Sharing a Moment (July 21, 2020)
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bluetigerpinkbunnyTitle: Sharing a Moment
Prompt: Snow Storm
Fandom: Original
Characters: Minky, Bernd
Word count: 1174
Rating: G
Summary: Minky and Bernd share a moment over coffee during a snow storm…
Author’s Notes: Thanks to my beta Kat for pinking this for me. Please also note that Minky belongs to her.
Minky stood at the kitchen sink, watching the snow fall as she enjoyed her morning coffee. She noticed a mottled, vaguely man-shaped object come out of the whiteness and head towards the house. If she did not know any better, she could have sworn it was the abominable snowman tramping about in the snow. A glance at the kitchen clock told her Bernd was coming back from mucking out the stable and feeding the animals.
Bernd shook the snow off himself and entered the house. He shivered in the mud room as he peeled off his coat and hung it up. He took off his gloves, laying them on the bench and sat down to take off his boots.
“Morning, Bernd,” Minky called out from the kitchen. “How bad is it outside?” she said as she walked over and stood in the doorway to the mudroom.
“It’s ‘you’re not going to work’ bad,” Bernd replied. He set his boot next to the other one and stood up. His pant legs were encrusted with snow and his face was bright pink from the cold. “I’ve gotta go downstairs and shower and stick my clothes in the wash.” He stood there, lost in thought for a minute or two. “Is there any coffee?”
“Go do what you have to, to thaw out and I’ll make a pot, after I call my boss and tell him, I’m not coming in today.”
“Thanks, Minky.” Bernd headed downstairs to the laundry room. Years ago when Amber had moved in, he had helped his father finish the basement to make a room for her as well as a bathroom and place for them to hangout, and it was where Amber also kept her “zoo.” Bernd and his father had also walled off the washer and dryer to make a laundry room, with a small section of unfinished space devoted to storage.
Bernd stood in front of the washer. He turned it on and added the detergent. While it was filling up, he undressed, tossing his clothing in as he peeled it off. He grabbed the set of clean clothes he had left there, and headed towards the shower to wash off the smell of stable and sweat, as well as to warm up. As tempting as it was to climb into bed with Amber and Greta, and go back to sleep, Bernd had asked Minky to make him coffee.
He entered the bathroom and took a quick shower. Feeling clean and warmer than he had before, Bernd headed back upstairs. He walked into the kitchen and found Minky staring out the window at the storm. “Did it ease up?” he said.
“Nope.” Minky turned to face him. “How did you manage to find your way out there? It looks like a blanket of white.” She sipped her coffee.
“They said on the news a storm was coming, so I got out the rope and tied it to the railing and walked it out to the stable and tied it up over there by the door. The animals are all okay, which is good and hopefully, we won’t get too much snow as I don’t feel like shoveling my way there through waist high drifts.” He grinned and made himself a cup of coffee. Bernd drank a mouthful. “Aaah…” he said. “That’s good! Thanks!”
She smiled. “I called in to work.”
“Yeah? And?”
“And I need to work from home. Is it okay, if I join you in the office?”
“Of course! It’s the least I can do for the awesome coffee.”
They laughed.
The phone rang and Bernd answered it. He listened to the automated message from the school district. “The kids’ll be happy; they’ve got a snow day.”
“They’re fun,” Minky said. “One year when I was in high school, me and couple of friends went over to this other friend’s house and spent the night. She lived close to the school, so we figured we’d all walk together, but we lucked out and got a snow day and a three day weekend out of it.”
“Nice!” Bernd drank his coffee. When Vati woke up, he would have breakfast with him and the kids.
“Yeah. My mother wasn’t happy, she thought I should have been home studying, but it was good to just let loose, you know?”
Bernd nodded. “I know, I wasn’t the best student and whenever I did do good on something, my teachers sometimes accused me of cheating.” He drank a mouthful of coffee. “We had to take a language in high school, so I convinced Amber to take German with me.”
“But you’re fluent.”
“I know, but my teacher didn’t know that. Anyways, the class was on tape and they gave you a textbook to use and you pretty much went at your own pace, with the odd test or two thrown in. I used to mess up enough, that my test grades were average, while helping Amber to get a good grade. Anyways, I took this one test and I aced it. Well, the teacher accused me of cheating and she called home. Vati was furious! We had an argument about it that was pretty heated too, until Amber got us both to calm down and explained it was a German test so, naturally, I’d ace it. Vati called the school and blasted that teacher’s ear in German.” Bernd laughed at the memory, despite it not being so funny at the time. He finished his cup of coffee and made another one, the warmth as it went down when he drank, finally thawing him out.
“I was always one of those nerdy good students.” Minky quickly raised her mug and drank her coffee, effectively hiding her face.
“Really?” Bernd was confused. That made no sense based on what Amber had told him about Minky’s life before they had met. He frowned.
“Yes. Just don’t ask my mother.” Minky grinned.
Bernd nodded. “Anyways, my grades turned out to be good enough for college and a good job later on.” He sipped his coffee, savoring the warmth. “I became a graphic designer, building web pages for various clients and thankfully, I can work from home.”
“And I got a nice job as a personal trainer.”
“Speaking of which…” Bernd started.
“We need to head to your office. Let me grab my laptop and I’ll meet you up there,” Minky finished.
“Okay.”
Minky watched him go, before heading downstairs to grab her laptop. Back in the kitchen, she walked over to the window over the sink and looked out. The storm had done a good job of blanketing everything in white, so much so, that Bernd’s rope was barely visible. Vati’s car was starting to look like a snow drift and she was sure it was going to take hours for everyone to dig out all the cars. Still it was pretty, especially when the wind whipped up and everything was awash in glittery white. She stood there for another minute or two, watching the storm, before turning and heading upstairs to start her workday from home.
Prompt: Snow Storm
Fandom: Original
Characters: Minky, Bernd
Word count: 1174
Rating: G
Summary: Minky and Bernd share a moment over coffee during a snow storm…
Author’s Notes: Thanks to my beta Kat for pinking this for me. Please also note that Minky belongs to her.
Minky stood at the kitchen sink, watching the snow fall as she enjoyed her morning coffee. She noticed a mottled, vaguely man-shaped object come out of the whiteness and head towards the house. If she did not know any better, she could have sworn it was the abominable snowman tramping about in the snow. A glance at the kitchen clock told her Bernd was coming back from mucking out the stable and feeding the animals.
Bernd shook the snow off himself and entered the house. He shivered in the mud room as he peeled off his coat and hung it up. He took off his gloves, laying them on the bench and sat down to take off his boots.
“Morning, Bernd,” Minky called out from the kitchen. “How bad is it outside?” she said as she walked over and stood in the doorway to the mudroom.
“It’s ‘you’re not going to work’ bad,” Bernd replied. He set his boot next to the other one and stood up. His pant legs were encrusted with snow and his face was bright pink from the cold. “I’ve gotta go downstairs and shower and stick my clothes in the wash.” He stood there, lost in thought for a minute or two. “Is there any coffee?”
“Go do what you have to, to thaw out and I’ll make a pot, after I call my boss and tell him, I’m not coming in today.”
“Thanks, Minky.” Bernd headed downstairs to the laundry room. Years ago when Amber had moved in, he had helped his father finish the basement to make a room for her as well as a bathroom and place for them to hangout, and it was where Amber also kept her “zoo.” Bernd and his father had also walled off the washer and dryer to make a laundry room, with a small section of unfinished space devoted to storage.
Bernd stood in front of the washer. He turned it on and added the detergent. While it was filling up, he undressed, tossing his clothing in as he peeled it off. He grabbed the set of clean clothes he had left there, and headed towards the shower to wash off the smell of stable and sweat, as well as to warm up. As tempting as it was to climb into bed with Amber and Greta, and go back to sleep, Bernd had asked Minky to make him coffee.
He entered the bathroom and took a quick shower. Feeling clean and warmer than he had before, Bernd headed back upstairs. He walked into the kitchen and found Minky staring out the window at the storm. “Did it ease up?” he said.
“Nope.” Minky turned to face him. “How did you manage to find your way out there? It looks like a blanket of white.” She sipped her coffee.
“They said on the news a storm was coming, so I got out the rope and tied it to the railing and walked it out to the stable and tied it up over there by the door. The animals are all okay, which is good and hopefully, we won’t get too much snow as I don’t feel like shoveling my way there through waist high drifts.” He grinned and made himself a cup of coffee. Bernd drank a mouthful. “Aaah…” he said. “That’s good! Thanks!”
She smiled. “I called in to work.”
“Yeah? And?”
“And I need to work from home. Is it okay, if I join you in the office?”
“Of course! It’s the least I can do for the awesome coffee.”
They laughed.
The phone rang and Bernd answered it. He listened to the automated message from the school district. “The kids’ll be happy; they’ve got a snow day.”
“They’re fun,” Minky said. “One year when I was in high school, me and couple of friends went over to this other friend’s house and spent the night. She lived close to the school, so we figured we’d all walk together, but we lucked out and got a snow day and a three day weekend out of it.”
“Nice!” Bernd drank his coffee. When Vati woke up, he would have breakfast with him and the kids.
“Yeah. My mother wasn’t happy, she thought I should have been home studying, but it was good to just let loose, you know?”
Bernd nodded. “I know, I wasn’t the best student and whenever I did do good on something, my teachers sometimes accused me of cheating.” He drank a mouthful of coffee. “We had to take a language in high school, so I convinced Amber to take German with me.”
“But you’re fluent.”
“I know, but my teacher didn’t know that. Anyways, the class was on tape and they gave you a textbook to use and you pretty much went at your own pace, with the odd test or two thrown in. I used to mess up enough, that my test grades were average, while helping Amber to get a good grade. Anyways, I took this one test and I aced it. Well, the teacher accused me of cheating and she called home. Vati was furious! We had an argument about it that was pretty heated too, until Amber got us both to calm down and explained it was a German test so, naturally, I’d ace it. Vati called the school and blasted that teacher’s ear in German.” Bernd laughed at the memory, despite it not being so funny at the time. He finished his cup of coffee and made another one, the warmth as it went down when he drank, finally thawing him out.
“I was always one of those nerdy good students.” Minky quickly raised her mug and drank her coffee, effectively hiding her face.
“Really?” Bernd was confused. That made no sense based on what Amber had told him about Minky’s life before they had met. He frowned.
“Yes. Just don’t ask my mother.” Minky grinned.
Bernd nodded. “Anyways, my grades turned out to be good enough for college and a good job later on.” He sipped his coffee, savoring the warmth. “I became a graphic designer, building web pages for various clients and thankfully, I can work from home.”
“And I got a nice job as a personal trainer.”
“Speaking of which…” Bernd started.
“We need to head to your office. Let me grab my laptop and I’ll meet you up there,” Minky finished.
“Okay.”
Minky watched him go, before heading downstairs to grab her laptop. Back in the kitchen, she walked over to the window over the sink and looked out. The storm had done a good job of blanketing everything in white, so much so, that Bernd’s rope was barely visible. Vati’s car was starting to look like a snow drift and she was sure it was going to take hours for everyone to dig out all the cars. Still it was pretty, especially when the wind whipped up and everything was awash in glittery white. She stood there for another minute or two, watching the storm, before turning and heading upstairs to start her workday from home.
