Fandom: Carmilla (Web Series)

Pairing: Laura Hollis/Danny Lawrence

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the storyline

Author's Note: My first Laura/Danny story…please enjoy!

Chapter One

Laura Hollis was approximately 10 degrees away from turning into a human popsicle. Well…not really. But that's what it felt like. Plus, it wasn't her fault that she was inadequately dressed for winter weather. It had been a beautiful, sunny spring day until the weather on campus suddenly went down a few dozen degrees.

The tiny brunette was usually anything but unprepared. However, this was supposed to be the perfect day. She was going to go to her English Lit class and then spend the afternoon in the library with Danny before her night class. (You can never study too much…can't get enough of those classic pieces of literature)

Unfortunately, their lecture was forcibly delayed and a night of meticulous planning for their "study date" was put to waste with the first ball of fire launched into the air. About a half an hour before the class had started, the Botany Club announced that a batch of "experimental tulips" were on the loose and that students should be "cautious when in near distance of previously mentioned flowers".

Flame throwing tulips. They had accidentally created flame-throwing tulips. Thankfully the Summer Society ladies were prepared and came charging across campus with ice bombs and freeze ray guns. (Where does one acquire a freeze ray gun anyway?)

So, honestly, it wasn't even her fault that she was now stuck in the middle of a 2-hour lecture. The unforeseen temperature change was quickly freezing the poor freshman who sat shivering in a pair of jeans and a short sleeve button up shirt. She was so caught up in her thoughts of drinking a steaming mug of hot chocolate with a certain tall redhead that she almost jumped out of her seat when a warm hand touched her arm.

"Hey, you okay?" Danny asked with a concerned expression. At the feeling of cold skin at her fingertips, the TA gasped lightly. "Oh my god, you're freezing!"

"N-no, I'm - "

"Shivering. You're shivering." The redhead muttered under her breath. Ignoring the quiet protests, Danny quickly shrugged off her sweatshirt and pushed it gently into the younger girl's hands. "Here. Put this on"

"But what about you?"

"Don't worry about me. I'll be moving around the class so much that I won't be cold. Now pay attention to this part…it may or may not be on the final" Danny gave a subtle wink and made her way across the room to wake up a few students sleeping in the back.

Laura pulled the hoodie over her head and brought the collar up to her face. It was like being wrapped in a warm embrace. She was surrounded by the smell of dryer sheets mixed with what was uniquely Danny Lawrence. The giddy brunette kept the collar in front of her face to cover up her wide smile and directed her attention back to the professor in the front of the room.