12 Days of Shipping | Day 1

On the 1st day of shipping, I drew my OTP...

Watching the snow fall happily

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It was early in the morning when the first snow had begun to fall. It was the first snow of the winter. Slowly and softly, the fluffy particles of frozen water fell to the beach, layering over the sand like a blanket.

Protected from the cold, Steven slept in his bed, not knowing of the snow's appearance. Garnet was probably off on another solo mission, and who knew where Pearl and Zircon were.

With the others gone, that left Amethyst and Peridot alone in the temple.

The two were cuddled next to each other by the window, watching the light fluffy snow fell from the night sky.

Amethyst rested her head on Peridot's shoulder, while her arm wrapped around her waist. She let out a sigh of relaxation before turning her head slightly to speak to her.

"You sure do like watchin' the snow fall, huh Pear?"

"Yes, I'd consider it enjoyable," the green gem responded whilst reaching her arm across Amethyst's shoulders. "But I enjoy it more when I have the world's cutest gem right beside me."

A deep shade of lilac found its way across the quartz's face.

"Smooth."

"I spent hours practicing that and all you have to say is 'smooth?'"

"Well it sure did work." The quartz flirted as she nuzzled her face into Peridot's neck. The sudden feeling of her girlfriend's cold skin touching her's sent chills though her whole body.

A few minutes ed as Peridot brushed her fingers though the quartz's soft hair. The silence was interrupted as Amethyst spoke up.

"Hey P."

"mmph."

"Ya know, we don't have to stay inside watching the snow. Wanna go check outside?"

Peridot shot up in an instant. "WHOA, WE CAN DO THAT?"

"Well, yeah! What did you think we had to do, nothing?"

"Yeah-"

Peridot fell to the ground as the purple gem stood up. "Great! Let's go!"

Amethyst found her way towards one of the closets located near the bathroom, Peridot trailing close behind.

"There's probably some stuff we can wear from here," she stated as she sorted through old jackets belonging to Steven.

One of the jackets flew and landed on top of Peridot's head. Taking it off, the green gem was confused by what her girlfriend was doing.

"Um, babe? I don't see how these 'shirts' are necessary."

"It's a thing humans do." The quartz answered.

That cleared things up for the most part. Boy, humans sure are weird.

"Plus, look how stylish I am with my scarf." Amethyst flipped the fabric wrapped around her neck.

"Indeed-" The green gem was interrupted as a parka hit her in the face.

The door pushed open as Amethyst stepped out onto the porch.

"Ahhh. Don'cha think it's even prettier from outside?" She asked, glancing back at her astonished partner.

"woah..."

Amethyst quickly grabbed Peridot's hand before they rushed down the stairs. The waves continued to crash down on the beach, washing away the snow closest to it.

Letting go of the other gem's hand, Amethyst bent over to scoop up a handful of snow. It was light and fluffy still, so when she tossed it into the air it separated into tiny little snowflakes before it fell directly onto Amethyst’s face.

Peridot laughed as her girlfriend shrieked at the sudden coldness. The purple gem quickly wrapped her arms around Peridot, who’s face was less than an inch from hers. Peridot immediately stopped laughing. As their lips met, warmth finally returned to Amethyst’s face.

Her hands were still colder than the entirety of Antarctica. Pulling away from the kiss for just a moment to get air, Peridot noticed Amethyst’s trembling hands. The quartzes hands slowly moved down Peridot’s body, stoping at her waist. They moved underneath her layers of clothing to reach the green gem’s bare back.

Still caught up in the moment, it took a few seconds before Peridot felt the coldness of Amethyst’s hands against her skin.

“that’s better.”

“AMETHYST!!!”

Peridot quickly shoved the quartz to the ground.

“aw shucks.” Was all Amethyst said. Peridot’s face was covered in a deep green blush.

The green gem reached out her hand to help her girlfriend up. This was a mistake.

Amethyst quickly dragged Peridot down to the ground with her, causing a shriek from her girlfriend. Probably loud enough for the rest of the gems at the barn to hear.

Peridot was laying on top of her girlfriend, similar to how it was almost 2 years ago with the “drill incident.”

The two were snorting with laughter, before Amethyst quickly kissed Peridot, closing in the small gap between them. The kiss only lasted a minute before Peridot lost her balance and fell, landing right next to Amethyst again.

Holding hands as their laughter resumed, they knew this would be the best christmas of all.

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