MG roulette (ice queen)

Waking up in the being cuddled by a woman after a romantic night, is said to be one of the most rewarding things one could feel. Or at least that was what Justin had heard. That would be just fine for Justin… if he could remember what led to this morning and the naked blue-skinned woman using him as a pillow and nuzzling her face with her own.

All he was sure that the roulette had given him an ice queen if he remembered right. But he had never really paid much attention to the information in the books and just ogled the pictures. She did match the profile though, even if her hair was a bit longer and bushier.

His memory of last night was sketchy at best, he remembered using the email and then the temperature plummeted to absurd degrees. He had never felt that level of cold in his life, it was bitter, lonely, chilling, and every depressing word he could think of.

And then he saw her... he didn’t know what was going on but he had to get near her, thinking it would stop the maddening cold. at one point he felt as if time itself had frozen still and he couldn't move in the growing ice. Well, he was still alive, to that was something. Just the memory of it made him shiver, which also made the woman squirm and hold him tighter to her chest. Distracted by her body, Justin sighed and decided to just go back to sleep. If anything he’ll ask her about it later.

“Have you... awoken?”  He heard a soft whisper.

Justin stiffened and turned his head to look into misty blue eyes. He almost lost himself looking at such a beautiful face. “I guess I am, good morning... I never got your name.” He said embarrassed. How could he have gone to bed with her without knowing her name?

“I... never told you. This is... the first time we talked,” she said.

“Oh, that... makes this a bit more awkward. I didn’t expect to meet you like this...” he chuckled trying to think of a way to apologise to her.

“Don’t worry about it... I’ve never been this close to a person before... I find it... pleasant.” The ice queen said with a small smile, one he found hard to argue with. I know your name is Justin, my own is Natalia.” the pauses in her talking made him think she didn’t really talk at length with anyone.

He was about to ask her if she wanted anything to drink when his phone went off. He leaned up, accidentally pulling Natalia up with him as she still had her arms around him, and with some awkward moving about he managed to get his hands on his phone “Hello?”

“So... Ice based monster, I take it?" his friend Henrey asked over the phone bearly trying not to laugh.

Justin had to take a double take "What the- Wow do you know that?" He asked.

"I'm outside your house with Ruth right now, and judging by your shock you haven't seen the ice that's been forming around your house. It's over the windows and everything. Ruth told me that there has to be some high strength monster in there as the Ice is magically reinforced."

"What?" Justin shouted, jumping out of bed and running to the window. pulling up the blinds. sure enough, Ice had formed over the window, making it look like a third pane of cracked glass was over it. In a panicked dash, Justin ran downstairs and paused in shock. Ice was forming randomly around the house like he turned the fridge power too high. This had to be Natalia's power, no doubt about it. hearing his friend's voice faintly he put his phone on speaker. "Sorry, I just saw the rest of the Ice."

"Well it's frozen over the front door on the outside, you should talk to her about it. If you just need help breaking it just say the word, Ruth might have a spell for it." Henry said. "We'll be around as I just need some stuff from the store."

"Thanks, man. call you back in a mo'" Justin said before he hung up. he turned to head back up the when he saw Natalia coming down the stairs dressed in lacy lingerie. Justin was captivated by her beauty and stood them in silence for a second.

"Are you... okay?" The ice queen asked, concern more in her voice than her expression.

Justin realised he was staring and scratched his cheek "uh... yeah I'm fine, I just wasn't expecting my house to be freezing over like this." he said as he gestured around himself.

Natalia slowly looked around herself. "Apologies... my power could not be... contained properly. The ice is my magic given form.

Justin nodded in understanding until a question popped up. "Hang on, do you have more control now? it was a full on blizzard when you first arrived."

Her expression still didn't change, but he was sure her cheeks darkened. "After we... became one, my control has increased. I didn't... want to see you frozen again. It would be bad... for my husband to end up that way.

"That explains last night- wait, frozen?" he actually was frozen over last night?"

"I didn’t... think about restraining myself. My ice formed like it always did around me like it always did, I didn't think it was any different from home... you something the door was no different, I had seen people freeze in front of me before, they were taken by the other monsters before the cold claimed their lives."

Justin was a little disturbed about her calmly talking about people getting trapped in ice like that. "well, what makes me different?"

Natalia approached him, here eye gaining a glint to them. "You touched me..."

"What?"

"You touched me," she repeated. "You never looked away from me as the Ice covered your body... reach out for me... the warmth of your hand..." Natalia let out a breath of cold air that made him shiver. "That warmth, I haven't felt anything like it. I wanted more of it so I freed you from the ice and you embraced me." a faint smile grow on her face.

Justin was trying to picture the event's of last night as she described them, helped along by slowly remembering through the blur this little house blizzard put him in. It as far as one could get for a first meeting, but if what he remembered form talking to Henry and others, first encounters rarely went smoothly.

Well, as much as he wanted to (and he really wanted to) reminisce. he might as well make breakfast or something. "You hungry? anything you want to eat?"

Natalia looked lost in thought. "My kind... do not usually use need food, we just syphon energy from the like in the cold realms to sustain ourselves. The other way... we did last night."

Justin had may have a short glance through the various monsters the encyclopedias had to offer and the main texts, but the idea of using that to survive was weird to him still. "Still, you still have a sense of taste right? I'll make you some tea and we'll go from there," he said. he went into the kitchen and started the kettle, noticing Natalia. was watching the kettle with mild interest. when he was done, she had a cop of hot tea  in hands. Slowly, she took a sip and seemed to saver the taste. "So... how is it."

The ice queen smiled. "I like it, drinking like this is... it's very different." She said, taking another sip.

"Nice, let's see what else you like, maybe you'll get a favourite food out of it," he said as he turned and started to rummage through the cupboards, considering making a sandwich.

"I... already have a favourite thing," Natalia said from behind him

"What the tea?" he asked before he felt a chilled blue hand hold his chin and gently pull him into a kiss. the cold are of his her breath sent shivers down his back. as the separated.

"You" was all she said as she went in for a deeper kiss.

Justin decided that he could leave the thought of being better than tea to a woman for a later time.

~X~ [tomorrow afternoon]

Justin lounged on the living room couch in his bathrobe and boxers watching tv, it wasn't a state he was usually in, but seeing he had the equally clad Natalia on his lap, it might become a habit. The ice queen had taken to occasionally asking questions regarding what was on tv while keeping herself as close to him as she physically could, openly showing her attention to his warmth. Not that he wasn't having his own problems keeping his hands off her, the fact that his stamina was screaming in protest that he was having any more fun with his new wife.

Thankfully Natalia had managed to reduce the ice around the house, so he could use the doors and windows again, but now there was a sort of permanent cool are around the house, sort of like a natural air conditioner. Again, it was something he would have to get comfortable with. henry had phoned again and told him that Ruth was interested in meeting her, both as a fellow wife and to see if she could get magically infused ice as part of her potion ingredients.

"Say..." he said getting her attention. "Do you kind have a name other than `Ice queen`?" he asked.

Natalia's eyes narrowed as a sign of her thinking "if there is... I don't know of it. why do you ask?"

"Well, if you are a queen, what does that make me? I mean you are going to stay with me in this world right? Not that much of a kingdom really." He explained.

Natalia smiled softly. "I... am my kingdom, my domain is where ever my ice touches. I have everything I need right here. It's my kingdom no matter how small, and you are a king to me... my husband.

Justin felt touched by the sentiment. and pulled her in for another kiss. "Thanks for that, I guess. by the way. have you seen my phone around, I have to make a few calls." he said looking around.

"Ah..." Justin was sure he saw her cheeks redden as she pointed to his phone that was frozen in a block of ice. "It was... distracting."

Justin sighed... Yet again, another of the Ice queens quirks he would just have to deal with.