Life Series/Hermitcraft/Empires SMP oneshots (requests open)

Storm- Boat Boys (fluff)

TW: Astraphobia

This is set in Hermitcraft s10, but also kind of real life with seasons, weather & no dying + respawning. If this has inaccuracies it's because I haven't watched much of Hermitcraft s10.

I'm basing Joel's fear of thunderstorms off of my own btw.

Enjoy!

*Joel's POV*

I was strolling through hermitcraft when I saw a snowflake falling from the sky. (For some reason my phone autocorrected 'strolling' to 'straight'). Then another snowflake landed on my nose.

'Huh, it must be snowing'

I like snow when it's like this, the snowflakes are pretty and it's cool to watch them fall. But sometimes snow starts like this and becomes a blizzard, I do not like blizzards. In fact I don't think anyone likes blizzards, except for snow golems I guess.

But this snow didn't look like it would become a blizzard. It looked like it might just be a nice dusting of snow, or it would be more snow and I could make a snowman, or have a snowball fight with someone.

'Ooh, I could do that stuff with Etho, that would be so fun, I love the snow'

I continued taking my walk, I was getting a little cold. I guess I didn't actually bring a jacket on my walk, but eh, whatever, I don't feel like going back now my base is too far.

*Time skip*

*Joel's POV*

About 45 minutes after it started snowing it had basically turned into a blizzard.

'Dammit, why didn't I just turn back to my base when I first noticed it was snowing'

'And why didn't I at least bring a jacket'

Well, this is just great. I needed to find somewhere to shelter or else I might freeze to death.

I walked for like seven more minutes and the best thing I could find for shelter was a big spruce tree.

I huddled under it, in hopes that this blizzard would pass soon.

'I am so cold, literally. Figuratively I'm super hot and amazing'

Ten minutes later, or maybe fifteen minutes I don't know, I was so cold that I was getting very numb. Hopefully I don't get frostbite.

I saw a figure walking towards me, it was pretty hard to see in the blizzard so they must be close.

As they got closer I realized it was Etho.

'I'm kinda glad it's Etho, not that Im obsessed with him or anything'

"Joel! What are you doing out here, it's a blizzard!" said Etho as he immediately took his jacket off and wrapped it around me.

"I-it was too far to g-go back to my b-base," I said, my teeth chattering from the cold.

"Ok, mine is closer, I'll bring you back there and you can warm up," he said.

Then he picked me up and held me close as he started walking to his base.

'I'm definitely warming up already from being in his arms. I hope he's not cold though, since I'm wearing his jacket.'

We got to his base in about 5 minutes, I guess we were really close.

Once we got there he carried me inside and started walking up some stairs. (Keep in mind I have no idea what Etho's base looks like or how far it is from Joel's, so I'm just making stuff up.)

It was so much warmer once we got inside.

He opened a door and went inside. I assumed this was his bedroom because it had a bed.

Right after we went in this room it started thundering

"Okay, I'll get you some dry clothes, sit down here while you wait," he said patting a spot on the edge of the bed.

I sat down and waited. I was definitely still cold but what Etho didn't know is that I'm also shaking from fear because I'm terrified of thunder and lightning.

Etho walked back in holding clothes and I took them and headed into the bathroom to change.

"Eefo, what should I do with my wet clothes?" I asked once I got out of the bathroom.

"Set them on the table there, I'll deal with them later," he said.

"Are you still cold? You're shaking," he said.

"No, I'm fine," I said.

"You sure?" he said.

"Yeah, it's just... um, do you promise not to laugh at me if I tell you?" I said.

"Yeah, of course," he said.

"Well, I'm actually really scared of lightning and thunder," I said.

"That's ok, it's a pretty common thing to be scared of," he said, as he walked over, sat on the bed, and hugged me.

(Side note: is that actually a common phobia or is it just really prevalent in fiction)

'He hugged me, omg he hugged me'

'Ok, I need to stop freaking out about this, it's not like he's in love with me. He's just comforting me. Not that I'm in love with him or anything.

Later the thunderstorm stopped, which was surprising because they usually last longer than that, but I'm not complaining.

It was still snowing though so Etho let me stay over. Apparently he doesn't have any extra beds, kinda unprepared. But anyway I offered to sleep on the couch or something but he insisted I share the bed with him, it was a little weird but I'm not complaining. Not that I want to cuddle with him or anything.

Even though when I fell asleep we were completely on opposite sides of the bed and not touching at all, when I woke up in the morning we were cuddling and he had his arms wrapped around me.

I was actually really comfy and didn't want to move so I just layed there. Not that I'm happy about us cuddling or anything (Bros in denial).

Later he woke up and immediately realized we were cuddling and got up, a bit after that I pretended to wake up. He doesn't need to know I was awake the whole time.

Later that day it stopped snowing, and I went home.

'I would say lesson learned, but this got Etho to cuddle me, so... Not that I have a crush on him or anything'

Hope y'all liked it :]

Finally got back from summer camp!

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