Merry Cuckmas, Alex! - Chapter Five

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Sunlight slipped through the cabin’s half-drawn curtains in lazy gold ribbons, the kind of gentle winter light that made every dust mote look like a tiny floating ornament. Alex surfaced slowly, deliciously, from the deepest sleep of his life. The bed was like a cloud: thick flannel sheets, two down comforters puffed high as fresh snowdrifts, and the li…