Chapter three: Snow.
Raven and Beast Boy had been dating for going on ten months, and their first Christmas together was fast approaching, after some initial holiday jitters and panics over presents they'd quickly gotten into the holiday spirit, eagerly anticipating the coming Yuel. They kept each other warm on frosty nights and Beast Boy had even convinced Raven to obtain her own advent calendar, the idea of advent was a concept that Beast Boy had never really grown out of, like Raven had. But, she humoured him, and every morning they started their day with a square of sweetness behind a tiny cardboard door.
It was early one morning, a mere 3 days before Christmas Eve, when Beast Boy stirred awake. All of his senses were more acute than those of a normal human, it was the predatory instincts that came with essentially being part animal. It was an obnoxious light that shone through a slit in the drawn curtains that roused him, far too bright than was normal for a December day. His ears twitched up in curiosity, as did his eyebrows, before a soft murmuring beside him informed him that Raven was still in her sleep. He had one arm draped comfortably over her middle as she dozed, both of them facing the window, with her nestled snuggly with her back against his chest. He trailed his fingertips across her stomach as he continued to stare at the brightness beyond the drapes.
She shifted slightly, having been awoken by his hand moving gently over her skin. She glanced over her shoulder at him, and he looked down at her briefly and gave her a short and sweet peck before his eyes once again went to the window. He had a sneaking suspicion that he knew exactly why this early morning was so uncharacteristically bright, and was anxious to discover if he was correct.
"How late is it?" Raven asked, assuming she'd slept much later than was normal, and deducing that this was the reason for the light outside.
"No later than usual." He told her, before easing himself out of the bed.
He trudged over to the window and pulled back the curtain, revealing the world outside to be just as he'd suspected. Everything as far as the eye could see was blanketed in white, the rock pools below the tower were frozen over, the sea itself harsh and icy against the shore, more flakes flitted down from the heavens, landing upon the existing blanket. A wide grin spread across Beast Boy's face as he looked excitedly around the windows outside frame, a fluffy white layer on the sill, with jagged icy shards unevenly overhead.
"Gar?" Raven asked from her place in the bed, she could not see much from where she laid, just the pale, pale grey of the sky and the thick icicles.
"Quick, Rae, it's snowing!" She could hear the near child-like enthusiasm in his voice, and gave a fond smile before she went to join him.
She burrowed herself up under his arm and wrapped her arms around his middle, she hadn't anticipated just how much snow there'd be, they must've had quite the blizzard in the night, the white was almost blinding. There was not a colour in sight, everywhere was white boldness, and greyscale, even the stormy sea was a dark grey that managed to complete the wintery snow-scape.
She glanced up and saw that he wore a smile so large it went from one elfin ear to the other, and she smiled too. She stood on her toes, allowing his arm to fall from her shoulders to rest at her hip as she placed a soft kiss at his jaw; he'd grown so much taller over the years she could hardly believe it. He tilted his face down to meet her and she was enveloped in his warmth, so at odds with the snow covered scenery.
I think I should point out that each one of these little Christmas-shots are completely unrelated (assuming you haven't deduced that already.) They are in no way linked, and therefore are not within the same chronology. In some chapters they may be together, years older, post-series, post-Trigon, so on and so forth etcetera, etcetera.