part of "all i want (for christmas) is you" vignettes

Her hands are cold by the time he arrives, puffing clouds of frosted air around them as he breathes and huddles towards her. She thinks that she should be angry at his tardiness; that she should play the role of the overdramatic girlfriend and give him a hard time but Jessica knows she is better than that type of woman. And regardless of the time, the fact is—Lee Donghae is here, with her, now at that very moment and for what it was worth, tardy or not, this is all that mattered to her.

“You’re late,” she says to him the second he makes to grab her hands in between his. He grins in response, the smile apologetic and teasing at the same as he brings her hands close to his mouth and blows on them. She warms instantly at his touch, her own grin widening at each soft pass of his lips over her knuckles.

Nope, she could hardly pretend to be mad at him all.

“Sorry?” Donghae offers, grinning still. His eyes find hers easily when she looks up at him, her cheeks blushing from the cold (and hopefully because of him). Jessica is perfect in every bit and possible way, and she knows it because he tells her so when he wraps his arms around her and buries her face under his chin.

“Always