closed | ready. set. SNOW!

[adamparrish]

On his way home from work, Adam might have slipped a few candy canes into his pockets. You'd think he'd learn not to try the food that just appears out of nowhere at this point. But at the same time, the food in the kitchen at the Barns appears out of nowhere when they need it too. Sure, sometimes it's nice to actually go to the grocery store, but sometimes the wishing is just so convenient. The point is, that that food hasn't affected him weirdly, so it's easy to get lax on being vigilent about drugged food.

Gansey and Blue have been staying at the Barns with him and Ronan and Opal. Adam knows that the day is coming when they'll go back to Monmouth. He can't decide if he'll be glad or sad when that happens. It's confusing, really. He feels the same as he did in those days leading up to their trip around the world. It's going to be weird without them.

With the recent snowfall, Adam has been dressing for the cooler weather. When he gets onto the Barns property, he holds the candy cane that tastes like homemade apple pie for some weird reason in between his teeth and texts the others:

[ TEXT TO RONAN, BLUE & GANSEY ]

It's snowman building time. Get out here!

Yes, he's definitely candy cane drugged.

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[spheksophobia]

Snowman building? It's been years since I've done that.

He does, however, get together his coat, gloves and hat to do precisely what Adam is suggesting. He might have had some of the candy canes this morning.

[adamparrish]

Me too. We can relive our childhoods.

[ Only he's sure Gansey's snowman was much cleaner than Adam's was. Probably more picturesque. ]

[spheksophobia]

Very well. I'll be out in a moment.

[Well...yes, but that's because Gansey researches and plans and is a perfectionist in many ways.]

[adamparrish]

You don't have to sound so resigned to it, Gansey. Embrace it! There's snow and it'll be fun!

Really, Adam has been hardcore into the candy. He's in the best mood that anyone, even his closest friends, have ever seen him in. And when Gansey exits the Barns, Adam is already gathering up a fairly large pile of snow. He stands upright and casts his friend a bright smile while pointing at the pile.

"Look! I already got us started!" He looks very proud of himself over this fact. "I wonder how big we can make it. I mean there's so much snow!"

[spheksophobia]

Gansey isn't resigned; he really isn't. He's just being Gansey and he hasn't gotten into the candy yet. He does pick up a few candy canes on his way outside, unwrapping one and sucking on the end of it. It tastes just like fresh mint to him, which is perfect.

He's got a sock hat on, sweater, gloves, peacoat, scarf, khakis and boots (because did you really expect him to wear jeans) when he steps out into the snow. A smile curves his lips as he sees Adam, Ronan and Opal besides the pile of snow. "We ought to at least be able to manage something akin to lifesize," he says as he starts to pack some snow into a good sized ball. "How long have you three been out here?"

[adamparrish]

Adam is pleased to have Gansey join Ronan, Opal and himself. He knows that eventually Blue will join in with them as well. This is absolutely supposed to be a group activity, in theory. An activity that Adam hopes will smooth things over between him and the others. Of course, the only soothing that's needed is in his own mind. The others don't seem to blame him for what happened with Noah but Adam certainly blames himself.

He smiles brightly at Ganset and waves him over. "Only a little while, long enough to pile up a whole bunch of snow, right Opal?"

"Yeah this is gonna be the bottom, Gansey." Opal says. "Then they get smaller up. And if we're making a whole family, there's gotta be kid snowmen to go with the two daddy snowmen." Please note that there will be two male snowmen as far as Opal is concerned. Forgive her, she has two dads, after all.

And to see Opal directing Richard Campbell Gansey III in how to make a snowman just makes Adam laugh as he looks from Gansey to Ronan.

[fictor]

Ronan is out feeding animals when Adam comes home. He and Opal have just finished feeding the deer that have learned to come into the clearing and are headed back to the house when they catch sight of Adam and change course. Opal runs toward Adam with the loping , graceful sort of gait she has thanks to her deer legs. Ronan follows behind, a smirk on his face as he glances at the text.

"Adam!" Opal yells when she gets near, her tone joyful and delighted.

Ronan saunters up. "So we're building a snowman." Honestly, he'd figured it would happen eventually with Opal.

[adamparrish]

"Hey!" Adam says, a huge smile on his face that looks sorely out of place for how uncommon such a smile is for him even when he's at his happiest. The greeting is long and drawn out. And when Opal reaches him he scoops her up and twirls around with her once before looking over to Ronan.

"Yeah we are. We can't let it snow this much overnight and not do anything with it, can we?" He looks wide eyed to Opal at the last question.

She giggles and shakes her head. "No, we have to do something!"

"Yeah." He nods and looks back to Ronan as he sets Opal back down. "Can't argue with brilliance."

[fictor]

It may be out of place and uncommon, but Ronan loves that smile. He would start and end wars for that smile. It's one that he sees a little more often here than he does back home. It's a smile that he could get used to seeing. Opal giggles when Adam scoops her up and twirls her around. When they come to a stop, she rests her head on his shoulder a moment, one of the brightest smiles that Ronan has ever seen on her face. Opal was never given to smiles in his dreams and she'd only begun to smile back home. Here, there's so much more for both she and Adam to smile about. It's one of the top things Ronan loves about this place.

Ronan smirks, watching them both. An almost overwhelming feeling of love squirms inside of him. It's a feeling that he's becoming more accustomed to, one that no longer makes him uncomfortable.

He finally snorts as Opal and Adam come to an agreement. "Ganging up on me, huh?"

Ronan doesn't seem too unhappy about it though. "So where do we start or should we wait for the other two?"

[adamparrish]

It's such a rarity, that were Adam in his right mind, the smile would even feel strange on his face. As it is, he's just happy and he doesn't realize he's doing anything different than what he would usually do in any given situation. Right now he's just enjoying the snow for what it is, or maybe even more than what it is. Since what happened with Noah, Adam has been so quiet and hidden in his own headspace. Maybe he's needed something to smile about, even if it just forced the smile out of him.

"But look at her, Ronan." Adam hugs Opal close in his arms with their cheeks pressed together as they turn on Ronan. "How can you say no?" So in answer, yes they're ganging up on him. Just look at them, Ronan.

When it seems that Ronan agrees, Adam sets Opal down and shakes his head. "Nope, the early bird catches the worm. Or... the early bird gets to make a snowman while everyone else has to wait to make other snowmen. Let's start gathering up a big pile of snow for the base, yeah?"

"Yeah, Ronan! Help Adam and me get a bunch of snow!" Opal says excitedly.

[fictor]

It's a huge rarity, but the Barmbrack flavored candy canes Ronan had picked up earlier have had their effect on him as well. It's good to see Adam emerging from his own headspace and enjoying things.

Ronan chuckles, a rough kind of bubbling bark of a laugh. They are totally gaining up on him, but he's okay with this. In fact, he'd probably be okay with this even without the candy canes. He adores Adam and Opal and this little family they're building.

"We can make a whole family of snowmen," Ronan suggests as he starts helping Opal and Adam gather snow. He 'splashes' some snow at Opal who throws snow back at him. Adam better be careful or Ronan and Opal might start ganging up on him.

[adamparrish]

ooc: combined with THIS thread.

[makeslouder]

Be careful, Adam. That almost sounds like fun.

[She's teasing. And halfway out of Monmouth even as she types.]

[adamparrish]

It is fun. We need fun. Get out here.

[ She better be coming outside... like now. Otherwise Adam is coming inside to get her. ]

[makeslouder]

We do need fun.

[She already has her coat on one arm.]

Don’t go anywhere.

[adamparrish]

Okay I'm already gathering up snow. This is gonna be the best snowman. Hurry up!

It should be noted that Adam has never built an actual snowman before. He started to try one once in that place made for leaving, between the trailer and the car port, but the snow got so dirty looking that he was embarrassed by it and knocked it down. Snowmen shouldn't be dirty. But then, everything in that place was dirty.

Now, when Blue makes it outside, he'll be hunched over shoving snow into a big pile to be shaped. When he sees her out of the corner of his eye, he looks up, smiles too brightly for Adam Parrish, and waves at her. "Blue! Over here!"