


Together theyre a perfect personification of the spirit of giving and celebration for the holiday season. Ethan is vulnerable and appealing, Henry is confident and likeable, and both are awakened by the discovery of each other. After his Aunt Dee Dee sends him a windfall, Ethan decides to bail on the family holiday drama and go on a college skiing trip instead. ∺unt Dee Dees Holiday Check is a heartwarming story of first lovefunny, tender, exciting, and poignant. That out of the way, Ethan is just adorable, drooling on a stranger when he falls asleep, going all out to have a great holiday last minute (his parents are in the middle of a not-friendly divorce and he just can’t stand being there for that) and being all nervous. First hes Ethans companion on the travel bus then his skiing partner then his hotel roommate and then more than Ethan ever dared to want. Aunt Dee Dee’s surprise check allows Nigel too, for that matter. Deserted by his buddy, Henry is all alone with a huge hotel suite, king-size bed, and desire for more than recreational sex. Shes the lesbian rebel in the family, and her instructions to Ethan are clear: use the money to do something wonderful for yourself.Įthan splurges on a Colorado ski trip, but the something wonderful turns out to be Henry Mitchell, a fellow university student and ski tripper.

Hes shy and inexperienced and expects to spend his first holiday away from his family with only his Hot Bunz underwear catalog to keep himself warm at night.īut then Aunt Dee Dees big check arrives and changes everything. Then a reservation snafu lands him in the same room as Henry, another student on the trip, and Ethan stumbles onto a bonus present of another kind: one that could last through Christmas and beyond. Ethan Temples not getting a boyfriend for Christmas. After his Aunt Dee Dee sends him a windfall, Ethan decides to bail on the family holiday drama and go on a college skiing trip instead.
