Gentle Frost

A single snowflake landed on the lightly iced ground. The air was still, no winds blew, letting more of the gentle crystals fall delicately down. Landing and coating the ground in a thin blanket of white. The only light shown was from the moon as it glowed magnificently down on the earth below. On this said moon, was a man, that was who a certain winter spirit was talking to at this moment.

Looking out the frosted window was Jack Frost. He was sitting on the ledge, his legs slightly crunched up to him, his staff in hand. He was resting and watching the moon as he tried to get the voice that he usually would ignore, come back. He sat there staring out, every once and a while looking behind him to check on a figure under the bed sheets. He brought Artemis back to her room around midnight, it was now 3, and he hadn't left once. He would imagine her any moment now to spring up and ask obscured questions. Yet she remained quiet, the only noise she made was her light breathing. That and her shifting, right no she was on her side, a hand by her face. A particular hand that was wrapped as soon as he got back to her world.

He looked back out the window and in an almost pleading voice he spoke out.

"MiM...I know your listening so, it would help if you could actually say something back" Looking farther up at the moon, he didn't notice that the girl in the bed fluttered her eyes open gently.

" Why does she still remember me?...Jamie is starting to forget..." He trailed off slightly. His eyes scanned the sky sadly, Jamie was starting to grow up, and he was starting to forget Jack. Sure Jack was independent, a loner without a cause, but he had lived like this for so long. That it sometimes, just hurt.

"Why can't she just forget everything already before...Before she gets hurt." He looked back at her with eyes that seemed as though they were drowning in a ice blue pool of dread. He stopped in mid sentence as he pulled back and looked out the window, finishing it. All the while Artemis's eyes remained shut but her ears were eager to listen. She could hear the pain roll off of his tongue and was resiting the urge to jump up.

"Stop toying with me already" Jack snapped back. MiM had finally answered him, un heard by Artemis's ears.

"I was always meant to be alone, ...which is why I'm not going to listen to you anymore...and i won't come back" Artemis's eyes flung open, even if Jack trailed off the last part, she still heard every word. Although, she lacked the physical strength to get up. Even more so since Jack got up, leaving his staff to lean against the window. He quietly made his way to the bed and sat, Artemis facing away from him. There was a long silence before he spoke gently.

"I'm sorry" And with that, he slowly stood up. Artemis could not let him leave, forcing her body to move she grabbed him and held him down. Her arms wrapped around from behind to his chest, her face buried into the freezing jacket.

"Please don't go, please, please, please~" She cried out through muffled tears. His eyes widened in shock at the suddenness of it all. He stayed silent, sitting back down as he was embraced in the warmth. His eyes became dull as he looked down and heard the please of the girl.

"Don't leave Jack...please..." Artemis then stopped herself, she couldn't say as much as she wanted to. Jack turned his head slightly, she peered up and met his eyes. They were so, alone... He stared for a few more moments before turning his head back. He didn't move, he didn't complain, he just remained silent.

"Jack...I-if you leave...Then i-i will be alone too~" She let it out, in truth it was a different kind of loneliness. But she needed Jack to fill up that empty hole. This one stuttered statement made him turn and face her, she immediately latched back on. He felt his cold hit her warmth, and it felt like he was melting, and she was freezing.

Instead of talking, Jack ran a hand down her hair causing her to look up. He twirled a piece around his finger and smiled gently.

"Young girl, when will you learn?" He asked her, twisting around her own words she usually used on him against her. She looked at him with innocent eyes and let out a soft laugh. Drifting her face back down, pushing it back into Jacks frost covered jacket. He played with her hair a bit more waiting for her to calm back down. As she began to softly drift back into her sleep, she couldn't help but think that just like the falling of gentle snow outside, Jack was being overwhelmingly gentle.

The girl shut ever eye lids and started to wander off into her dreams, that was until she felt Jack move aaround her. He looked down at her and took a deep breath in, closing his eyes to bring up courage. He let out the air and opened his eye, staring at the figure attatched to him, he cupped his hand around the bottom of her chin. Lifting her face up just right, leaning in, and pressing his lips to hers.