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o OMAIN WINTER WONDER CAMPo 0
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Snow falls lightly in the morning sun. Pots of boiling water are on two hearths inside the cottage. It's warm here, that's where Rose and Lilly are washing erbs and cutting vegetables.
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Lilly:
“I think Paul has a drinking problem, he's been very irritable without his apple cider…”
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Rose looks up at her mother, then continues to chop herbs.
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Lilly:
“You should watch Metro as well, talk to him... He's eating too much magic leaf, without moderation…”
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Rose thinks to herself...
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Lilly:
“We shouldn't abuse anything... I'm not commanding you or them, or anything like that, I just thought you might run it by the boys…”
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Rose smiles.
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Rose:(face foward)
“You can run it by them…”
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Lily sighs, then faintly smiles.
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Lilly:
“Paul's a handful, if you haven't noticed …”
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Rose:(radiates)
“Yea, but he's keeping us alive at the same time.”
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Lilly stares into the mountains through the small window.
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She seems hopeful, but tense.
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Change scene.
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OUTSIDE MAIN CAMP—
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Metro and Rose walk the winter trail together, Rose talks softly as their boots crunch through the snow. After a moment she glances back—Metro is nowhere in sight.
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Beat.
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Rose:
“Metro?”
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A snowball whips through the air and bursts against the back of her cloak.
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She startles, spins, then immediately scoops up three snowballs of her own. She bolts toward the forest. More snowballs fly at her but miss as she darts between the trees. Rose climbs a trunk, hopping from branch to branch like a squirrel.
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Metro drops from a high branch, rolls through the snow, and sprints away laughing. Rose fires off her snowballs—finally nailing his ankle.
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Rose:
“Got you!”
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Metro skids to a stop, whirls around, and charges her as she drops to the snow. He scoops her up by the legs and back, grinning down at her.
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Metro:
“I got you!”
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He swings her behind him piggyback-style and takes off running. Rose’s hair streams behind them in the icy wind.
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Metro grunts as he leaps onto a massive snowy root, nearly slipping.
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Rose squeaks.
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He steadies himself and barrels forward, bounding through the woods with Rose clinging to him.
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Metro levitates onto a branch, hops to another, then another—until they latch onto a huge oak limb high above the forest floor. He climbs fast, scaling toward the canopy.
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Metro:(grunting)
“C’mon!”
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Rose:
“Wooo!”
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Metro kicks off the top branch. For a breathless moment they’re airborne above the endless white canopy—hundreds of miles of winter wonderland stretching beneath them.
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Their stomachs drop.
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Time slows.
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Rose’s eyes are huge, her mouth open in a scream.
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Metro’s eyes glow white, and he’s smiling like a madman.
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They crash back down through the treetops. Metro grabs a branch—snap.
Another—snap.
He catches a vine and swings, then another, and another, until they burst out into an open snowy field.
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They tumble through the snow, rolling fast, messy, and laughing. Metro ends up on top of her, grinning. Rose punches his chest. They wrestle playfully, rolling until they finally stop, breathless.
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Rose looks up at him.
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Rose:(smiles innocently)
“What?”
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Beat.
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Metro:
“I love you.”
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They kiss briefly.
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Rose shines radiantly into his eyes afterwards with a smile hardstyle.
Metro picks Rose up by the hand.
They get up and sit on a snowy nearby log. He takes out his sac of magic leaf and offers Rose some.
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Rose looks unreadable at the bag.
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Rose:
“No thanks…”
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Snowflakes melt in their hair. He’s chewing a piece of magic leaf, eyes half‑closed, savoring it like it’s the last good thing on earth.
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Rose:
“You need to slow down on your consumption.”
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Metro freezes mid‑chew, eyes wide like a guilty child. Then—defiantly—he eats another piece.
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Rose folds her arms.
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Rose
“You and Blake have been going crazy. What happens if someone gets sick? Or needs to eat?
Or sleep?”
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Metro looks out toward the snowy horizon, brows furrowed.
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Metro:
“…Yeah. I guess you’re right.”
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Rose extends her hand.
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Rose:
“Hand it over.”
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Metro blinks.
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Metro:(face in slight shock)
“Huh?”
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Her hand stays out—steady, unblinking.
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Rose:
“Hand It Over.”
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Metro groans dramatically, looking up at the sky like he’s being punished by the gods.
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Rose smiles, tilting her head with that playful, dangerous charm.
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Rose:
“You trust me, right?”
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Metro looks at her seriously—deeply—then finally hands her the bag, accepting his fate.
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Rose tucks the pack away, shaking her head with amused disbelief.
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Rose:
“You’re taking a break.
And besides…”
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She steps closer, teasing.
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Rose:
“This means you’ll be eating out of my hand.”
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She throws her head back, eyes closed, laughing.
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For a moment she looks almost weightless — joy made visible.
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Metro sits frozen, caught between embarrassment and awe, his breath fogs in front of him. He blinks once, twice… then something in him softens.
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He steps forward.
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Before Rose can react, Metro slides his arms around her waist and lifts her clean off the ground, spinning her just enough to make her gasp and laugh all over again. Her hands fly to his shoulders, gripping him as her boots dangle inches above the snow.
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She melts into him instantly.
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Metro holds her warm and sure, the kind of embrace that says you matter to me without a single word spoken.
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Rose tucks her head against his shoulder, her smile brushing the side of his neck. They start back toward camp like this — Rose leaning into him, Metro’s arm wrapped around her shoulders, steady and protective. Their cloaks brushed together with each step, snowflakes catching in Rose’s hair and melting against Metro’s cheek. Every few steps, Rose squeezes him a little tighter. Every time, Metro’s smile deepens — soft, warm, quietly overflowing.
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