When Victor Hill bought a house with his boyfriend, Jian Kouri it was a dream come true. But now, two years later, instead of living their happily ever after, they hardly see the other awake.<br><br>With Jian out the door before Victor gets up in the morning, and asleep on the couch nearly as soon as he walks in the door, the life Victor imagined couldn’t be further from reality. They don’t talk; they don’t touch, and Victor fears he and Jian have already drifted too far apart.<br><br>The holiday season is a time for hope, but when Victor comes home to find Jian with a plan to woo him for Christmas, is it too little, too late? The dates are great, and there are filled with Christmas fun to get Victor in the right spirit for the holiday, but are they enough for the two of them to fall in love again? Or is there just too much in their relationship that needs fixing?

24 Dates

Principal Wright walked up to the podium.


“Oh, here we go.” Jonas bent down to fiddle with his bag as Wright talked. Seconds later, he offered Victor a piece of chocolate. “It’s sea salt. Abe got it for me.” The whisper was low, but Sara’s hand shot forth between them. Victor jumped. He hadn’t known she was behind them


“Did you think I wouldn’t hear you? Give me some or I’ll tattle.” She grinned.


Wright’s voice droned on in the front, and Victor thankfully popped the chocolate in his mouth. “You should come have pizza with us, Victor.”


“Today?” He hadn’t planned on having pizza today, but if Jian wasn’t at home, going out with Jonas and Sara would beat sitting at home waiting for him to arrive.


“No, not today, but we usually go out every other week or so. Nothing serious, a pizza and a beer and talk some shit about this place.”


“Did you want to add something, Jonas?” Wright’s voice got louder, and Victor winced.


Chapter 15