Chapter 29 of The Cold Night Air We Breathe is up on AO3!
Let's not talk about the year and change it took me to get this chapter posted, okay?
The steam pumping from his ears coalesced into soft, puffy clouds in Eddie's mind. The heavens opened and radiant light shone upon him, warm and glowing. Angels in togas strummed harps and honked on saxophones as they floated down. Flower petals cascaded around him on a soft spring breeze, fluttering his hair like he was a cover model for a harlequin romance. Lambs and fawns and furry woodland rodents cavorted through verdant fields of wildflowers and rainbows. From overhead, tiny, twittering bats lowered a silken sash embroidered with the words Chrissy's Boyfriend across Eddie's chest as a long, golden sword slid smoothly into a jewel encrusted scabbard at his back.
