The Heda. A merchant girl. And the most unlikely, forbidden romance.

Clarke Griffin, striving to own her father's company, hard-working, rich and used to the New York city girl lifestyle, cannot stand being snowed-in in a stranger's cabin so shortly before Christmas. She has appointments to attend, work to get done, people to meet. Lexa Woods, inn-owner in the small town Frostford, planned to have a couple of calm days in her cabin up in the mountains before Christmas and did not prepare to take in a stranger. And then a stranger like Clarke. But sometimes, cabins (and their owners) can be so charming, and unexpected company can be so fun. ❄︎

Her roommate looks at her sometimes and Clarke is never sure if they're going to kill or kiss each other. When Clarke Griffin forgets to complete her sophomore year residency application, she returns to college to find that they've paired her with the last roommate she ever expected to get. By thefooliam

Clarke Griffin, a young, kind-hearted and hard-working mother of two teenagers, couldn't be happier with her life. She loves her family, her job, her apartment- it's just romantic relationships that don't work for her, now that she has children, but that's fine with her. Lexa Woods has travelled the world, tried out different jobs, and is fairly happy with tutoring and living with her best friend now. She still struggles to open up entirely to people, but she's learning to. When Clarke hires Lexa as a tutor for her twins, she merely hopes that her children's academic performance improves. She doesn't even think as far as that the woman could become more than that, let alone become the person who proves her outdated views on being a single mom wrong. At the time Lexa drives to the Griffin's apartment for the first time, she doesn't think that a smile could be as warm as to burn through the chains left around her heart either. Sometimes even adults are wrong, though. // 9# clexa 28.05.23