(February 13, 2026)

Sure it was cold, but armand_rosamilia wasn’t going to let a bit of cold stop them from making the most of the day. There were cookies to be baked and eat, blankets to be burrowed under, a book to read.

That was the point of cold days, wasn’t it?

They took out all the ingredients they needed for their famous cranberry-chocolate chip bites and set to work… but had barely mixed the butter and sugar together when someone knocked at the door.

Grumbling, they went to answer, wiping their hands down on their dragon-print apron.

They opened the door and cursed louder. “What are you doing here?”

The man at the door grinned, the heavy green tattoos on his face stretching into sinister angles. “I’m calling in your debt.”