“Adam!” She called again, sure that it was he that she saw.
Her steps were jagged, some sinking further into the snow than others as she moved carefully, but quickly in his direction. It had to be him she spotted or else it was some apparition causing her to see what she wanted but not what was actually there.
She was sinking further into the snow with every furious step, but she didn’t slow down, not when she was so close.
Once she made it to the stairs, she was able to see exactly what was happening.
He was just sitting there, snow falling steadily on top and around him.
With only a few steps away from being able to enter the home and the safety it provided, he was instead, just sitting on the steps. It was creepy, him sitting so still with the dangerous snow consistently caging him
