4th floor common room | late morning | sunday | january 17

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Hannibal was not built for cold weather. Sure, he didn't mind but he'd much preferred it to be warm and sunny rather than incredibly cold and insanely snowing. He remembered days like this from last year and he wasn't any better prepared this year. Staying in bed had merit but it was still cold so he'd come down to the common room, bundled in blankets and clothes hoping to find some warmth.

When he found the fireplace, he sighed in relief and immediately pushed a couch up closer to it. Fire hazard? Pfft. It was warm. After he'd thawed, he was able to find himself some cookies and hot chocolate (yes, he could manage to make that) before retreating back to the couch.

With the electricity out, there wasn't much to do now. He thought about singing or something equally idiotic but settled for just keeping warm and and drinking hot chocolate.

[common room is cold but it's open!]

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[vanillajello]

Kate was usually all about the third floor, but it was so cold that today coming one floor up was welcome exercise for the purpose of getting warm.

She'd been crying most of yesterday, and while she'd actually had a good night's sleep, she still looked like she'd had a rough time lately. She hoped the dim lighting would hide it. She didn't want questions; she just wanted company. And some sort of noise around her, instead of silence. She fucking hated silence.

"Cookies?" she wondered aloud, wandering in and spotting Hannibal.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Unless my eyesight's really bad, yep, cookies," he said, waving the pack at her and peering up from his cocoon. "Heya, Kate. You cold?"

[vanillajello]

"Among other things." Even if she was wearing layers and layers of clothes, and even fingerless gloves. And a blanket wrapped around her.

She came closer. "There room on that couch? And cookies for sharing?"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I think I can make that happen," he said, pulling himself out of his sprawl to make room and dropping the cookies in the middle of them. "Can't guarantee the cookies aren't a little melty what with being by the fire but they're good and no cooking required."

[vanillajello]

"I can deal with melty," she told him, flopping down next to him and going straight for the cookies. "Might have to try to figure out how to do some actual cooking, later, but right now, cookies are the best thing ever."

Mmm, cookies.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"What are you going to attempt to cook when there's no power?" Hannibal asked, turning to look at her and warming up his cheek too. Two birds, one stone.

[vanillajello]

"We don't have power, but we have fire. People used to cook before they had electricity, you know," Kate replied with a faint smirk. "Although really, I'm hoping to run into Liir or Priestly or someone else who's good at cooking."

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

Kurt waved at Kate. "Hey, big sis! Maryland's a lot colder than I thought!"

[sexonyoursheets.livejournal.com]

Puck tottered in, swathed in a blanket over a parka and looking...well, childish and cold. "So, this kind of weather thing happen often? 'Cause this is way worse than the snow in Ohio."

Not really by that much. Don't be a baby, Puck.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Not often but it happens. It happened last year," Hannibal said, glancing over at the new guy. "Why, you cold or something?"

Obvious question is obvious.

[sexonyoursheets.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, and I don't believe you if you say you aren't," he replied.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm warmer than I was." But he was sitting by the fire. "I'm sure if I move, I'll be fucking cold again. Couch is big enough if you wanna come sit down. I won't bite."

[sexonyoursheets.livejournal.com]

Puck eyed him, then went over to flop on the couch. "We're not cuddling, dude."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I have a girlfriend, dude." Hannibal snorted and offered him some cookies anyway. "You don't have to worry about that. But hey, if you'd rather stand around and freeze, causing shrinkage, I'm sure, you can."

[vanillajello]

"Usually it just rains syrup or Pop Tarts," Kate said. "If this power outage thing happened often, I wouldn't be here anymore."

[sexonyoursheets.livejournal.com]

"I like syrup," Puck contributed. "But this freezing thing is bullshit."

[vanillajello]

"The syrup was sticky and icky," Kate remarked, wrinkling her nose. "But you're totally and completely right about the cold."

As was evident from her many layers of clothes and the blanket over everything.

[sexonyoursheets.livejournal.com]

"What do you put on pancakes if you think syrup's gross?" Puck asked curiously.

[vanillajello]

Kate snickered a little. It was somewhat subdued, but it was still laughter. "No, I don't think suryp's gross on pancakes. It's only gross when it's all over my clothes and in my hair."

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

Kurt walked in rubbing his arms and shivering. "My FUR is frozen!" he announced, without realizing what he was saying.

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"Fur?" Hannibal asked, peering over the edge of the couch and blinking a bit to see who'd come into the common room.

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"What?" Kurt asked, frowning. "...Uh. Oh. Um... I meant.... It's a German expression, is what it is. I guess it doesn't translate well?"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"...right." Hannibal slipped back down into his nice blanket cocoon. "That mean you're really goddamn cold?"

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

"Exactly!" Kurt replied. That HAD been what he'd meant, after all. "I did NOT miss this kind of weather."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Winters in Germany are like this?" he asked, offering Kurt a cookie. "Wouldn't wanna live there."