Twelve Days of Christmas - Bellarke Style

by perplex777

My contribution for the prompt on tumblr. Mostly fluff and drabbles, although my entries for Day 3 and and 12 are mature (with Day 3's being particularly explicit). Day 3: 'The ground fell away beneath their feet, and they found themselves in a hole, a tangle of limbs, Clarke's elbow jabbing particularly painfully into his neck while his knee was trapping her arm on the ground.'

11. Whatever it takes to keep warm

A/N: Drabble. This started out as another filler... but I quite like what emerged.

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Day 11 – Whatever it takes to keep warm

"My teeth are actually chattering… I didn't know what that even meant before we came to this stupid planet."

Clarke was getting worried, "We need a way to stay warm or we'll end up with hypothermia."

It had been novel when the cold snap first started. Jasper had been running around exhaling loudly and telling everyone he was a dragon as they watched his breath form water vapour in the air.

The novelty soon wore off as the temperatures continued to plummet.

"I read that penguins used to huddle… you know, to share body heat and all that."

"Hmm…" she didn't sound overly convinced.

"Or we could just go back inside…"

She looked through the window at the scene before her. It wasn't much better than before, but at least her mother and Kane had moved away from the mistletoe at last.

"OK," she said grudgingly. "Can't let you die of exposure on my account."

She tugged him back just as he was about to walk through the door… "Thanks… for keeping me company out here."

"You mean for freezing my ass off? Anytime Princess… anytime." He threw an arm round her shoulder as they re-entered the room and re-joined the festivities.