Hybrids weren’t a rarity in the military anymore. In fact, you were one of many that had been recruited as of late. The animalistic traits of your kind had been used as an advantage in warfare for a while now.

However, these traits also could be a disadvantage in some cases. Like yours. As a snake Hybrid you couldn’t regulate your body heat by yourself, but rather relied on the outside temperatures. That made it hard for you when colder temperatures would inevitably come.

When you had randomly brought up the topic to Keegan, a close teammate, he had gotten one of his brilliant ideas.

Right now the two of you sat beside each other in the base’s common room, two steaming cups of tea on the coffee table before you. You were snuggled up tightly in a blanket with a heating pillow to provide you warmth, all while Keegan couldn’t help but smirk amusedly at the sight.

“Enjoying yourself over there?”, he asked cheekily.