Santa took the night off and Octokuro took over in red latex stockings. Merry Christmas!
Christmas is different this year Christmas Eve was supposed to be predictable. Soft lights. Quiet rooms. The kind of silence that smells like pine needles and waiting.But Santa never showed up. Instead, Octokuro did. She arrived already kneeling on the pale couch, framed by a curtain of warm fairy lights, as if the room had …