He was cold, left out in the afternoon snow. His car had broken down and refused to co-operate, despite the many times he beat it with a wrench. He called the emergency services, but they were backed up dealing with the blizzard and snowed in grannies. He knew that if he stayed out here much longer he could freeze. Looking around at the nearby houses, he thought he saw a figure watching him from a second story window. Before he could focus on it, it had ducked out of sight, leaving the light to illuminate an empty room. He decided that the house was a decent start, and maybe they'd have a warm drink to soothe him.
He banged on the door, snowflakes falling from his coat as he did. He heard footsteps through the door and banged harder. The latch began to slide and the door opened, a blast of warm air reinvigorating him. In front of him stood a woman, green-eyed and wild haired, her thermals hugging her smooth curves.
"Can I help you?"
"You can, I'm sorry, my car's broken down and I can't get help. Can I trouble you for shelter?"
The woman looked him up and down, strong jaw, well defined, dazzling blue eyes. She smiled eagerly.
"I think we can come to some arrangement. Please come in. Shoes at the door, coat on the rack. Perch yourself down by the fire, I'll fix you a drink."
"Thank you so much," the man returned her smile and entered.
The fire crackled away and the man felt far more comfortable. When his hostess returned with a mug of hot chocolate he felt gratified, and smiled warmly in thanks.
"So what brings a nice man out here in the dead of winter? A girl?"
"No, no girl. Business."
"At this time of year? Wow, you do work a busy schedule. When do you head back to see the wife?"
"Heh, no wife either. Not really lucky in love."
"Oh," she pouted, "that's seems surprising. A good looking guy like you, I would have thought the girls would be all over you."
He blushed, causing her lip to twitch into an evil little smile.
"Now then, there is a small matter of compensation for my hospitality."
"Of course! You've been so kind, how can I repay you? I have money in the car."
"No, money is not of use to me, what else can you offer?"
"I don't know, whatever I have, anything."
"Anything at all?"
He noticed her emphasis but continued, she was already being so nice to him.
"Uh, sure."
"Say it," a slight hiss in her voice.
"Anything," he said, a note of confusion creeping into his voice.
"Lovely!" she leaned back, saccharin sweet once again, "Now drink up, you don't want to catch pneumonia."
He drank, the molten chocolate drink sweet, filling his core with gentle warmth. Suddenly, something didn't seem right. He looked at his hand but wasn't able to focus on it. He looked up at the swimming visage before him. Finally, with a woozy grunt, he passed out, the mug falling to the floor.
"Night night sweetheart. Mmm, and you're a messy boy too. Well we'll have to see to that."
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