winter passing

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<div align=center>William shivered, his breath fogged in the air each time he exhaled and his mittens dangled from the end of his sleeves. Coffee. William stopped outside a green painted shop, staring longingly through the window for a moment at the people sat inside. I'm so cold. His hand dropped to his pocket, and drew out a battered looking wallet that had probably seen better days, fumbling around in it for a moment, evidently looking for coins. He tipped it up. Empty. A frown appeared on his features, he quivered again, pulling his scarf up over his nose and mouth, nestling himself into it. He reluctantly drew himself away from the window and shuffled on down the street, they can't yell at me for warming up, can they? The boy shook his head, disagreeing with himself. They'll kick me out if I don't buy anything.

He paused to put his wallet away and button his pocket up, his feet crunched on the snow when he set off again, it was more or less iced over from the hundreds of pairs of feet that had walked over it since it had been fresh. It was slippery and rendered him unable to walk any faster than a steady shuffle. Don't fall. Don't fall. Don't fall. The poor boy wasn't exactly known for being all that steady on his feet, he was gangly and clumsy, and ended up tripping over his own feet more than anything else. I just wanna be warm.</div>
 

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Gabe was feeling lonely , it seemed Bill had disappeared off out for the day while he had been in his lectures. He had sat around waiting and hoping for him to return home for a few hours after his last lecture but as anyone who knows Gabriel well enough should know, he isn't the most patient of sorts. He tried to look around for clues as to where William had gone but he couldn't find any. In the end he decided to just start walking, perhaps he'd bump into William eventually.

An hour or so later and Gabe was walking around the snowy streets of the city. He liked hearing the crunch of the snow as his boots hit the white pavement. Gabe hoped he'd find his boyfriend soon, he was cold and he missed him.

Why did William even come here anyway? Gabe wondered, shaking his head. He wished he had waited for him, it'd have been nice to have gone together.

Eventually Gabe spotted a figure that had a similar physique to William's. He had his back turned, but Gabe'd recognise him anywhere. "Bill, Bill!" He called out.
 

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<div align=center>William turned his head as he heard his name called, freezing up a little and slipping a few inches forward on the icey snow beneath his feet, reaching out a hand to steady himself on the wall of the building next to him. Gabriel! That was perfect! Surely, Gabriel would have money? William just wanted to go and sit in the warmth. He was still cold underneath all his layers, which, given, wasn't really very surprising. William was more or less always cold. A bright smile appeared upon his features, he lifted a hand and waved a little, his mitten still dangling from the bottom of his sleeve. He chirped a greeting to the older boy, and steadily shuffled over to him, albeit at a pace that was a little slower than was really necessary.

He wondered what Gabriel was doing out here, though then again the same question could be asked for himself. William had just wanted to go for a walk, he didn't actually have any money to buy anything, he never did. Maybe I should get a job. He hadn't seen Gabe at all today, until now, and had wondered briefly where he had been, though he assumed he'd been busy today, he was a college student, after all.</div>
 

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"Careful there," Gabe warned, coming up to meet the boy. Even though it was very icy, he seemed to have a better hold on his footing, than his boyfriend had. "Weren't expecting me, were you?" Gabe stuck out his tongue, then immediately pulled it back in regretting it. It was far too cold to do that.

"I'm so lucky to have found you," Gabe shivered a little. "I was so lonely so I decided to try look around for you, I could have been walking for hours but I wasn't." He smiled, "hey Bill." He finally returned William's greeting.

"Have you missed me?" Gabe asked, "I was in boring lectures all day." He stopped chatting after a minute, Bill was shaking. "You look even colder than I am. We should go in somewhere."
 

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<div align=center>"Do you have any money?" William asked, eagerly. Gabe had to have money, he always had money, right? In truth, no, he hadn't expected to find Gabriel out here. He reached a hand up and grabbed the man's sleeve, making it so he wouldn't fall over, or at least, he was less likely to do so. He thought it was sweet that Gabe had come looking for him, though maybe that said something about him. Did he not have anything else to do? I thought he had a ton of friends? William didn't really know anything about Gabe's social life, he'd never really met any of his friends, there was a tall boy who never smiled, but William had been frightened of him.

"Missed you?" William asked, he hadn't really, it sounded mean in his head, but they'd seen each other yesterday, "not... Not really...?" He laughed awkwardly, and cleared his throat. Bill quivered a little, going inside was probably a good idea, William would probably end up getting sick after this, on top of the sniffles he already had. "I wanna go and get coffee." That of course meant, 'I need you to buy me coffee,' and both of them knew that.</div>
 

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Gabe nodded slowly,
"Yeah I have a little bit of cash," he smiled. "Not a lot but some." He tilted his head, why did William want money? "Why do you want some?" He asked curiously. He smiled as Bill grabbed his sleeve though, and he helped Bill find his balance.

"Oh," Gabe blushed a little. He had missed William, but it seemed the feeling was not mutual. Maybe Gabe was being overdramatic, it had only been a day or two since they'd seen each other after all. "Oh well." He brushed that off.

' I wanna go and get coffee.' Ah so that's why he needs money. Gabe started to walk, "that sounds like a good idea, my fingers feel like they are gonna fall off." A warm coffee cup in hand would surely warm them up. Plus it would taste delicious.
 

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<div align=center>Perfect! Gabe could buy him coffee, and he'd get to go inside for a little while. He might have been using his boyfriend just a little bit right now, but Gabe wouldn't mind, right? That's what having a boyfriend was for. It was nice to have someone to dote on you all the time, and Gabriel seemed willing enough to do so. He grabbed Gabe's hand, stumbled again and tugged him back toward the little cafe, mumbling cold, cold, cold, under his breath the whole time. William probably would have done better if it was just summer all year round, though he'd probably complain about the lack of snow.

He felt Gabe's little pang of disappointment at his answer, though chose to ignore it. William was normally the clingy one, though that was due to the fact he enjoyed the comfort of another person rather than anything else. "Don't you have any mittens?" He asked, making a move to put his own mittens back on, instead of leaving them to dangle from the end of his sleeves. It wasn't really expected for Gabe to have mittens, not that William understood that, he himself was probably too old to own them, thought that didn't really stop him.</div>
 

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Gabe laughed a little and smiled at Bill. He knew somewhere in the back of his mind that right now William was just using him for coffee but he put that knowledge aside. He wanted to spend time with Bill and at the moment nothing could put him off.

"Here looks nice," Gabe stopped outside a small local cafe. It looked like it was family run and it had cute decor. "What do you think?" In the end of the day, Bill was the boss, Gabe knew that.

Gabe shook his head,
"Nah, no mittens." He didn't point out that it would be rather childish to have mittens at this point of his life, as he saw William was sporting his own pair.
 

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<div align=center>William liked that idea, and nodded in agreement. He shivered a little, no matter how many layers he put on, the cold always got through and nipped at him. It was probably down to the fact that he was so skinny, but no one ever told William that, it generally tended to make him upset. He was conscious of his weight, and tended to instantly think people were lying to him if they told him he was skinny, regardless of the fact that he could just read through their mind and find out. He was good at picking out lies from the truth.

"In here." He confirmed, waiting for Gabe to open the door for him. William was the boss, most people didn't really realize that, but if you spent enough time around them it was easy to see. Bill wondered why Gabriel didn't have mittens, it seemed silly, if he was cold, weren't mittens a good idea? He couldn't hear what Gabe was thinking, he had that little foil hat atop his head underneath all his layers, there were too many people around for him to risk not wearing it, he'd give himself a nasty headache if he hadn't put it on.</div>
 

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Gabe didn't know how William could still be so cold with all those layers on him. Then again the boy didn't have an ounce of fat on his body which probably meant he wasn't insulated very well. It upset Gabe knowing that William didn't think of himself in a good light, but he didn't know what to do about that. He supposed that if he just kept supporting him that one day the boy would realise it for himself. He hoped.


"We'll be nice and warm in here," Gabe nodded as he opened the door. As he opened it he could hear the bubble of voices from inside. Ah, coffee shops. The best places in the world.
 
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