
Only three days away from Christmas dinner, Zachariah is faced with the prospect of having to face not only his parents but his most recent ex-boyfriend. In an attempt to make the dinner more manageable, Zack goes to find Björn, a friend he has not seen in ten years, to make him a surprising proposition.
Deep in the woods, where Björn has settled in to work as a forest ranger, Zack pleads for help in the form of a fake relationship. Even after not speaking for a decade, it is obvious Björn is willing to help out an old friend and they make arrangements to go back to the city and attend the dinner party.
The years have left their mark, but as Zack and Björn put aside the hurt from their last encounter, their relationship begins to change. Just in time for the dinner party, the two present an allied front against Zack’s ex-boyfriend and difficult father. The evening draws to a close after a disastrous meeting with both men from Zack’s past. Can Björn and Zack heal their past wounds and make it through the dreaded dinner?

Chapter 1: December 21stZachariah took a sip from his takeaway coffee and sighed softly as he set it back down on the cup holder. The coffee was strong and bitter, but it did its job and that was all he needed. He’d been driving for a while, leaving Helsinki behind, and double checked the mirrors as he prepared to make a turn, being overly cautious with the snow covered ground. The deeper he ventured into the forest that surrounded the city, the bigger the threat of an animal jumping out of nowhere in the dead of night. The mere thought made him anxious. Not only was he wound up, he was filthy as well, and exhausted after the hour-long argument he’d had on the phone. He took another sip of the coffee and grimaced. As soon as he arrived, he was going to drink something with tons of sugar, h
