]

[Jamie is blowing on his own fingers in an attempt to warm them up so he can help.] Look, give me your hands for a moment, Kaylee? You'll not be able to finish if ye can't move your fingers.

[He is also shivering, but being an idiot man Jamie, he's trying not to let that show.]

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

[ She just sighs and glares at the makeshift heater in frustration. ]

Don't understand why I can't get it to work...

[ Distractedly, she holds her hands out to Jamie, but her eyes don't leave the heater. ]

[bonnypiperlad]

[Jamie takes them in his frowns a little as he feels how cold they are. He begins to gently massage them in an effort to try and get them to warm up some.]

Maybe some of the parts are frozen. It's certainly cold enough in here at the moment, aye?

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

The cold ain't helpin' any, that's for sure...

[ She keeps looking as he massages some of the warmth back into her hands, until she spots a break in one of the wires and pulls back to fumble with it. ]

[bonnypiperlad]

Aye. [When she pulls away, he follows her over, craning to look over her shoulder to see if he can figure out what's wrong. Mind you, he's terrible about not getting into people's personal space - so he's got a hand on her shoulder to brace himself while he takes a look. He'll remove it if she wants him to.]

Can ye fix it?

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

'M hopin' so.

[ She doesn't mind the hand at all--it's adding plenty of warmth to her shoulder, if nothing else. Her concentration is on the wire, which she strips and connects, then turns back to power the heater up...

Nothing. ]

Oh gorrammit.

[bonnypiperlad]

I take it that's a no, then. [And if Kaylee can't fix it, Jamie certainly can't, so they have to think of something else. He moves his hand down to wrap it around her shoulder and draw her away from the heather.]

Come away from that for a moment, aye? Staring at it's not going to do ye any good right now.

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Won't work 'cause it's too cold, but we need it to warm the place up... [ And she's off and mumbling in Chinese, but she allows Jamie to guide her back. ]

...'M sorry, Jamie. Don't understand why I can't get it.

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

::There's a bundle/pile of white fur bumble-rolling toward her scent. It's shivering a little but not by much. Layers of insulated fur and all that. Speaking of which, a section of said fur extends out. It's supported by a Renne-sized arm but the fur very likely covers this fact entirely::

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

[ She glances down at Renne from the heater, hands still working at splicing two wires. ] Y'alright, Renne?

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

Is furrrr. Yeu?

::So he'll emphasise his point by trying to wrap that section of yeti fur over the Human::

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

[ Ah, she gets it. She moves the heater down so she can work on it better while cuddling up next to Renne. Better already. ]

Thank you.

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

Kee is wehl-come.

::Chirp. A brief nuzzle, then the oddity calls up a memory. Specifically a mug of hot cocoa for the Human::

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

[ The cocoa is welcome too. She gives him another small thanks, and takes a sip from the mug. Oh yes, much better. ]

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

::That earns a purr and a gentle nosing. Don't look now but he's blushing a bit::