A/N: Don't expect my portrayals of the Mindcrack Server to be super accurate; I fell very behind a while back and I'm just going off what I know about the server from the last time I saw it. I'm sorry if this is disappointing for that reason, but that's just kind of how it is. Sorry!

December 5th

Beef was two seconds away from tying Pause to one of Seth's unstable creations.

It wasn't that the other man was trying to be infuriating… okay, maybe he was, but that was just how Pause rolled. Asking Pause to stop being annoying was like asking Seth to stop being an overly-analytical genius, or like asking Etho to stop breaching. It just didn't happen.

Beef's current headache revolved around Pause's refusal to wear proper clothes. He understood that this was just how Pause dressed, but it was cold, dammit! It was always snowing on the Mindcrack server! Or it was this time of year, anyways. The last thing that Beef wanted was to deal with Pause when he had a cold, yet his boyfriend still refused to put on a damn coat.

"Pause." Beef moaned, exasperated. The other man had been running around in this forest for the past twenty minutes, trying to evade Beef and his winter-coat-of-death. It wasn't even that ridiculous! The coat was stylish, Beef thought, and it was lightweight and everything! Couldn't Pause see that he was just looking out for him?

"No!" Beef heard Pause's voice from somewhere in the forest, the words carrying easily through the cold stillness of the air.

"I just don't want you to get a cold, Pause!" Beef called back, keeping his eyes peeled for the half-naked man.

"No, Beef! I'm not wearing that!" Pause's voice again. Closer.

"It's comfortable, Pausy-Poo!" Usually Beef appreciated Pause's choice of wardrobe, but, Notch, he was seriously going to go all Death Games on his boyfriend if he didn't cut it out soon.

"Nope!"

Beef sighed.

Beef continued to follow his boyfriend's voice, occasionally calling out a demand for Pause to, "Just come put the coat on, Guy! Gosh!" so that he could get another response to follow.

The snow crunched softly under Beef's feet, and he hoped that Pause was still too focused on avoiding him to listen for the sound. Eventually, Beef came upon a clearing in the dense forest, and- Wait. There.

Pause was standing in the snow, his back turned to where Beef had come from. Perfect.

Carefully, Beef slowly snuck up behind the other man, Pause seeming not to notice him as he got closer and closer. Sure enough, Pause was shivering, his clothes doing little to keep him completely warm as the snow swirled down around him. With a yell, Beef tackled his boyfriend to the ground, the element of surprise aiding him as he began to wrestle the coat onto Pause.

Pause let out a shout as he suddenly realized what was happening. He began to struggle against Beef's hold, screaming loud almost-obscenities and nonsensical insults as he fought.

Beef sat back on his haunches with a triumphant cry as he finally got the jacket onto his stubborn boyfriend. Pause was pouting up at him, grumbling incoherently under his breath.

Beef stood, hauling the other man up with him as well. Pause was still glaring at him, even as he pulled the coat closer to himself.

Beef snorted, wrapping an arm around Pause's shoulders. "Stop grumbling, Pausy."

Pause scoffed, but the effect was quickly ruined as he sneezed.

Beef raised an eyebrow at him.

"Not a word, Beef. Not a word."

"Told you so."

Pause groaned, throwing his head back to get his point across. Beef would probably be forcing medicine and mushroom stew down his throat for the next few days, but he couldn't bring himself to care. At least he had a hot nurse.

"Now," Beef announced, sliding his hand down to intertwine with Pause's, "Let's go home and have some nice, warm popsic."