𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲

come out and play - Billie Eilish
Fall in Love with You. - Montell Fish

I'm spending the night at my best friend's house tonight, Matt Sturniolo. It's the middle of the Boston winter and I have to basically drag my car to his house. The snow was so thick and my car barely made it there, but atleast I'm here. I walk inside without knocking because we are way past that.

"My car barely made it here," I say as I sit on the couch, he's in the kitchen. "I could've picked you up you know," he responds. "You're car wouldn't of been any better," I tell him. I'm currently wearing a blue crewneck, grey flare sweatpants, and a pair of Uggs. Matt is wearing a pair of jeans and a black sweatshirt paired with boots. "What do you wanna do today?" I ask him. "Well we can't leave the house, because your car barely made it here and I'm not risking breaking down," he says as he sits beside me on the couch.

I look out the window trying to think. I notice the flat white sheet outside and the pretty white specks falling slowly from the sky. "Do you remember when we used to have play dates in the snow as kids?" I ask him. "Yeah, you would come to my house and we would build snowmen and be outside all day, remember when you fell off your sled and thought you broke you arm?" he says laughing. I slap his chest, "shut up. That hurt so bad I thought I really did, it was just a wrist sprain though."

"Matt, we should go play in the snow!" I say. "Yes!" he says standing up off the couch. "I don't have a coat or anything," I realize. "Come borrow one of mine," he says leading me to a closet. I borrow a black puffer jacket and a beanie from Matt. When we're done suiting up for the cold, we walk towards the door. "You go first," he says.

I open the door and run into the snow. Matt follows after me. I grab a clump of snow and pack it together creating a snowball. I wait until Matt turns around and I throw it at him. "Oh you did not," he says. "Yes I did," I respond. He grabs an even bigger clump of snow and throws it at me. I put my hands up to shield myself. I throw one back, then he does, and we end up having a snowball fight.

We continue playing in the snow until what feels like eternity. I notice Matt standing by a big pile of fluffy snow. I run towards him and tackle him into it. We're on the ground, my body on top of him. I sit up to see his face, still above him. God he looks so good right now. His cheeks and nose tinted with red. The small shiny flakes laying on his eyelashes.

I continue staring at him and he stares back at me. There's tension in the air. I try to suppress a smile when suddenly Matt's cold hand cups my cheek. I lean down towards him and place a kiss on his lips. "Matt," I say in a soft whisper. I don't know what just happened. Matt's my best friend, what am I doing?

"Y/n," he responds. "I'm sorry," I say crawling off him. "For what?" he asks sitting up. "I shouldn't have done that, I ruined everything," I say with tears in my eyes. I can't even look at him. "What do you mean? What does that mean?" He says trying to look me in the eyes. "We're best friends, and you don't like me like that," I say, a tear spilling from my eye.

He grabs my chin lightly and turns my head so I'm looking at him. He sees the tear and wipes it with his thumb. Without warning Matt leans in and places a gentle kiss on my lips. He pulls away and I look him in the eyes, "I have been in love with you since the day we met Y/n. You ruined nothing," he says reassuring me. I lean in towards him and kiss him again. This time a lot longer. A lot more passionate.

"I'm freezing," he laughs as he pulls away. "Then let's go in," I say standing up, holding out a hand for him to grab. We walk inside together hand in hand. We take off our jackets and hats so that we're in our normal day clothes. "Do you want hot cocoa?" he asks me as I sit down on the couch. "Yes!" I respond. "Extra marshmallows," I point at him as he grabs mugs out of the cabinet. When he's done making the hot cocoa he brings our cups over and I take a sip.

This is the best hot cocoa I've ever had and I don't know if it's because it's good or if it's just because this is the best day of my life. Me and Matt snuggle up on the couch together with a big fluffy blanket and try to find a movie to watch. After fighting over if we should watch LaLa Land or Fight Club Matt gives up and I win. We're watching LaLa Land.