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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 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.

"Absolutely!" Yup, not getting to him with that...but with the tickling coming back in his direction, he started to relent. Billy twisted this way and that, laughing desperately. It really did warm him up, he had to admit.

"...guess we're---haha----both horrible."

"Yes we are!" She shot back, attacking and getting back just as much, both of their laughter. At this point, she was actually out of breath, but pretty warmed up now: enough so that she actually crawled out of her blanket for a moment.

"I...think...the bond...has some warming qualities," she panted. "I..forgot...I was cold!"

"I can't say that I mind," he added, flat on his back with his arms spread and looking up at her. "It's really helped."

The blankets were still pooled over his legs, and Billy left them there for now. He needed to catch his breath too. "Is this what you did at home?"

"It wasn't what I had in mind!" Katara protested, still giggling a little. How was it that every time she and her Bonded got together, tickling has to somehow get involved?

At the question, Katara raised her eyebrow. "You mean the tickling or the blanket? Because we didn't really need either."

Clearly it's entirely Renne's fault. He thought as much, indicating to her with a subtle nudge that they should get him next time.

"Oh, I see. You had all the warm clothing you needed." Which he should've packed. "My friends didn't really tickle either, unless someone was deemed to be too depressing. It was then an effective weapon."

He remembered Zack and Kimberly's antics quite well.

"Well that, but also keep in mind that I lived in a place that was all water and ice. We're definitely used to the weather, and we know how to bundle up. This type of weather is the norm."

She laughed. "Well in that case, don't YOU get too depressed, o you're going to be attacked, ok?"

She grinned. "Now, about getting you a girlfriend..."

"Got it, ma'am," came Billy's meek response. He wasn't ready for another tickling so soon, and he knew well that Renne would join her at a moment's notice.

...girlfriend? What? Billy sat upright in a hurry, blankets tugged to his chest. "I'm fine, Katara. I have other friends I can ask to dances if necessary, and I have more time for work without a relationship."

Admittedly he was curious about dating, but this wasn't a good time for him. He'd never managed it on earth because a Ranger going out with a civilian would have caused a whole platter of problems, and Trini and Aisha weren't his dates. Even if he'd sometimes thought about Trini.

"Good," she said in a no-nonsense type of a voice. "And make sure it goes the same for me or for Renne. Can't have me being a hypocrite, after all."

She grinned. "Oh come on Billy. We're friends, we can talk. Isn't there any girl here that's caught your eye, that you've just wondered what it would be like if she shared some of your happier times with, someone you can take care of and vice versa?"

"Count on it," he responded seriously. They wouldn't get too down with him around...or some rhyme that one of his friends likely would have made.

Billy blushed, playing with the edges of the blanket. "It all sounds wonderful, I'm sure, but I've never really..."

Should he answer this?

"...I've thought about asking Sofia to dance again. We've always had fun with each other, and I'd like to know her, but I know she'll be busy organizing the prom.

She was happy about that. The two of them had been great in the last few months, they had really helped anchor her at tough times. She hoped it would stay that way.

She waited. Billy was shy, she knew that much, but he was also a teenager, older than her, and knew that work an being a ranger was not the only thing that mattered to him.

"Well don't let that stop you. Heck, why not help her with it, just so you have a chance to talk with her some more? Put yourself out there Billy, it always helps. Many girls would kill to have a decent, sweet guy like you around, once they get over their stupid bad boy fixations."

...Yeah, let's not think about Jet.

Could he really do that? Billy considered it, then nodded. "I'll do that. I won't expect anything, but maybe letting things happen wouldn't be so terrible."

That last statement puzzled him a little. "Stupid bad boy fixations? Was this someone you know?"

She nodded. "See, that's what a guy has to do when it comes to girls. Yes, you don't have to be some stupid posing guy, but you DO have to at least get them to know you. That way, they really get to see you as someone they can depend on, someone they can trust and care about."

She sighed. "Yeah, there was a guy named Jet, but that was one whole strange, dopier side of myself I outgrew. Still, in the end he tried to do the right thing, and I won't forget that."

"Understood. I'll let you know how it goes." You won't have to mend any hearts, Katara, but you might be hearing about some silliness here and there.

Billy had to keep himself from smiling. "I think that's fairly common, but I'm glad you figured out what you truly wanted."

Geez was this awkward, he thought, still fiddling with the blanket. Almost eighteen and still trying to figure out a first date with the help of his younger Bonded in her second serious relationship. He knew his social growth was stunted, but...hmm.

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