Writing in depth assignment: N in a snowstorm

I'm going to do what I used to do in my LJ days of yore when stumped or brave or on a high: Type fic straight into the entry box. I've got to write 400 words. Topic: Nick or Nancy in a snowstorm (Dean Wesley Smith's instructions are rather binary here). Really clear setting and what character feels about it. No plot. No use of the word 'white'.

( So here goes )