Sorry for the wait, I've been busy. More fluff, fluff and banter and stuff. That sounds awkward.

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GLOVES

The TV hums with static as it turns on, screen lingering black for a moment before flashing into color. Angelique presses buttons on the remote with a frown, searching out the Weather Channel and eventually finding it.

"50 degrees? Wait, what's that in Celsius?"

Lovino, who is messing around on his phone, converts it. "10 degrees."

"Ten degrees?"

Sometimes Angelique wishes she had never moved to America, simply because it's so cold sometimes. Of course, the pros outweighed the cons of that decision, but she still couldn't fathom it being so cold outside! Even in somewhere as far south as Virginia!

She shivers even though their house is warm. "Time to get out the winter coats, right Arthur?"

Arthur peers up at her in disbelief. "I'm from Bristol, love. This is sweater weather to me."

"Everything is sweater weather to you, Art," Lovino teases.

"Not true!"

Angelique ignores their banter, going to their coat closet in preparation for going out and pulling out the heaviest jacket she can find without going into the storage for winter gear. "Still... it sucks. And I always lose my gloves at work 'cause someone else takes them home, and my hands get so cold!"

"I could always embroider a pair for you, if you wished," Arthur says, as he continues his work on his embroidery hoop.

Angelique snorts. "You're so gay, Arthur."

"What?" Arthur asks in surprise while Lovino breaks out into laughter, and Angelique grins. "That was - you're terrible, Angelique," he accuses while Angelique laughs and comes back with her coat, plopping up on the couch next to him. Arthur sets his embroidery aside to flip her legs onto his lap and pull her closer.

"I'm dating you, aren't I?" He says in a low voice, entirely too serious for the situation as he pulls her in for a kiss. Angelique smiles and presses back just before Lovino interrupts.

"Uh, sorry to burst your bubble, Art, but you're dating me too," the Italian says, his peals of laughter still fading off.

"Don't ruin the moment," Arthur tells him, resting his forehead against Angelique's. The woman is stunned, as always, by the absolute adoration that blinks back at her in those green eyes - and the fact that it has always been and always will be for her. "Come on, we're all here for once," Arthur says quietly. "Do you really need to go out?"

"We're out of bread and milk," Angelique points out.

"It can wait."

"And tea."

"Mmn. Go."

Angelique laughs and peels off of him, amused as she cocks a hip and stands. "So now you love your tea more than you love me," she pretends to be offended, only amused more by the flippant way Arthur turns back to his embroidery.

"Tea. Go."

"Wow, you're such a bastard, Arthur," Lovino plays along with a grin. "Maybe Angelique shouldn't be dating you."

"Then I'd really be gay," Arthur comments and the others cannot resist their laughter. Angelique slips into her coat, shoves her hands into the pockets and swears.

"I don't have my gloves," she explains sheepishly at Lovino's curious look. The Italian stands up, stretching languidly in his pajama pants as he walks over to the closet.

He goes to his own coat and rummages in the pockets, but only pulls out one glove with a bemused expression, tossing it to Angelique as he searches for the other. "Huh, I could've sworn that I had both of them. Fuck," Lovino mumbles under his breath as his search is fruitless. "Well..."

"Now I have one glove," Angelique remarks.

Arthur calls over from his chair, "Mine should be in the pockets of my coat - "

He cuts himself off as Lovino does as such, waving one glove and only one glove in his sight. "Oh, well, hmm. Wonder how that happened."

Angelique stares at her two boys and laughs. "We're terrible," she says as she takes Arthur's glove from Lovino's hand and slips the mismatched pair on.

Neither of them quite fit - but the gloves will keep her hands warm and that's all that matters.


Also, while I'm thinking about it - AnimeCon Milwaukee! I will be there on Saturday, on the slim slim slim chance that anybody who sees this will actually be there. :) I'm cosplaying (closet cosplaying, really, but whatevs) as fem!Jake from Homestuck.