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Second Winter at Fire Lodge
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Sunmi paced nervously in the lodge's lobby, her heels clicking on the hardwood floors. Noticing that Jisoo had walked into the room, she turned to her. "How do I look? Do I need to change anything?"   Jisoo looked Sunmi up and down. She was weaing a little black dress with matching heels. Her hair and makeup looked fine. "No, you look great. Why are you so nervous?"   Sunmi hugged herself and rubbed her hands up and down her arms. "I've been with Ji-Hoon since high school. This is my first first date in years."   Jisoo stepped up and patted Sunmi on the shoulder. "It's going to be fine."   Just then there was a knock at the door. Jisoo rushed over and looked out the little windows beside the door, then opened the door. "Hansol, come in!"   Hansol came inside. Sunmi looked over at him. He was wearing black pants and a dark grey shirt.   "You look nice," Sunmi said. "I think this is the first time I've ever seen you out of uniform."   Hansol laughed. "I stay so busy, I rarely get to go anywhere out of uniform. Are you ready?" He held out his hand.   Sunmi nodded and took his hand. "See you later, Jisoo!"   "Bye!" Jisoo responded.   "Don't worry," Hansol said, "I'll get her back safely."   "You'd better!" Jisoo looked more serious than Sunmi had ever seen her before.   As they walked out into the parking lot, Hansol gestured toward a blue Fiat. "You also get to see what I drive when I'm not in my squad car."   Sunmi laughed. "I would have picked you for more of the pickup truck type."   "I did have a truck," Hansol said as he helped Sunmi into the car, "but I drove one of these on an undercover case and it was so fun that I sold my truck and bought this."   The short drive to the club was pleasant - the two chatted lightly, flitting from one topic to another as if they'd known each other for years. The club was one Sunmi had driven past before but never been to.   "Isn't it odd," Sunmi said, "how even though this is such a small town, there can still be places you've never gone?"   Hansol nodded. "We get caught up in our usual habits and don't notice all the other possibilities."   Sunmi thought that summed up a lot of things - she'd been with Ji-Hoon for so long that she'd never really discovered who she was as an adult. The possibilities seemed limitless.   They went inside and checked their coats. The club was a cavernous space, with tables and booths around the edges and the dance floor in the middle. The bar was against one side wall and the DJ's booth against the other. They decided to get a table and watch the dancing a little bit first, get a feel for the place before they hit the dance floor. They had barely sat down when a waitress come up to take their order.   "I'll have a beer," Hansol said, "and the lady will have . . ." He paused for Sunmi to
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Much to my surprise, I'm back to writing Second Winter at Fire Lodge! A lot happens this chapter, but mainly centered around the minor characters.

And I promise all you Chaesoo shippers I'll have something good for you next time - there just wasn't room for it this time around!

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Astraea21 #1
Chapter 1: Starting this story now. :)
Craazy_hippo
#2
Chapter 1: ohh this is going to be good
Soshi1590
#3
Chapter 43: A mini Asia tour lol
Soshi1590
#4
Chapter 42: That a beautiful wedding. My chaesoo babies finally
iph1318
#5
Chapter 41: I enjoy how domestic they are lol.
Soshi1590
#6
Chapter 41: Don’t mess with Chaeyoung’s kitchen lol
Nice update
Soshi1590
#7
Chapter 40: Sunmi and hansol are cute
Jennie and Lisa are cuter
Chaeng and Jisoo are the cutest
Soshi1590
#8
Chapter 39: Saida reliving the memories lol
Soshi1590
#9
Chapter 38: Lisa is some kind of genius, isnt she? Planning ahead, saving money. She is the good luck charm of the place it seems

Chaesoo are the cutest