The kids and Sportacus were having a snow ball fight before it was time to go in to eat. Robbie sat on a bench by himself and sneered at the group. Sportacus smiled slightly before flinging a snowball at the villain. Robbie gave a startled yelp when the snow hit him square in the chest. He growled to where he was the only one who heard it. Standing up, he lifted his own snowball and flung it at the elf.

"Nice throw, Robbie," Sportacus yelled after the snow hit his shoulder.

"What?" Robbie sneered. Why was he being praised for throwing something at someone.

"Why don't you join in with everyone?" The elf asked. Robbie hesitated before crossing his arms over his chest.

"No," he said, sitting back down on his bench. Sportacus frowned slightly. Robbie made it a point to look away from him. The villain figured that this was just a ploy to get all of the kids to pelt him with snowballs. He wasn't dumb enough to fall for that.

Later, it was time to go in for their Christmas meal. Sportacus jogged over to Robbie while the others went inside. Robbie glared at him almost immediately. The elf's mustache twitched.

"Are you going to join us, Robbie?" Sportacus asked. Robbie just snorted.

"And have all of you laugh at me because of my manners? I don't think so," Robbie said. The elf gave him a confused look.

"Why would we laugh at you?"

"Why wouldn't you?" Robbie countered. Sportacus backed away a step.

"I'll just. Um.. I'll bring you a plate," Sportacus muttered as he moved away. He wasn't sure what was going on with the other man.

Robbie was slightly shocked when Sportacus really did come back with food. Everyone else had finished eating already, but the food was still warm. He was more shocked when Sportacus sat down next to him. Robbie hesitated but ultimately gave in and started eating.

"May I ask what's been bothering you?" Sportacus asked.

"Why do you think something is bothering me?" Robbie responded.

"You aren't usually this cold towards people."

"Maybe, it's because I'm actually cold," Robbie snipped, gesturing towards the snow.

"Why don't you go home and warm up?"

"It's not any warmer there," Robbie answered absentmindedly as he ate some of the food he'd been given. Sportacus raised an eyebrow. Why wasn't Robbie's home warmer?

"You're welcome in my airship. It's plenty warm," he said. The elf watched the man's face as he contemplated the offer. Sportacus noticed how tired he looked. "Has the cold been keeping you awake?"

"What's it to you?" Robbie snapped.

"Robbie, please come back to the airship with me," Sportacus pleaded. Robbie stared straight ahead while he nodded. Sportacus let Robbie finish his meal before the two headed back. Robbie said that it was just his bad manners that made him eat so quickly. Sportacus believed that it was more likely that the man just hadn't had decent food in a while.

The two headed up the ladder. Robbie sat down on the edge of the bed while Sportacus put together another place for him to sleep. It was much warmer inside the airship but Robbie was still shivering.

"Are you okay, Robbie?" Sportacus asked and put a hand on his shoulder. "Robbie, you're freezing." The elf sat down next to him and wrapped his arms around him.

"What are you doing?" Robbie asked while the other man ran his hands over his arms and shoulders.

"I'm trying to warm you up," the elf responded. Robbie was going to argue but realized that he wasn't shivering quite as violently now. He didn't fight it too hard when he felt himself falling asleep. Sportacus caught him when he was too drowsy to stay up. His lead laid on the elf's shoulder and his lanky arms wrapped around his waist.

"I'm going to deny this ever happened," Robbie said with a yawn. "But, thank you."

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Author's note

Sorry if this seems like an out of place story. I listened to Jol I Latebae the other day. That made me think of the concept. If this seems like there isn't as much put into it as some of my other stuff, it's because this is what I'm using for comfort because I had a bad night at work. We were busy the whole night with too few staff members. Also, my favorite manger, who I've started to see as family is being sent to another store. It's a shorter drive for him, but I'm going to miss him.

Also, I don't mean to keep going back to Robbie not being able to sleep. I just can relate to it. I don't have insomnia. Working night shift has just messed up my sleep patterns.