Frostbound

Deep concentration marred my face and the only thing that mattered was the pounding of my hammer in the forge. I had been at this for a while and nothing had worked so far. It was mildly frustrating.

I was so focused I didn't hear the door open and someone enter into the forge. Nor did I feel it when a small high-pitched voice called out for my attention.

It took two small hands making physical contact with my back that broke me out of my thoughts while forging.

The unexpected physical contact scared me shitless and I nearly jumped over the anvil in fright, letting out a manly scream.

I turned to see Anna laughing behind me trying to form words.

"Hahaha, you scream like a little girl!" She said before giggling more.

"You do realize that you, yourself, are a little girl and in saying so, I scream like you," I said back sagely ignoring the fact I did just scream like a little girl.

She scrunched up her face at that comment and after thinking about it for a moment, stuck her tongue out at me. Like that was a perfectly understandable response.

"What are you doing in here sneaking up behind me?" I asked moving on from the jump scare.

"I wasn't sneaking! You just couldn't hear me." She defended herself from the accusation.

Thinking back, she could have been right. I didn't remember hearing anything but that didn't mean that she didn't try to get my attention.

"Well you have my attention now, what do you need, sweetie?" I asked.