testing

After a quick run to the city on an errand, Stephanie lets herself back into her room, shaking the last bit of snow off her boots and shucking off her wet mittens and scarf. She fumbles with the buttons on the front of her jacket as she peers at the shape in her bed, and sure enough, there is Ezio, right where she left him –– lazing around, having claimed to have been too "tired" for trudging through the snow.

"Still here, huh?" she asks.

He rolls over, propping himself up on one elbow, and the grin on his face is almost infectious.

"I thought I'd stay to warm you up."