It was a crisp, cold morning in the halls of the renowned USAHS dormitories. The sky was slate grey with the sun only just breaking through to light the world beneath. This was one of those mornings that would be great for sitting inside and snuggling under a blanket to watch a movie with a cup of hot chocolate.
Unfortunately for some young teens this was not what was happening for them this morning, as the students of class 1A trudged wearily towards their school building to begin their day. All of them wore their thickest of clothing, Drake in particular bundled up so much the poor boy could hardly even move. Except for two particular students, Austin strode towards the school wearing his usual school uniform his breath puffing forth in a fog with each deep breath. Being of such a thick build Austin's body temperature ran fairly hot and he was not as susceptible to the cold as others would normally be. The other student being Blake, who had upon discovering how warm the larger boy was had taken to koalaing onto his back. Blake had his face snuggled deep into Austin's back his arms and legs wrapped tightly about the other boy a contented smile on his face.
The other students nearby glared at the boy clinging to their classmate slightly jealous that he had found such a way to keep warm without having to carry around all of their extra baggage. At this point in their friendship Austin wasn't even phased by the smaller boy's presence as Blake had taken to climbing all over him like a jungle gym from almost day one in the school. He could often be found perched on Austin's right shoulder (the right was his favorite) drumming his heels into the boy's chest and side or curled around one of his legs or cuddled into him like he was now. Noticing all of the jealous glares coming his way Blake looked back to his classmates and stuck his tongue out rather childishly before making a big show of how comfortable he was.
As the day progressed instead of growing warmer the weather just grew colder and colder with record lows being in the forecast and snow piling up on the ground outside. This doesn't stop Mr. Bakugo from forcing the children outside, yelling about it giving them extra practice with dealing with the elements. After the longest seeming day of their school careers thus far the class trudged their way back towards the dorms. Blake sneaking back onto Austin's back with minimal complaint once more but both of the boys noticing that the rest of the class, minus James of course, was moving towards Austin.
Once they got back inside the dorms the students all quickly shed their school clothing and changed into the warmest clothing they could. It still wasn't enough, and all of the students made their way towards the common area whilst Abel, went and made a huge pot of warm milk and portioned it out into mugs of hot chocolate for everyone. Then he joined Austin in sitting on the couch and turning on some old Disney movies.
The next morning Deku was making his rounds checking on all of the dorms, thankfully it was a Saturday today as there would be almost no way for the students to train in the ridiculous amount of snow that had accumulated overnight. When Deku got to the dormitory of class 1A what he saw inside melted his heart for a single moment in time and he decided he needed a picture. He quickly snapped the picture on his phone, sent it to Bakugo (Only to of course receive complaints and curses in response).
Soon Deku left, and the picturesque setting inside of the common area was returned to normal. Where all of the students (Minus James) in the class had fallen asleep with each other on the couches of the common area. All of them moving as close as they could to the single greatest source of heat in the room. Drake curled about Austin's ankles, Blake rested like a cat behind his head on the couch, Synaes was sitting so close on his side that she was almost in his lap with her head cushioned on his shoulder and chest. Abel curled in on the other side of his friend and miraculously even Megan was so cold she didn't shy away from the slight contact with the boy. Leo, Martel, and Hunter were scattered about the floor around the couch Moxie cuddled up next to Robyn and Lloyd.
Soon creaks were heard on the stairs as James, wearing only his thin pajamas and shivering like crazy. Seeing the mess of bodies around the shyest boy in the class James mumbled to himself about stupid manatees before forcefully moving himself into the area by Lloyd and Moxie and finally feeling the warmth that he had been craving all night long.
Once this latest disturbance was over everyone stayed asleep until much later than they usually would, and everyone reacting with different levels of embarrassment before leaving to start their days. All except for the huge young man who still sat radiating heat like a space heater who snored quietly with a dopey happy smile on his lips happy that he could help so many with such a simple solution.
Omake:
Austin yawned slowly and went to stretch realizing that he must have fallen asleep playing video games again, only to stop when he realized he had weight on both his shoulders and behind him. Taking quick inventory, he realized Blake was the one behind him and on his neck, and noticed that Abel was beside him. What he didn't expect, and would never have believed that it had happened if he didn't see the proof himself was Synaes. Now fully seated in his lap and her head pressed firmly against his chest while his heart beat very fast. Austin glanced around trying to find a way out of this mess, and seeing nothing since he was completely buried underneath all of his classmates with no way to quietly escape. Austin said a quick prayer before moving his arm to encircle Synae's petite waist pulling her just that smallest bit closer before closing his eyes and attempting to regain slumber. His face as bright red as it had ever been, but with a bright and happy smile visible to all.