The Music Box by Kassandra Lea

Author:Kassandra Lea [Lea, Kassandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-789-6
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

LIKE A child on Christmas morning, Alvin popped out of bed at the break of dawn. He untangled himself from the blankets and Milo and trudged across the carpet to the window. The view out the back was different now that the big oak was gone, part of its trunk used to make their friends’ dreidel. The stump remained per Alvin’s request, and there beside it was the new tree they’d planted a few months after the loss. The ground was buried in a thick blanket of white, drifts climbing up the fence.

He turned to find Milo propped up on an elbow, staring at him. “What?”

“Nothing, I just like watching you.”

Alvin felt heat rush across his cheeks. “Stop.”

Milo shifted, sitting up, the blanket falling away. He gave Alvin a goofy grin. “Shall we? I know you’re dying to see what’s out there.”

“You know me too well.”

They met at the foot of the bed. “In all the best ways too.” They kissed. “Go on down. I’m going to run to the bathroom first.”

“Come on, Widget.” Alvin beckoned. “Let’s go see what the storm left us.”

He retrieved the bags from the porch, placing each of them on the table in the foyer. The sneakers with the candy made him smile, and he snatched one of the Fun Size Snickers, then quickly removed its wrapper and popped it in his mouth. There was also a little treat bag for Widget because how could they ever forget their baby girl?

“For the sweetest girl in all the world,” Alvin declared, passing a yogurt-frosted cookie to his scruffy mutt. He peered sideways at the gifts. “I’m tempted to peek. Should we?” He shook his head. “No, I suspect that would upset daddy, right?” Widget merely looked at him with soft brown eyes. “Oh, the anticipation.”

“It’s almost over,” Milo said, joining them in the foyer. To Alvin he looked utterly adorable in his penguin-festooned pajamas, his hair sticking up like it had been last night before their walk. Milo picked up his gift bag. “How about we put an end to your misery?”

They settled in the living room. Widget received another cookie, then crunched it loudly.

“Open yours first.” Alvin held out the bag. “I’m eager for you to see what it is.”

Milo chuckled. “Okay, okay.”

Bouncing his leg with nervous anticipation, Alvin watched as Milo reached into the bag and pulled out the book.

“A first edition?” Milo said, flipping over the cover. “And signed? How did you ever…. Alvin, I love it.” His words of affection were mirrored in the way he ran his fingers over the cover, the spine, admiring the artwork. It hadn’t exactly been easy to come by the special edition Dean Koontz book, but when he saw it, Alvin knew without a doubt that he needed to possess it, just for the simple pleasure of giving it to the biggest Koontz fan he knew.

“I’m glad you approve. I thought about holding on to it until Christmas but didn’t think I could make it that long,” he confessed.

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