The Perfect Blend for Christmas by CC Bridges

Author:CC Bridges
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mm romance, coffee shop romance, sequel, Better Latte Than Never, holiday story
Publisher: CC Bridges
Published: 2023-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

FINN SHOULD HAVE SAID no to that second glass of wine. His whole reason for coming here in the first place was to pick up the basics of painting. He had to learn enough to go back to Parallel and be confident in his purchases.

Instead he accepted the third glass of white from Tami’s friend Bianca. It helped blur the edges a bit, so when he looked at his painting on the easel, it almost resembled the example the instructor was presenting from the front of the room. She had made the lesson as simple as possible, which made sense since most of the people in the room were well past inebriated and into drunk territory right now.

No matter how much he tried, he could see the flaws in his painting, especially compared to the example their Instructor worked on up in the front. He put his brush down in frustration.

And that was another thing. They had different brushes. For different techniques. How many brushes did he need to buy in order to create a simple painting?

“Don’t worry, Finn.” Tami patted him in the shoulder. Her cheeks had darkened with her third glass of rose. “You’re a much better writer than painter.”

“I should leave the painting to Enzo,” he agreed.

“Is it true you’re actually Morgan Heart?” Tami’s other friend, Sophy, leaned forward and asked in a not very quiet whisper.

“If so we’re gonna have words about Broken Letters,” Bianca muttered, dabbing more purple paint on to her canvas.

“Hey, I only write happy endings now,” he protested. “And did you see the movie? They fixed the ending.”

Bianca and Sophy giggled, while Tami only shook her head as if disappointed with them both. “Leave the man alone. He’s trying to make a Christmas gift.”

He snorted. As if the patchy monstrosity in front of him was worth anything more than trash. In fact, that was where he’d dump it before they left for the evening. He couldn’t give this to Enzo.

“I can’t give this to Enzo. It’s horrible.” He picked up his brush, then dropped it again, disgusted. Time for more wine.

Bianca leaned over him with her paint laden brush. “Easy fix.” She painted a purple heart over his background, then put his and Enzo’s initials in the center. To be honest, it improved the work by quite a bit.

He started to giggle. It looked ridiculous. Soon, he was bent over in uncontrollable laughter, Tami and her friends joining him.

“Hey, at least you’re having fun?” Tami asked.

He actually was. Now that he’d taken the pressure off himself, he stopped worrying about matching the instructor’s example, and started painting little swirls all over his canvas. Every so often he’d smirk and shake his head, while Biana started painting over Sophy’s painting. They might not be creating art, but they were creating.

“I still need to come up with a present idea,” Finn said as they were cleaning up, the sound of clinking glasses and loud voices filling the room. “Because this isn’t going to work.”

“I think you might want to go the abstract route.

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