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Veritas / Calvin/Nikko / Turn Up the Heat / 1,076 words
Part I (January) of the Calendar 'Verse
(Many thanks to aerynvala for the quick n' dirty beta and the title!)

Windshield wipers slid back and forth slowly, wiping away the thick snow as they moved and headlights futilely attempted to cut through the heavily falling snow as the car crept along. Calvin scrunched over the steering wheel, squinting as he tried to see something, anything more than five feet beyond the hood of the SUV they were driving. Nikko sat in the passenger seat, quieter than Calvin had seen him in God knows how long.

“Nikko, are you sure the cabin is this far in?” Calvin asked. He tried clicking the headlights from low to high beam, swore and put them back on low.

“It’s the last cabin. There’s no way to drive past it.”

“You’re positive.”

“Yeah.”

There was no telling the last time the road had been plowed. Definitely not this storm and possibly not the one before. Calvin wasn’t sure how much further they’d be able to make it before they’d be forced to stop. He only hoped that they would have more than the SUV for shelter when they did. ( Read more... )