Laura woke to a see a small black kitten staring at her with big wide eyes. Smiling softly she brought her hands up to reach for the kitten pulling it to her chest. Her smile grew when she heard the soft purring against her chest. Carmilla rarely took the form of the small black kitten so Laura knew that when she did it meant she was feeling playful. One time when Laura was upset Carmilla had returned as a kitten holding a ball of string for Laura to play with her.

Within seconds the kitten had disappeared and there was Carmilla, fully dressed and smiling happily at the human girl, her eyes filled with excitement.

'Morning Carm' Laura sounded sleepy but still leaned over capturing Carmilla's lips in her own. She could feel Carmilla smiling into the kiss.

'Morning cutie'

'So ummm...what in the hell are you doing up so early, don't you usually sleep until after noon?'

Carmilla chuckled quietly as she looked at Laura's confused little face. Moving slightly she motioned for Laura to look out the window.

'It's snowing!'

Laura took in the unusual chirpy vampire, right now Carmilla reminded her of a kid on Christmas. Carmilla didn't like the sun complaining it was too bright nor did she like the rain saying it was too wet but snow she liked?! Laura grinned back at her girlfriend, moving to get out of bed.

'Well I suppose I'd better get dressed then, so we can start our snow day!'

Carmilla sat impatiently on her bed as she waited for Laura to finish getting ready. Normally she would have read a book to pass the time but she was just too excited about the snow.

Carmilla loved snow. Every since she was a little girl many centuries ago she'd loved playing in the snow, it made everything look so magical. Then when she'd become a vampire her Mother had forbidden such simple luxuries like making snow people and having snow ball fights, Carmilla had been focused on obeying her Mother's wishes. So now that she had Laura she finally had someone to share her love of snow with

'How long does it take Creampuff, the snow will have melted by the time you're ready!' Laura could hear the irritation in Carmilla's voice through the bathroom door making her roll her eyes at her impatience.

'I'm ready, who knew you'd get this fussy about a bit of snow?!' She laughed entering their room to see Carmilla sat pouting at Laura. Smirking, Laura walked towards the already rising vampire. The pout topped off the cuteness radiating from Carmilla and Laura could only swoon as she took in the 'centuries old badass' in full winter clothing.

Carmilla had a pair of fleeced black leggings on tucked into her wellies hich had a cat face on them (how ironic?!). She had her customised Grumpy Cat sweatshirt on followed by her usual leather jacket. Her hands were covered by a large pair of patterned mittens to match the scarf draped across her neck. To top it off Carmilla was wearing a wooly hat which kept her wild curls from free falling into her face.

Laura was sporting a blue body walmer and a thick pair of trousers with big snow boots. She had her grey Silas hoodie on and her Harry Potter Scarf hung loosely around her neck. She wore a blue beanie to hide her messy hair and she was clutching her vintage polaroid.

'Cupcake, we need to go.'

'Just wait one minute Carm, we need to get a picture.'

'I don't do pictures.'

'Don't be grumpy Carm, get in a picture and we can play in the snow all day long, okay?'

Carmilla nodded excitedly as she moved to quickly get in a picture with Laura, before Laura had even looked at the picture Carmilla was already out the door. Shaking her head Laura ran after her girlfriend, smiling when she saw Carmilla already gathering snow to build with.

Carmilla was quite competitive when it came to building snow people. She had a lot of focus and had set about crafting a masterpiece, unfortunately the same could not be said for Laura. Laura had never been too good at making things so when Carmilla suggested they have a competition she wasn't exactly thrilled. After half an hour Carmilla had finally finished, stepping back to admire her handiwork. Laura stood speechless looking at the person Carmilla had made. They had so much detail from the curls in their hair to the patterns on their scarf, smiling to herself when she realised that it was meant to be Carmilla. She didn't fail to notice that Carmilla had managed to draw on some fangs, it was so like Carmilla.

Laura's snow person wasn't as successful. The head was lopsided and she could only find one stone so the person only had one eye. The twigs she had used for arms were too small and it looked more like a blob than a person something that didn't fail to amuse Carmilla. She raised her eyebrow questioningly at her girlfriend before they both burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Laura took a picture of both of their creations.

When Laura decided to take several pictures of all the snow covered hills and the scattered trees, Carmilla attacked.

Laura shrieked as she felt something cold hit her back. Turning in surprise she was pelted with yet another ball of snow, this one hitting her chest suddenly. She looked around to see Carmilla armed with a handful of snow heading her way.

Running in fear she lept behind a tree just as Carmilla hurled another snowball through the air, groaning when it missed Laura. Peering out from behind the tree Laura searched for Carmilla but she was nowhere to be seen. Oh no. It was too late, as soon as Laura looked back she was was met with a face full of snow. Blinking rapidly she pouted at the hysterical vampire folding her arms in mock anger.

'Hey cupcake, I'm sorry I didn't mean to get you all wet' her lips curved into a smirk as she watched Laura blush at the remark. Placing her hands on Laura's waist she slowly pulled her in leaning down for a kiss when Laura flung a snowball at her face. Her mouth fell open at Laura's deception she moved back, a fiery look in eyes, quirk an eyebrow to challenge the girl.

'Oh it's on Cutie, prepare to meet your doom.' she gestured playfully running to roll more snowballs up. This means war!

'Bring it on you undead fiend!' Laura was already darting after the vampire firing snowballs at a quick pace, each one narrowly missing the vampire's fleeting form. Carmilla wasn't even looking back as she chucked snowballs over her head, cheering loudly when she heard Laura scream as a blanket of snow fell over her head.

Carmilla was so busy celebrating that she didn't see Laura hurtling towards her and they both fell clumsily into the snow. Laura fell on top of Carmilla, her snowballs flying everywhere as she tried to steady herself. She looked down at her girlfriend as they both grinned shoving one another playfully before Carmilla used her strength to flip them over. Laura didn't have chance to respond as a pair of soft lips crushed against her own. Carmilla tasted of cherry lip balm and her taste was inviting. Laura felt Carmilla pushing her tongue, waiting for entry which she gladly gave her letting their tongues fight for dominance. They were so lost in one another that they forgot all about the fact that it was snowing, that was until Laura felt herself shivering.

Carmilla slowly pulled away pulling Laura up as she slid her leather jacket off.

'Carm, what are you doing?' Laura looked at Carmilla confused before Carmilla gave her a pointed look silencing her.

Carmilla brought her hands up to slide the jacket onto Laura's waiting arms before enveloping her in a tight hug, rubbing her arms softly against Laura's. Laura leaned into the vampire's touch, letting her head against Carmilla's shoulder. They stayed like that for a while before Laura complained that she was cold. Deciding that she too had, had enough they both went inside to get warm.

After a steamy shower, Carmilla pulled on her black cat onesie as Laura pulled on her Spiderman onesie, and after snapping another picture they made their way down to the lounge to cuddle infront of the fireplace. Carmilla had managed to grab some blankets draping them lazily over Laura before joining her girlfriend on the floor.

The lounge was practically empty so no one took any notice of the two girls clad in onesies cuddling by the fire. When Lauras stomach rumbled Carmilla was up in a flash, rummaging around the kitchen to find some snacks and beverages for her girlfriend. Grinning when she found the perfect items before returning to a very hungry Laura.

'What's that you've got there Carm?'

'Well cupcake I wanted to make you a treat so I found this,' she waved a jar of marshmallow fluff at her, 'I thought we'd make smores, I've never had them so...'

'Wait, what? You've never had smores?!' Laura stared at her girlfriend in shock before snatching the jar and busying herself with preparation. After building two smores she handed one to Carmilla, who looked at the treat skeptically.

'Don't scowl, eat the smore Carm.' Laura looked eager as Carmilla took a small nibble of the treat in her hand. Carmilla moaned appreciatively before munching happily on the treat, she'd already finished and was starting on her second before Laura was even half way through her first one.

They stayed in the lounge all night, watching films and playing games, occasionally moving to the kitchen to make some hot chocolate before they fell to sleep tangled up in one another.

...

When Perry came down early the next morning she didn't have the heart to wake them up so instead she cleaned around them. They really had come so far, from Carmilla being just a rude broody vampire with the naive girl….well they still are those things. Perry smiled to herself thinking how different things had turned out. Good different.