closed starter for @xdiaryofavixen
Late November and the trees in front of Arabella’s house had almost shed their golden brown, yellowy leaves as he watched one flitting down slowly through the window. Bringing the coffee to his lips again, he wetted them with his beverage before pursing his lips, the words on the tip of his tongue but not quite there yet.
It had been almost a year since Caleb’s passing. Peter wasn’t exactly a best friend of his, but he felt the loss nonetheless having worked so closely with him in the past. What was truly surreal was how close he had gotten with his young wife, Arabella. More than fifteen years his junior, the young woman had found solace in him in the past year, and he gladly provided it. He was conscious of the attraction on his side, but mostly he hadn’t connected with someone as much as he had her in a long time. She made good company. More than good, in fact. And as the year drew to a close his thoughts, reluctantly, went to the holidays again.
He had spent a lot of them alone, not having the best family structure growing up without his mother and with a sad, introspective father. He often preferred solitude. This year though, this year he had found someone he honestly didn’t mind spending time with, enjoyed spending time with. And with that in mind, he sat up on the couch a little and turned to the blonde he had gotten to know so well.
“Do you want to do Christmas at my place? I mean, if you’re not already doing something.”












