Well, here we are with the last chapter of this little story. I honestly didn't think it would be this long or get this popular, but I'm definitely not complaining. Though this fic is ending, I do see myself typing oneshots in this AU in the future. Enjoy!

The walk home from their last Dag session of the semester could have been just that, if Ruby hadn't thrown that first snowball.

The group had just left the gym, feeling more than a little sweaty and carrying their jackets over their arms despite the several inches of snow on the ground. When Jaune felt the familiar, wet thud of snow against the back of his head, he dropped his stuff and turned around, seeing Ruby's too-innocent expression immediately.

"Challenge accepted, Rose Knight!" he declared, grabbing his coat and gloves from his pile of stuff and putting them on in a hurry. "Come back, coward!" he shouted when his friend quickly put her things down and bolted, red cloak flapping in the wind.

Pyrrha already had her coat on and was running after Ruby. "I'll chase her down."

"Eep! Weiss, give me some backup!" Ruby called over her shoulder.

Weiss folded her arms and shook her head. "You brought this upon yourse- WHO THREW THAT?!" She spun around when a snowball hit the middle of her back, just in time to see Sun running for his life. Her eyes narrowed. She gently placed her new blue sword from the most recent building session on a bench, zipped and straightened her jacket, and then tore after Sun. "GET BACK HERE, YOU IMMATURE DUNCE!"

Nora clapped her hands excitedly. "Yay! A snowball fight!" She slipped on her mittens. "Worry not, Ice Queen! I shall help to avenge you!"

"Don't call me Ice Queen!"

Ren quietly backed away from the chaos to stand next to Blake, who had faded into the doorway as soon as the first snowball was thrown.

Once Jaune had his gloves on, he balled some snow in his fists and tried to catch up with Ruby and Pyrrha. His heavy boots and the deep snow made it difficult, but he saw that Pyrrha had caught up with Ruby and was now holding her in a bear hug.

"I caught the culprit, Arc Angel," she said as her boyfriend approached.

"I see that." A devious grin came to Jaune's face as he tossed the snowball from one hand to the otherr.

Ruby squealed and giggled as she tried to wriggle out of Pyrrha's grasp. "Mercy, good sir! Mercy!"

"Hm…" Jaune pretended to ponder the notion. "What do you think, dear Ophelia? Should I spare the Rose Knight?"

Pyrrha took on a similar faux-ponderous expression. "I do not know, my good Arc Angel. She certainly was dishonorable with her tactics. I mean, hitting you while your back was turned? Shameful!"

"True, true. Such bad behavior goes against knightly conduct. She should be disciplined." Jaune looked at the snowball for a moment before stepping forward and shoving it down Ruby's back.

"EEEEP!" Ruby yelped at the sudden coldness. As Pyrrha let her go, she clawed desperately at her back, only to shiver as the snowball melted. She glared at her two friends. "That's it. This is war."

Coco and Velvet watched with amused smiles on their faces. "Whose side do you think we should take?" Velvet asked as she watched Weiss and Nora chasing Sun, and Ruby attempting to dodge a double-attack from Jaune and Pyrrha while retaliating with her own missiles.

"Sides?" Coco snorted. "Screw sides. It's arma-freaking-geddon!" She turned toward her girlfriend, tackling her into a nearby snowpile.

Velvet squeaked in surprise before slipping her hands under Coco's jacket, tickling her stomach. She smirked when her girlfriend's grip loosened and flipped over so that she was pinning her down. "As you wish."

Jaune let out a whoop of victory as one of his snowballs hit Ruby in the arm. Ruby threw one at his chest, which he barely dodged by diving behind a bench. "Missed!" He started to stand up when a huge glob of snow from some branches overhead landed on him. "Oomph!" He shook snow from his hair and turned to see Pyrrha standing next to the tree trunk, a guilty expression on her face. "Et tu, Brute?" Jaune gasped.

"I'm sorry! I thought it would shake that other branch by Ruby." Pyrrha put a hand to her mouth to try and hide her laughter.

"A likely story. Get over here, traitor!" With that, Jaune started chasing Pyrrha around the lawn.

Pyrrha giggled as she ran from Jaune, slowing down every now and then to let him draw closer before bolting ahead. Ruby hit her with a snowball and she turned around to retaliate, beaning the smaller girl in the middle of the back. Before she could start running again, Jaune caught up and grabbed her around the middle, lifting her off the ground.

"Gotcha," he panted. "You…" Pant. "Are at my mercy!" Pant.

"Oh no, the great Arc Angel has captured me. Whatever shall I do?" Pyrrha said in a faux-damsel voice.

"Surrender. It is your only course of action, my dear Spartan," Jaune said with a devilish smirk. He blew a puff of air past her ear, causing her to shiver.

"Jaune!" she squeaked. "That tickles!"

"Worse tortures await if you don't surrender!" Jaune, feeling bold, nipped quickly at her earlobe.

"Eep!" Pyrrha jumped at the sudden, new sensation of Jaune's teeth. Glancing over her shoulder, she winked at him. "I don't know. I'm liking the idea of being a captive more and more," she purred in a sultry tone.

Jaune felt his face turn bright red. "P-Pyrrha, you're making me blush…" he muttered

"That's the idea." As Pyrrha had predicted, Jaune's flustered state caused him to loosen his grip, allowing her to pull free. She grabbed a handful of snow and shoved it down his jacket.

"ACK!" Jaune jumped, pouting at Pyrrha while trying and failing to get rid of the snow. "That wasn't fair."

"Don't they say 'All's fair in love and war'?" Pyrrha asked, smiling innocently.

At that moment, Ruby ran up and hit both of them in the chest with snowballs. "No getting distracted, you two," she chirped before running off again.

The battle would have probably lasted longer if not for the fact that everyone was already tired from Dagorhir. After a few more minutes, they met in front of the gym again. Weiss and Nora looked particularly victorious standing next to a thoroughly wet and bedraggled Sun. Coco and Velvet were equally soaked and equally happy. Ren and Blake cautiously came out of their hiding spot in the doorway. Everyone said their farewells before splitting off.

Jaune wrapped an arm around Pyrrha's shoulders. "Want to come over to my house? Mom can make hot chocolate. We should relax a bit while we have the chance. Finals are this week, after all."

"Okay." Pyrrha leaned against Jaune while they walked. "Though, do you mind if we stop at my dorm first? I need to pick up something."

When they went to the dorm, Pyrrha quickly ducked in. Jaune just managed to catch her putting something bright red into her coat pocket.

At Jaune's house, they were immediately greeted by Mrs. Arc, who took their wet jackets and instructed them to sit by the fire while she made them some cocoa. Jaune's seven year old sister Jenny ran up and hugged Pyrrha.

"Hi, Pyrrha! Why are you guys all wet?"

Pyrrha smiled and hugged the child back. "We had a snowball fight."

"Did you kick Jaune's butt?"

"Yes," Pyrrha promptly replied.

"Uh, no!" Jaune said at the same time.

Jenny snickered. "I believe Pyrrha."

Jaune ruffled Jenny's short hair. "Of course you do, you little jerk."

"You're the jerk!" Jenny stuck out her tongue.

"No, you!"

"No, you!"

Pyrrha rolled her eyes at the childish banter while Jaune's elder sister Mary popped her head out of the next room. "Hey, Jaune. Want me to get the thing?"

Jaune turned away from Jenny. "Oh! Yeah, get the thing."

"What thing?" Pyrrha asked.

"You'll see. Let's sit down." He led Pyrrha over to the largest armchair by the fire. In his mind, he was doing a happy dance. One of his simplest, but most prevailing fantasies was finally happening: cuddling with Pyrrha in front of his living room fireplace. He plopped down on the comfy cushion and held out his arms for Pyrrha, who gladly snuggled against him. "Man, I'm going to miss you over break," he sighed.

"I'll miss you too," Pyrrha said, resting her head on his shoulder. She looked up quizzically when Mary walked over and held out a wrapped package.

"Is this the right one?"

"Yeah, that's it. Thanks." Jaune took the package with a smile.

"He agonized for days over what to get," Mary said to Pyrrha. "Like, he went from sister to sister asking for advice. It was a little sad."

"Okay, Mary. Bye!" Jaune shoved her away with one hand, rolling his eyes.

Pyrrha looked at the package. "Oh, is that for Christmas?" When Jaune nodded, she stood. "In that case, I'd better get yours. One moment." She went to where her jacket was hung and took her small gift from the pocket. She returned to the armchair and handed Jaune the present.

For a few seconds, the two were silent as they unwrapped their parcels. Jaune saw his present first and gasped. "Sweet! I needed new dice." He held the tiny dice box to the light and his eyes widened. Pyrrha had gotten him a really pretty dice set: white with a shiny gold marble pattern. "These are awesome, Pyrrha. Thanks!"

"I got them in Arc Angel's colors," Pyrrha explained as she finished unwrapping her present. It was a small, slightly-heavy box. When she lifted the lid, her mouth dropped open.

Sitting inside was a bronze-colored metal headpiece. It had thin, decorative chains in the back that had tiny green stones hanging from them. She lifted it carefully, wondering if it was an antique.

Jaune noticed how careful she was being. "Oh, don't worry. It's not fragile. I thought it would go with your Dag character."

"Jaune, this is gorgeous," Pyrrha murmured, still staring at the band. "Where did you get it?"

"Barty knows a metalworker in Mistral, and convinced him to give me a discount on one of his pieces." Jaune noticed his girlfriend's worried look and quickly added: "It was totally within my price range, don't worry!"

Pyrrha smiled, kissing Jaune's cheek. "That's a relief. I'd hate to think of you spending all your money on me." She traced the edge of it, admiring the handiwork. "Thank you, Jaune. This is just grand."

"Why don't you try it on?" Jaune asked eagerly.

"Okay." Pyrrha lifted the headpiece and carefully put it on. It fit perfectly. The weight on her forehead would take some getting used to, but there was no discomfort. She turned toward Jaune. "So, how do I look?"

Jaune was speechless. The light from the fireplace had already lent a glow to Pyrrha's cheeks and an extra shine to her emerald eyes. Now, it caused the headpiece to shine and the false jewels to shimmer, surrounding his girlfriend with a halo of radiance. Not for the first time, he wondered how he had won over such an amazing, beautiful girl.

"Jaune?" Pyrrha urged gently, smiling at the cute, stunned expression on her boyfriend's face. "I didn't break you, did I?"

"Huh?" Jaune blinked dumbly before letting out a sheepish laugh. "Uh, sorry. Um, this will sound really lame, but you look like a literal goddess right now."

Pyrrha blushed bright red and glanced to the side. He really needs to stop being so adorable. "Now, you're the one making me blush," she murmured.

Jaune tilted her face back toward his, brushing his lips against her warm cheek. "It's nice to see I can one-up you sometimes."

"For the record," Mary's voice called from the doorway. "That was totally lame, Jaune."

"Mary! Out!" Jaune picked up a pillow and threw it at Mary, who nimbly dodged by disappearing into the next room.

Mrs. Arc came in a minute later with two mugs of cocoa. A handful of mini marshmallows were in each cup. "Here you go. There are cookies in the oven. I can take you back to the dorms at eleven, Pyrrha. I'd feel better if you didn't have to walk back."

"Thank you, Mrs. Arc," Pyrrha said. When Jaune's mother left, she glanced at him. "I see where you get your over-protectiveness from."

Jaune shrugged. "Hey. Can you blame me if I want my girl to make it home safely?"

Pyrrha just smiled before turning to her mug. She paused before taking a sip. "Are these marshmallows in the shape of bunnies?"

"Uh, yeah." Jaune shrugged. "Bunnies were my favorite animal growing up, so Mom would always order a giant bag of the special bunny marshmallows at the beginning of every winter. It's a bit of a tradition."

"They're cute," Pyrrha said, looking at the tiny, fluffy shapes. "And don't lie. You still love bunnies."

"Yeah," Jaune admitted. "They're just so soft! And their noses are always twitching."

"Well, you're not the only one. Velvet's Dag character is named after a rabbit in Watership Down, if I'm not mistaken."

"She lent me that book a year ago. I can't believe I hadn't read it before. I'll have to see if Blake's read it. She might like it."

"Which character is your favorite? Mine was always Fiver."

"I like Bigwig. He was tough and confident, but also able to learn. I love characters like that."

The two continued to talk for several hours. At one point, Mrs. Arc brought some freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies into the room and left them on the table with two new mugs of cocoa. Jaune made sure that some cookies had been put aside to give Ruby later on. At ten fifty, Mrs. Arc went to warm up the car.

Pyrrha hugged Jaune tightly. Her stomach was full of sweets, her body was tired from Dag practice combined with the snowball fight, and she was doubly warm due to Jaune's presence and the crackling fire nearby. She really didn't want to leave.

Jaune nuzzled kisses into Pyrrha's hair, trying to keep from smudging the headpiece, which she had refused to take off throughout the visit. "Let's do this again after finals."

"You read my mind," Pyrrha sighed. "I'll definitely need this after those tests."

"Don't start thinking about them till tomorrow," Jaune yawned.

"I won't." Pyrrha glanced toward the door before pulling Jaune into a kiss. Though their kisses had gotten more heated over the last few weeks, this one remained simple and innocent. This was partially due to how tired they were, partially due to the likelihood of a sister walking through the room at any given time.

Jaune smiled in the kiss, savoring the taste of chocolate on Pyrrha's lips and the way she sighed happily against him when he hugged her closer. He heard footsteps from the hallway and reluctantly moved back as his mom entered the room.

"The car's ready. Do you want to come too, Jaune?"

"Okay." Jaune stood up. He wouldn't be able to stay at the dorm. Pyrrha had reached the guest limit for the month the previous week after Pathfinder. But, he wouldn't say no to the chance to hold Pyrrha's hand in the back seat for a few extra minutes. Wow, he thought. Ruby wasn't kidding when she called me the "King Sap."

The car ride was short, but Jaune was still glad that he didn't need to worry about his girlfriend walking home alone. She could certainly take care of herself, but he preferred it when she didn't have to. He held her hand, rubbing gently at her knuckle with a thumb. He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye. The lights from the street lamps outside managed to catch her new headpiece, causing it to shine faintly in the dark car. Man, she's beautiful.

They pulled into the parking lot and Pyrrha turned to kiss him goodnight. It was a quick kiss, but not too quick to feel the warmth between them. "Goodnight, Jaune. I love you." She pecked his cheek again before unbuckling her seatbelt and opening the car door.

"I love you too, Pyrrha! Night." Jaune leaned back in his seat after the door closed, watching to make sure Pyrrha got in the dorm safely.

Once the door to the dorm building was closed, Mrs. Arc glanced over her shoulder at her son. "She really is a nice girl. I like her a lot."

Jaune grinned. "So do I, Mom. So do I."

Pyrrha checked in at the front desk before going up to the room. Weiss, of course, was still awake and at her laptop. "Don't overwork yourself like I did," she warned as she walked in.

"I won't," Weiss replied crisply. She opened another file before looking at her roommate. "Did you and Jaune have a nice evening?" She blinked when she noticed the headpiece. "Did he give you that? It's gorgeous!"

Pyrrha touched her headpiece. Her eyes fell on Weiss's mirror on the door. "Goddess" might have been an exaggeration, but she couldn't deny that this new accessory looked pretty good on her. "He did. And the evening was grand."

Weiss, despite her preoccupation with finals, couldn't help but return her friend's excited smile. "I'm glad to hear that." She returned to her laptop. "Let me know if my typing keeps you up."

"I'm used to it by now," Pyrrha assured her. She sat down at her own desk and started to open some of her own notes, before Jaune's instructions ran in her head. I suppose I can relax until tomorrow, she reasoned. Exing out of a study document, she instead plugged in her headphones and brought up her Skyrim game.

She leaned back in her chair and started to play. After a few minutes, however, her phone buzzed. It was a text from Jaune.

"Good luck studying tomorrow. Love you!" There was a little "less than three" sideways heart at the end of the message.

Pyrrha smiled as she typed back: "You too. I love you!" She ended her message with a smiley face before hitting send.

She turned her game back on, allowing herself to forget about her upcoming exams for a little while longer. Everything felt so good at that moment, and she wanted that to last for as long as possible.

Why yes, I did have Jaune give Pyrrha her signature headpiece. Why? Well, I'm a sap, that's why. I'll finish this story with an exciting announcement for those who don't know: I'm open for commissions! Message me if you're interested. I already have one slot of five filled. Also, I have started a GoFundMe page called Send Tori to Europe (which will also serve as my method of taking commission payments, due to how easy it is to work with). If you're feeling generous and want to help me go to Europe next year, I'll appreciate whatever you can offer.

Next week, I'll be posting the first chapter of my Werewolf AU, Once in a Shattered Moon. It already promises to be a long one, and I'm really excited about what I have for it so far. See you then. Peace out!