Kieran pulled her closing briefly in return for the half-hug, laughing lightly and taking a sip of his beer. "Yeah, I think you probably should have figured that before coming in. I got my ass back from Boston a few days ago, so I missed the worst of it. But the rest of it's been good. Sort of cold, you know, but I have not frozen to death yet, so I count it as a win."
Speaking of which, he thought, glancing out the window, it was also ridiculously cold in the city, and he sort of pitied the people who'd been standing outside for hours just to watch that stupid ball drop. "I wonder if it's worth it to go watch the ball later. Maybe for like...the last twenty seconds," he said, half to himself, but loud enough that she could hear.