"Mmm?"

"You're freezing, I can feel it."

"It's so cold."

"You need body heat."

"I to-told you it's co-cold."

"Well maybe you shouldn't have been walking out in the snow that long."

"I wa-wanted to see you."

Blaine finally glanced up after having his face hidden under the comforter on James's bed, his eyes meeting a pair of easily recognizable green-grey ones that seemed to shine even in his dark bedroom. He pressed his slightly damp curls into the pillow beneath his head and curled in tighter on himself. His teeth were chattering quietly, his hands and face pale with bright red splashed across his nose and ears while his entire body shivered from the wet cold of the snow that had been pouring down in buckets since he first left his house angrily with nothing but a hoody over a v-neck shirt and jeans.

"You're sweet...but really you're going to get sick in those wet clothes."

"I'll be f-fine."

"Eli..."

He could hear the worried and yet serious tone in his voice as he said his name, noticed the look on his face when he kept his eyes poised on Blaine's shivering form, and quietly slipped �closer along the bed until their wasn't even a foot between them. �Had the brunette not been more worried about freezing to death he surely would have had a near panic attack as James drew closer, he could even feel his warm breath, smell the normal body spray he put on every morning, even if it was starting to fade away by now.

"I...I'll be alright," he responded, slightly breathless from the close proximity as he gently nibbled at the corner of his lip, which thankfully stopped the momentary chattering of his teeth. But James seemed to have an idea on his mind, Blaine could easily see the wheels turning as the blonde simply looked back at him. Before he could even say anything James drew a tiny bit closer, making his heart race so loudly he was almost certain the boy would be able to hear it, and it very nearly stopped altogether as a hand reached forward towards his chin, brushing against it lightly to tug at the zipper of his hoody. The blonde boy pulled it down his chest slowly, and once he had it all the way unzipped he flattened his hand on his shoulder and slid it across and down his arm, pushing the sleeve away until Blaine somehow managed to slip his arm free and moved so James could yank the other sleeve off.

"See? Already a little better."

"Mhmm,"he murmured, feeling a little less damp and cold but still curled up in a ball and cuddled against his pillow, his legs feeling heavy as the snow had melted through the fabric of his jeans and wet his boxer briefs beneath. James must have been reading his mind, because a moment later he felt a hand against his hip as it patted down the side of his thigh and leg, fingers pressing into the material lightly until he had the answer to whatever internal question he was thinking. Before he could even sputter something out the blonde had ducked under the comforter, his forehead pressing against the brunette's chest as his hair barely poked out from underneath the blanket. He felt so confused and just overall brain-dead from how cold he was that he could hardly even process what his best friend was doing until he felt his jeans loosen just barely, and then he could hear a zipper being undone and felt the loss of pressure. Blaine bit his lip persistently as hands tugged gradually on his pants until they were gone from his legs and he could feel them by his feet, a blonde head reappearing a moment after with a satisfied smile.

"Much better. Now come here."

"I'm going to get you wet though..." Blaine murmured as he tried to kick the jeans further away from his feet until he heard them fall off the side of the bed and onto the floor a second later. It didn't matter what he said though because James drew even closer and gradually wrapped his arms around the brunette's body, pulling him against his chest and pressing his nose delicately into the soft wet wisps of curls. With a soft and tired smile Blaine leaned his against the warmth of his sweatshirt, nuzzling his cheek into it comfortingly as his eyes closed and sighed happily. "I love you, James."

"I love you too, Blaine."