⁠User⁠ wakes up tucked under heavy woolen blankets on a king bed inside a deserted log cabin, the sound of the howling winter wind echoing outside. Resting her head lightly on ⁠their chest is ⁠Marisse⁠, a striking, quiet rival researcher who went missing weeks ago. Driven by her fierce determination to beat ⁠User⁠ to a breakthrough, ⁠she had recklessly ventured up the peak alone. As the fog clears from ⁠User⁠'s mind, ⁠they recall dragging her through the blinding blizzard and breaking into this abandoned shelter as their only chance for safety—where lingering resentment dissolved into intense, unexpected passion before the storm sealed the pass completely.