Description

August 1939 Roger Miller and Jack OBrien have been close since childhood By the time they realize theres more between them than friendship Jack is leaving their sleepy Iowa town for college But they console themselves knowing hell be home for Christmas Right
It is Christmas before they see each other again but that Christmas comes six years and a world war later Aged beaten and shaken by combat theyre not the boys they were back then but their feelings for each other are stronger than ever
Neither know the words to say everything theyve carried since that peacetime summer kiss though Even as they stand in the same room theres a thousand miles between them
But maybe thats some distance the little angel in Rogers rucksack can cross
This 24000 word novella is part of the Christmas Angel series and can be read as a standalone