This is a work of fiction; all characters' names are randomly
generated, and the places in this story are complete works of fiction. If
you disagree with two men loving each other, leave now. Yes, this is a
Christmas story, so if you don't want to read it, you are free to move
on. However, if you're going to read it, I hope you'll enjoy it.
Copyright © 2021
From the North
Pole to Indiana
Chapter 1:
Part 2
In Town
Today after
work, Mick gets a surprise. His mother
calls him.
"Hi Mick,
are you settled in yet?"
She is
worried that he's not unpacked, not working, and lonely. He is unpacked, working, and he is a bit
lonely.
"I'm good,
Mom. People could be nicer, but I guess
that's the world. Work is good, though."
He knows his
mom will worry no matter what he says or does.
"I'm glad
that you're not living out of boxes.
Mick, people are going to be drawn to you, I promise. What is your job at work?"
He hopes
that she'll be impressed with his job.
"I'm a
baker's assistant, but they are impressed with me, so who knows, I might become
a baker in a few months."
She is happy
that things are good at work. She wants
the best for him both in his private life and work life.
"I need to
run, Son."
The mother
says to her son.
"Bye Son, I
love you!" He tells her goodbye and that
he loves her. Hearing from his mom
cheers him up. It's good to hear from
family, and maybe he needs to do a better job staying in touch with his family
members.
###
At work
today, he's been doing a lot of going back and forth from the front and then
back to the kitchen with trays loaded with fresh pastries and cookies. In his time upfront, he's seen quite a few
nice-looking guys. There is a problem
though, how does one figure out if they're the right guy for him? His book of elven cantrips is at home. Course, it doesn't do him any good at
home. He knows that he needs to practice
those little spells. Mick needs to
memorize them for future use. Mick
really wants to figure out the spell thing.
###
As luck
would have it, the spell that Mick needs is written out in the book. It doesn't take him long to memorize the
spell. As he goes through the day, he
sees several more hot guys. Later in the day, Mick goes into the bathroom
while on break. He decides to try out
the naughty or nice cantrip. It says that you need a reflective surface and the
person's name that Mick or Santa wants to check out. He looks into the mirror and says:
"Henry, I
need you to show me your heart to me."
Suddenly,
flashes of this guy's life dance in the mirror in front of Mick. Henry might pass as a nice guy, but Henry is
not gay. Mick tried it out on a few
other guys, and none made the cut.
Maybe, there is a more straightforward spell or a better way to filter
through them.
###
That spell
worked, but he wishes he had a simpler one that he could use instead of the
"naughty or nice" one. Not finding what
he wanted in the book, he decides to reach out to his father. He shakes the snow globe and then says,
"Dad!" The snow globe does its thing. He
is instantly connected to his dad via what looks like a video chat.
"How are you,
Mick?"
His father
asks.
"I'm good,
Dad, but that cantrip for seeing if someone is naughty or nice gave me a
headache. Is there an easier one?"
Santa thinks
about what his son can do instead of that cantrip for a second. He has just the thing for Mick.
"I want you
to buy some candy canes, swirl them in water, and say the name of the person
that you want to know about and then ask if they are sweet or not. Is that easy enough for you? I this quite a bit myself."
Mick writes
his father's instructions and the words that need to be said.
"Thanks,
Dad, I'm going to use it. I love you,
Dad!"
Nick is glad
that his son isn't afraid to ask for help.
He's pleased that he's able to be here for his son.
"I love you
too, Son! I need to go, Son."
The most
important thing at the moment is that Mick is home and that he's beginning to
relax.
###
Mick is at
home, but home doesn't feel like home.
In his apartment back home, he never felt alone. Here, he is home, and he is lonely. He has no friends, just co-workers. It would
be great if he had a friend or two. Any
friend would be fantastic. There is zero friend potential out there. Hopefully, things change quickly. He may not be able to last out here without
friends. Someday, he'll find what he's
looking for here in the city.
###
He would
love to explore the city, but a few issues are stopping him at the moment. One,
it's now 9:00 pm. Two, he doesn't
totally trust people, and he wants to stay alive. Three, he has a lot on his mind, and he's just
not feeling being outside. Maybe tomorrow, he'll figure all of this out. The
world is a strange place. He needs to
see what's out there in the world. In
the morning, he'll see things in a new light.
Something has to change for him.
Time is on his side, but how much time does he need to do what he wants
to do? He has no idea when or where that
answer will come. It has to come,
though. It has too.
###
In the
morning, he looks in his bathroom and wonders about everything that was bugging
him last night. The world outside of the
barrier is killer. People are divided
and don't seem to believe in magic anymore.
There are good people out there, but he has to find one good person to
call his boyfriend. Don't get me wrong,
there are plenty of people out there, but there is only one for Mick. Mick wonders if maybe, this was a mistake, coming
to Indiana. At least back home, he had
family and the elves. There are around
3,779 miles from the North Pole and Weber, Indiana. I can't give the exact miles, but you get the
idea. He's always been within walking
distance of his family and never had to rely on magic to communicate with them. Come to think about it, he's never used magic
as much as he has since moving south to Weber.
###
As he gets
ready for work, he tries out one cantrip labeled "Find!". It says to think about what's missing and say
"Help!". The object's location is
supposed to be revealed to you. He managed to think about the guy who would
eventually be his boyfriend. He is tall,
has reddish hair, is muscular, and very handsome. He doesn't know how he could see him, but it
happened, and now he is in awe. Whoever
this guy is, he needs to come across his path today. It leaves him with many questions.
###
The biggest
question on his mind is what he needs to do to find him. Using the snow globe, he calls his dad.
"Well, this
is a surprise. Is everything okay?"
Mrs. Claus
joins Mr. Claus on the couch.
"I'm good, Dad...I
just...I have q question. I was trying out
a cantrip called "Find" when an image of a very handsome man showed up in my mirror. I could clearly see his face. I believe he is the guy that I'm supposed to
find. But I don't know how to do that?"
Emma looks
at her husband and shrugs his shoulders. She isn't sure what to tell her son,
and Mick's own dad doesn't know what to say either. Nick isn't about to make
this easy on his son. Love never comes easy, and Mick needs to learn this about
life.
"Mick, there
isn't a way to find him. Although, if
you say that you saw him after casting the "Find" cantrip, you'll have to keep
your eyes open for him."
Santa tells
his son. Mick isn't happy over what his father said, but he understands and
goes with it. He needs to relax and just wait for this person to come across
his path.
"Okay, I
guess I'll wait and see what happens."
He says as
his mother gets ready to give her son some advice. She wants to reassure him that things aren't
so bad.
"Mick, I've been
listening to you and your father talking things over, but I just want you to
relax, and I promise that given a chance, you'll find this man in due
time. Keep your heart open!"
He's been
told to keep his eyes open and to keep his heart open as well. By doing this, he'll be ready to find his
guy.
"You didn't answer
my question the way I wanted, but I'll take what you said to heart. I'll let you go. I love the two of you. Bye, Mom and Dad!"
###
Without his
parent's help, Mick knows he'll need to be patient. He doesn't know how he'll find the handsome
stranger. It seems there is a whole bunch of people out in the world. How long will Mick have to wait before the
man in the mirror becomes a reality? His
father and mother can't tell him when he'll enter his life, nor can any of the
elves. He's stuck waiting for this guy
to walk into his life.
###
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