Solstice Wishes and Christmas Kisses: MM Christmas Romance Collection by TJ Nichols

Author:TJ Nichols [Nichols, TJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-13T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 3

Roone walked down the sidewalk. He had no idea where he was, but he knew that a taxi would come by and he’d be able to get home. Sure enough, only a few minutes later one did. His mood didn’t lighten.

He’d thought that Kyle had been ready to hear the truth since he was seeing it.

Obviously Roone had been wrong. There was a reason most adults couldn’t believe in magic and elves. And while countless books had been written about positive thinking, it was more than a thought. Belief came from the heart.

Kyle’s heart had been open to him… before it had slammed shut.

He paid the driver and went back to the hostel where he was staying. He could have stayed in a hotel and had a room to himself, but what would be the point of that when he wanted to meet people?

He spent a restless night, but in the morning he knew what he needed to do. He would make Kyle realize that there was magic. He went to the shops and bought Kyle a stocking to hang up on Christmas Eve. Then he went back to the beach, hoping that Kyle would be there.

He was, and when Roone walked up, the hot sand burning his toes, he didn’t look happy to see him.

“What do you want?”

“I came to give you something, that’s all.” Roone held out the gift-wrapped stocking.

“I don’t want it.” But Kyle’s gaze darted to the present.

“I think you do. You want to know if I was telling the truth.” Roone was praying that Kyle hadn’t locked his heart overnight and was now seeing nothing odd. He reached out and brushed the back of Kyle’s hand, needing to touch him and needing to be sure. The water droplets froze on his skin, creating delicate patterns.

Roone held his breath as he waited to see how Kyle would react.

Kyle glanced down but didn’t draw his hand back as the ice crept up his arm. “Are you going to do that until it encases me?”

Roone let himself smile for the first time since leaving Kyle’s apartment. “I was wondering if you could still see it.”

“Of course I can.” He paused and frowned. “What else am I going to start seeing?”

“Go to the mall. Check out the helpers at Santa’s grotto. See the way the kids’ eyes light up while the adults stand there bored out of their skulls.”

“So, what does that prove? That there are more of you?”

A few elves did travel during the holiday season but not many, and they were specially chosen… maybe he could try out. But the odds were against him. Here he was telling Kyle to believe anything was possible while he doubted himself. “You can choose which one you want to be like.”

Maybe he did want to go home after all… but then he looked at Kyle and he was all torn up again. He’d liked moving, as he was never in one place long enough to fall in love. He should’ve moved on after the surfing lessons, but he was still here.

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