light_a_spark | Town and MCA - Late evening after the ball

"I might," she acknowledged.

"If you're comfortable with that," he teased her as they made their way across the street to take the shortcut through the park.

Aly made a face at the snow. "Better not stick. It's already as cold as it needs to be."

He was going to take that as an invitation to take her hand off his arm so he could wrap it around her. "I would offer you my coat, but we'll probably be at the apartments faster than that."

She didn't mind the arm. Dresses were cold to walk in. "Uh huh. Or you're just afraid of being cold..."

Oh now the coat was coming off. He stopped in the middle of the path, pulling back to unbutton his coat.

Aly laughed, watching him and not protesting at all. "Such a gentleman."

"That's just been your goal, hasn't it?" he teased, taking trench coat off. He took a step closer to her, immediately sliding it over her shoulders.

She held onto the edges of the coat with her hands, not bothering to slip her arms into the sleeves. "Calling you a gentleman?" she asked.

"Getting into my trench coat," he teased, smoothing his hands over her shoulders. He paused momentarily to steal a soft kiss.

Aly smiled and leaned into him to return the kiss. "Well, I was cold."

"It's warm inside," he murmured, brushing another kiss to the corner of her mouth as his hands slid down along the lapels of his coat - hers now, just for a moment.

"I'm warm here," she pointed out. "So there's no need to hurry."

Nothing like being completely contrary, Aly.

"Mmmmmm," he pulled back a little. "Where do you want to go?"

Aly stayed close, not wanting him to get cold now. "I'd say down to the beach, but I doubt you'd be able to see much. So back to the apartments as planned?"

His arms moved around her as he kind of liked the being warm too. "You could tell me what there is to see," he suggested.

"Mmm, I could," Aly agreed. "And you'll tell me if it's too cold?"

"Mmmmmm alright," he murmured, kissing her cheek again, his nose slightly cold already where it brushed her cheek.

The cold nose made Aly shiver but she led the way back to the beach to listen to the waves come in. "Can you see anything?" she asked quietly, her shoes slipped off and laying in the sand.

"No," he said with a laugh, the snow was still falling and it made everything almost pitch dark. "Just you."

Aly laughed and twirled on the sand, feeling the coat flare out ~~dramatically~~. "I don't mind being the object of all eyes."

Well, just one. Unless there was a squirrel.

He watched her, his expression softening for an instant as before he grinned. "Somehow I'm not surprised."

Still laughing happily, she came back to him, wrapping her arms around his waist. "Shhh, don't tell. Supposed to be sneaky, you know."

His arms easily went around her, not minding the closeness or warmth. "You can hide in plain sight," he commented, sounding relaxed.

"I'm pretty good at it too," Aly agreed, completely lacking in modesty.

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