Angel Dork

Christmas is fast approaching, and eighteen-year-old Oliver is on his own for the first time. After aging out of foster care, he knows he’s lucky to have found a welcome in the couple who own the diner where he works. Of course, his life would be easier if a pack of bullies wasn’t out to get him, and if one of them wasn’t so gorgeous. It’s a terrible idea to crush on a guy like Liam.

At the ripe old age of twenty, Liam wears his cynicism like a second skin. He doesn’t trust anyone, and definitely shouldn’t care about weird little Oliver. But in Liam’s world of bullies, disapproving parents, and lonely Christmases, Oliver is somehow a beacon of light.

When Liam and Oliver are forced to work together on a class project over winter break, they’ll have to find common ground. And with the help of a kind-hearted couple, a down-on-her-luck kitten named Lola, a mysterious Santa Claus figure, and a snowstorm, Oliver and Liam might learn the true meaning of the season, too.

This is a Christmas short story of approximately 9500 words about two sweet boys and a kitten who find their happiness one Christmas Eve.