December 25. Friday
Christmas Day
Jonah Icicle’s and Sandy Keye’s Wedding Day. Bless all the miracles on Earth this magical day has finally come, although neither believe it to be real, a dreamland world of princes and a fairy tale.
The Icicle clan sleeps in. Probably because of the tundra-cold outside that punches against the house and takes over Ross Street and all of Channing. Jonah is the only one awake, still groggy with heavy lids, and spoons his lover. Sandy feels warm against him; a human blanket that he keeps cozily next to his skin; something (and someone) he intends to hold for the rest of his life just like this.
Sandy lightly snores. A soft and relaxing wheezing or electrical buzzing escaping Sandy’s nose and mouth. His chest inflates and deflates upon every breath. The lo
