tyler had his nose shoved into the pages of his novel, a mug of hot chocolate next to him.

he took a small sip of the sweet drink before placing it back on the snowman coaster, shifting so that he was laying against the headboard. it was snowing outside, white flakes collecting on the trees across the street and creating small hills on the grass. tyler liked christmas, it was his favorite time of the year simply because of the snow; something about making snowmen and having snowball fights with your friends warmed tyler's heart.

he smiled softly at the falling snow before resuming his book, getting to a very interesting paragraph. his ears were filled with a muffled scream as a blur of red passed his window. he set his book down, looking for any signs of another red blur, but he didn't see it. well, what the fuck was that?

tyler got up, carefully going towards his window and seeing nothing but the same snowy scene he observed before. he stumbled backwards when the red blur moved past his window again.

"tyler!" it was his roommate's voice, calling his name out in urgency.

"josh?" tyler asked through the window, his eyes following josh as he swung back and forth against the window.

"help!"

tyler rushed to the front door, opening it and shivering as the cold air seeped into his warmed skin. he crossed his arms in front of him to block the winter atmosphere out, his breath turning to fog as he exhaled through his nose. he trudged to his bedroom window, stopping in his tracks and exploding into laughter.

josh was hanging upside down, colorful fairy lights tangled around his ankle as he was suspended above the ground. his arms were over his head, beanie on the snow and hair disheveled. tyler couldn't stop laughing at the sight, his stomach beginning to hurt and his vision blurry as he started tearing up. he could see josh pout from where he was, and tyler laughed even harder when josh started whining for tyler to stop making fun of him and help.

tyler wiped the tears pooling at his waterline, going towards his friend. his smile soon disappeared, taking in the position his friend was in. he felt bad now, josh's face was red from the cold and he looked extremely uncomfortable.

"wait, josh, you told me you were going shopping so we could make cookies later." tyler had his hands on his hips.

"tyler, please. i'll explain later but right now, i can't feel my face."

"when i'm with youuuu." tyler sang, earning a glare from josh and laughing.

he began trying to untangle josh, which wasn't hard as josh wasn't the tallest person tyler has ever met and the lights were in loose knots.

"okay, prepare yourself." tyler warned, undoing the last bundle of lights before josh dropped to the ground face-first.

he groaned in pain, face disappearing in the snow and making tyler laugh even more. josh slowly got up from the snow, leaning against the house and holding his head.

"i need an aspirin."

tyler pouted, grabbing josh's wet, cold beanie and extending his hand out to josh. he hooked his thumb around tyler's and held onto his hand, getting up from the snow. they eventually made it inside, the little flurries of snow were beginning to shower heavily just as they got inside. josh hung his red coat up on the rack by the door, tyler literally running to the a/c to turn the heater on. he quickly chugged the rest of his hot chocolate, hoping it'd somehow warm him up. it did, kinda,along with slightly scalding the roof of his mouth and tongue.

he met josh in the living room, who was wrapped up in fuzzy blankets and shivering.

"aw, josh. i'll get you water and an aspirin, then make you hot chocolate."

tyler walked into the kitchen, pouring josh a glass of water from the jug and retrieving the pill bottle from the cabinet next to the microwave. he placed them on the counter before preparing the hot chocolate, which just consisted of popping a mug of milk into the microwave and heating it up. tyler returned to the living room as the milk was warming, handing josh the medicine. he felt josh's ice cold fingertips brush against his hand as he took the medicine, placing the back of his palm to josh's face and pouting as that was cold, too.

he heard the microwave beep, going into the kitchen again to finish making the hot chocolate, stirring the dry swiss miss packet into the hot milk. he went back into the kitchen and set the hot chocolate on the christmas tree coaster, sitting down next to josh.

"now, do you mind telling me why you were on the roof?" tyler asked.

"i was setting up christmas lights." josh shrugged.

"on december thirteenth?" tyler raised an eyebrow at josh. why is he setting up so early?

"we might forget later." josh looked into his mug, sipping the hot liquid.

tyler rolled his eyes, pressing closer to josh as he wouldn't stop shivering, even though the heater was working and warm air was flowing through the house. josh set down the mug and his hands vanished into the mass of blankets engulfing him.

"you could've hurt yourself." tyler said.

"aw, is tyler worried about little old me?" josh poked the dimple that formed in tyler's cheek as he smiled.

"no." tyler looked away with blushing cheeks, his action betraying his lie.

josh genuinely smiled, looking at tyler. "thank you." he snuggled into him, closing his eyes and enjoying the warmth that countered his body.

"i guess." tyler lightly smiled, throwing his arm around his roommate and turning on the television with his free hand.

while they were here, they might as well watch a movie.

apart from friends and family, cuddling on the couch during a christmas movie also held a place in tyler's heart, especially if it was with josh. he could totally get used to this.