Solstice (слэш)

Jake is a survivor. It isn't because he's special; it's just because he is. James is a survivor, too. Now, he and Jake are all the two of them have.
There's something else about Jake. Something he has known about himself since he was James' age. He loves James like his own child, for sure, but he also loves him in other ways. And now there are only his own rules to live up to, what on Earth does that kind of love mean, anyway?
James is little, but he's bright. He's growing up. Soon he will be twelve years old. The winters are getting worse, and he's old enough to make the trip to Jake's old family home, where they can survive the winter a little more comfortably than they have been up in the north. Everything is new to James. Everything is an adventure. How far will this path of adventure and discovery take James? And Jake, for that matter? As the nights draw in and the solstice looms closer, only the endless time they have between them will tell.
This story was originally published on Nifty as a series in 2019, and is re-serialised here as a remaster with additional material and commentary to follow once all chapters are re-released. Chapters will land each Monday.