"I'll be waiting for it," he said, folding up his paper shopping bag. "And I'll run fast, and run far, got it memorized?"

He smiled, turning around to lean on the counter. Ah well, he'd been stirring it enough lately to deserve a little retaliation. He simply made a mental note to avoid going anywhere that snowball fights were likely to break out in the near future.

Or the distant one. He wouldn't put it past either of them to bide their time.