AN: The song for this one is 'Cold December Night.' Sam isn't exactly enjyoing the cold weather but cuddling with Artie is the best way to remedy that.

Despite how excited he got when it snowed out for the first time, Sam wasn't exactly the biggest fan of all the cold weather that came with it. He would never actually admit this out loud though, since Artie would probably make him sit outside in the snow in retaliation for all the times he woke him up early. But while the snow was pretty to look at, the cold temperatures that came with it were not that pleasant. It took far too long for his car to warm up properly and by the time it did, he was almost home anyways. Rubbing his cold hands together, he made his way into the house as quickly as he could without slipping on the icy path.

Artie wasn't home yet which meant that the house itself was pretty cold too. Sam quickly turned the heat up and preheated the oven for the pizza that he was going to make. While he was waiting, he got a fire going in the fireplace for good measure. Everything seemed to be taking too long to warm up though, so he grabbed a blanket and made a cocoon of sorts around himself as he buried into the couch. He only got up to put the pizza in and then retired back to the couch.

This is what Artie found when he got home. The timer for the pizza dinged just as he entered the kitchen so he quickly pulled it out of the oven. He cut it up and threw it on some plates as he went in search of Sam. The man in question had fashioned quite a comfortable looking blanket fort of sorts around the couch and was deeply set back in it. He gave Artie a little wave as he entered. Artie just raised an eyebrow.

"Cold much?"

"Little bit."

Artie rolled his eyes as he handed the pizza to Sam and wedged himself in between the blankets as well. Sam helped adjust the blanket around his shoulders until he was comfortably seated next to him. They munched on their pizza while watching the fire. Sam was starting to warm up now and the fact that Artie was snuggled up against him helped with this matter as well.

Although Artie was tempted to make some snarky comment about how Sam couldn't handle the 'winter wonderland' now, he decided to hold it in since this was leading up to some prime snuggling time and he didn't want to be denied of that. Sure enough, as soon as they were done eating, Sam pushed their plates to the side and they arranged themselves into a familiar embrace. Having the blankets draped all around and over them was a bit unusual, but not unknown since they had made more than one blanket fort in their time.

They ended up talking about their days and it turned into idle chatter that didn't really mean anything. Sam was more than comfortable now, with the cold long forgotten. Artie hadn't forgotten though and took this opportunity to tease Sam about it. Sam tried to protest his innocence but when he couldn't come up with a good enough excuse, he resorted to tickling Artie to get him to shut up. This was quite effective and ended up with Artie flat on his back on the couch. This of course gave Sam some different ideas and he leaned in to give Artie a kiss that turned into a deeper kiss and suddenly their little cave of blankets had a new use and the cold was very much long forgotten.