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Jake is a trapper working high in the mountains of Wyoming Territory, usually not seeing another human from one month to the next. Recently, however, he’s had an unexpected guest – an Easterner named Edwin, who pitches in to ensure that Jake has enough supplies to survive the coming winter. As the evenings draw in, Jake works on knitting a blanket, adding a bit of love (and maybe even magic) into every stitch, hoping to entice Edwin to join him under its warmth…
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Publisher: LIBRAtiger
Genres:
Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 2
Romantic Content: 3
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay
Protagonist 1 Age: 26-35
Protagonist 2 Age: 26-35
Word Count: 2600
Setting: Wyoming Territory
Languages Available: English
“Knit one love,” murmured Jake as he worked the needles, “purl one love. Knit one love, purl –”
“I never expected a Mountain Man to be so handy on the domestic front,” declared Edwin.
Jake had gotten so caught up in the rhythm of it, and he was so used to living alone year in and year out, that he’d almost forgotten he had company. “If I don’t do it,” he equably explained, “it won’t get done.”
“True.” Then Edwin asked, “What’s the pearl?”
He wasn’t sure if he wanted to get too deep into discussion about the knitting, given what the knitting was for. “A purl’s the opposite of a knit,” Jake said, holding the fabric out to display it in the lamplight. “See here? The knits are flat and the purls make the bumps. Altogether, this is called seed stitch.”
“Because you’re seeding it with pearls?”
Jake frowned in thought. “I guess.”
“And the love? What’s that?”
