He stood there shivering in the cold. He was not made for this weather! He rubbed his hands together in a vain attempt to keep warm. Glancing around the street was frozen. Cars had snow piling on top of them and driveways looked like winter wonderlands. The wind carried the sound of the snow plough to his ears as he once more looked across the street at the small brown building that was his destination. Dressed in jeans and a black and blue snow jacket that seemed to be doing nothing to keep the wind out.
Steeling his resolve, he made his way across the street stopping dead in his tracks as a car skidded past, the driver of the vehicle waving a sorry as he continued on. He smiled ruefully, he was known for his manners but the people in this out of the way corner of the world constantly left him speechless with their generosity and cheer. They also drank like a sailor much like himself.
Finally reaching the apartment he made his way silently up the stairs, pausing before knocking. What would she say? What would she do? He knew she would be home but she didn't know he was coming. It hadn't taken much, a week off work, a quick trip to the travel agent and ensuring he had at least some cold weather gear (even if it didn't work). Taking a deep breath, he steeled his resolve and rapped on the door lightly with his knuckles, a nervous smile on his face, one hand running through his messy hair as he heard the footsteps move to the door.
The door opened and left him stunned. Standing before him was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. She was his height with dark red hair and ice blue eyes. But the thing that made him sure he had made the right decision was the smile on her face as she realised who it was at her door. With a squeal, she was out of her door, ignoring the snow her arms wrapped around his neck so tightly he was having trouble breathing. His own hands wrapping instinctively around her waist, the smell of vanilla sending him to heaven. He held her close and closed his eyes. This was what he had travelled across the world for. Soon feeling the cold she took a step back and smiled at him, looking up at him from under her eyelashes she grabbed his hand and without breaking eye contact slowly dragged him inside.
"Link..." He whispered as he kicked the door closed behind him, his colour changing eyes not breaking contact. Dropping his bag to the floor he stepped closer just as she stepped closer to him, resting her hands on his chest. She bit her lip as she looked up at him.
"My Arc..." She whispered. He knew then what he had to do. There was nothing else for him to do. His hand behind her neck he pulled her in and kissed her. Softly at first but slowly it deepened. After what seemed an eternity the broke the kiss, their eyes meeting a sparkle in her eyes as she smiled at him.
"What are you doing here?" She asked her voice soft, almost as if she didn't believe it was really him.
"I couldn't stay away. I miss..." He was cut off by her kiss her hands coming up to wrap around his neck. His arms wrapped around her, one on the small of her back holding her body against his, the other sliding down to squeeze her arse cheek. The mewling sound from her told him that he had made the right move. Her hands slid down from around his neck unzipping his jacket and helping him drop it to the floor. When they finally came up for air she pulled back, biting her lip with a mischievous smirk.
"Sorry, what were you saying?" She asked.
