baby, it's cold outside

[foxxcub]

harlequin_bands has slowed down considerably, so I started thinking about more prompts, only to realize I have two whole books full of Christmas-themed romance stories. And then I remembered one of my favorite ones, which is:

When perky Chicago weather girl Marisa Langley gets stuck in the cold with her survivalist camera man, Rob Sheridan, she can't begin to forecast just how steamy it can get between the two of them...

THIS STORY IS THE BEST, OKAY? She has to do the weather on Christmas Eve on top of the news building, only they get locked outside, and it's snowing really hard, and uuuugh. The camera guy is all grumpy and sullen, and then you learn that he secretly has the hots for the weather girl (duh). PLEASE HELP ME PICK A PAIRING FOR THIS SCENARIO. I'm leaning toward Brendon/Spencer, but I can't deciiiiiide.

OH GOD, AND THEN THIS ONE:

Josh Black is so in love with his friend Cassidy that he writes her into his cartoon strip, making Cassidy think he's fallen for another woman. Can two confirmed "friends" unwrap their true feelings in time to share a night of unforgettable holiday passion?

I don't write a lot of Frank/Gerard, but I WOULD WRITE THE SHIT OUT OF THEM FOR THIS STORY. Y/Y/MFY??

Sadly, the rest of the stories in these books aren't that awesome. But if anyone wants to hear them, ask away! I will gladly spam you. :D

Comments

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

WHAT SHE SAID. LU IS RIGHT.

Brendon is obviously the weatherman, and nobody in Panic (nobody) is grumpy or sullen or survivalist, so basing the pairing on that will never work. Jon = camera guy, obviously. When they are locked on the roof he's amused and teasing and suggests they through snowballs at people on the street to pass the time. And his feet get cold.

[harriet-vane.livejournal.com]

Heeee, flip flops in the snow. JON IS AN ANTI-SURVIVALIST.

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

After a few minutes when they realize nobody is going to let them back in, Brendon takes off his mittens and offers them to Jon for his feet. THIS IS HOW LOVE BEGINS, OKAY.

[elucreh.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOUR BRAIN LIKE A BURNY BURNY THING

[harriet-vane.livejournal.com]

Then Jon will just have to find a way to keep Brendon's hands warm, I suppose.

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

Brendon insists that he's fine, but Jon takes his hands anyway and holds them between his own and rubs them and breathes on them, and then he looks up and Brendon's face is very, very close, and Brendon is giving him a funny look, like he's never really seen Jon before, and Jon thinks about all the times he watched Brendon through the camera and pretended that Brendon was giving the weather report just to him. He lets go of Brendon's hands very quickly and says, very flustered, "You could stick them in your armpits too." (BECAUSE ROMANCE IS IN THE AIR.)

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

I CAN'T DECIDE IF I HATE YOU OR LOVE YOU RIGHT NOW.

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

YOU CAN DO BOTH IF THAT'S EASIER.

♥

[wordsalone.livejournal.com]

YOU LOVE HER BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST IDEA EVER AND THIS IS CLEARLY A JON/BRENDON FIC.

[emilyenrose.livejournal.com]

♥ omg Jon watching Brendon give the weather report JUST TO HIM!

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

Mostly this amuses me because I like to imagine Brendon as a weatherman. He gets really, really excited about low pressure systems, and he has a whole set of interpretive hand motions to describe blizzards.

[elucreh.livejournal.com]

Okay, yeah, best image EVER.

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

♥______♥

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

And because weathermen tend to dress pretty nicely on the news, he always wears funky, weather-theme ties with his suit. (BRENDON IN A SUIT, YUM.) He has ties for every cloud formation ("No, today's a cumulus day, not a cirrus day").

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

OH GOD, YES. A THOUSAND TIMES YES.

[elucreh.livejournal.com]

NOTHING IS MORE ROMANTIC THAT ARMPITS, OKAY?

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

At least not until they start joking about important body parts freezing off. That's when the romance really heats up, so to speak.

[seimaisin.livejournal.com]

Dude, Jon/Brendon isn't even one of my pairings of choice, and now I want to read this one!