I feel sorry that I didn't read this when you posted it, first I got mixed up with shiritori and then I lost track of my time (my fault!) but I feel more sorry for myself for missing out because this is glorious.

I don't know I can ever find the words to explain in way in which you'll believe that I meant it when I say I love your writing style, your intensity of character and emotion--there's a vividness to your characters that brings them to life and I think this particular story showcases this excellently. On the surface level, one might be tempted to say, "Oh, another cute and fluffy domestic piece," and leave it at that. And that would be okay, because this is a cute and fluffy domestic piece, that's a part of it, and it's a very good part. But that's not all, and that's not what any of your stories are. Because you dig down deeply into your characters, so that even a simple turn of events is imbued with a certain depth and complexity, because the characters are not simple facsimiles of "A" and "B" but rather full characters, who hint at a full backdrop of history and emotions and personality, even if the setting and scene is a small one, a mere glimpse as it were of a larger whole. Yours are truly character-driven stories.

You set the stage, by establishing Sehun's inner balance, before clashing him with Lu Han, a contrast to highlight the difference in their characters, the contrast between cold outside and warm inside, quiet and loud, from the beginning the story has a dynamic narrative without needing to resort to soap opera melodramatics, because life at its root is dramatic and vibrant, because everyone is a complete person with a complex character and a different internal environment from which their actions are drawn.

Sehun says one thing but we know, treated to his internal thoughts, that he means quite another, the contrast between interior and exterior carry the story, as the reader is carried along, as it were, as Sehun illustrates, in a way, how he possibly first fell in love with Lu Han, first the chaotic first impression, the reader lulled by Sehun's calm internal thoughts before Lu Han barges in, and perhaps that was also Sehun's first impression, when they first met. We can't know, but it seems likely. Sehun is dragged along with the reader, mixed impressions of Lu Han but laid over a deep and enduring fondness, the way in which you introduce what we learn later is an established relationship keeps the dynamic fresh and engaging. It's not "Sehun and Lu Han who have been dating for blah-blah years and they have a nice snow day at home" but rather you take the reader along as we meet Lu Han through Sehun's eyes, the rude awakening and the reluctant softening ending in a vast affection, a deep love demonstrated through the little things, like Sehun being unable to keep picturing Lu Han hurt.

You didn't fade the story into softness either, the snow falling outside the window as they cuddle on the couch and night falls, but rather left the reader with a small tension, a piece of unresolved narrative to mull over, not a cliff-hanger but rather a small note that keeps the story from being tied up and packaged and soon forgotten. As the story ends, Sehun is pondering his next step in the relationship, further cementing the metaphor of this winter encounter as an illustration of Sehun's relationship with Lu Han in general, and the reader is left with a note of forward momentum as the curtain falls.

I'm sorry for rambling, I really very much enjoyed this story, but more than that, I found it to be an excellent example of why I like your writing so much, and I really hope that it makes even a modicum of sense!