Title:  I’ll Be Home for Christmas

Author: Red

Type: AU

Rating: PG-15

Characters: F, J, Fe, L, V, A & two bad guys

Warnings: Mild profanity… and maybe just a touch of angst… maybe…

Critiques: No, thanks. 

Plot Blurb:  A last minute run to the grocery store on Christmas Eve puts Joe and Vanessa in the wrong place at the wrong time and leaves their families waiting, wondering, worrying… and praying for a Christmas miracle.

Splash Page:  Con took the picture and walked to the couple. Frank, Fenton, Laura and Andrea watched from a distance.  The woman took the picture from Con and squinted at it.  Suddenly her hand flew to her mouth as her husband pointed at the picture excitedly.  The older man began talking to Con animatedly, hands flailing.  At one point the man grabbed his right arm as if demonstrating something.  Con took the picture back, nodding his thanks at the elderly couple and started back towards the Hardys and Andrea, his face grave.

“They’ve got Joe and Vanessa,” he said, handing the photo back to Fenton.  Con waited a beat, eyeing Laura speculatively. He sighed inwardly; there was just no easy way to say it.  “And Joe’s been shot.”

Author Notes: This is in response to Phoenix’s Christmas story challenge and I never back down from a challenge. J  It takes place one year after Angel Wishes.

*** I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Words and Music by Kim Gannon, Buck Ram, and Walter Kent, 1943, revised 1948 ***

 

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