For Moonlit Dreaming, my secret santa recipient. Hopefully you like it, despite the length.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Ann didn't know when this started, when she started noticing their summer guest as more than the owner of that snow cone shack on the beach and Popuri's boyfriend. When he made the transition from competition to cute. It was a complete mystery.
She didn't know when he started to notice her as more than a tomboy, cooking and cleaning at the Inn. When he started to say that he found her dull orange hair more beautiful than cotton candy fluff or when her over-alls became sexier than any dress in the world.
But as Kai stepped onto the snow covered beach, ready to spend his first winter in Mineral Town, his first winter with her, she realized it didn't matter. Who cares when something started when there were snowmen to be made, hot chocolate to be drank, and fires to cuddle next to?
"Hey, Kai! Your bandanna isn't going to be warm enough." And as the slow smile spread across his always tan face, Ann did know one thing. This was going to be a season to remember.