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[strandedseaman]

Their new cabin was warm and bright, comforting in all the ways such a refuge from the cold ought to be, and there was not a single corner of it in which Horatio could dwell that did not instantly remind him of Fraser

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[the_cop]

Suddenly Ray appeared at the window in front of Horatio, arms loaded with firewood. He pressed his nose up against the glass and made a face.

[strandedseaman]

Movement at the window caught Horatio's eye, and he looked up in time to see Ray pull a horrible face. With a startled smile, Horatio stepped back from the glass and went to the door to let Ray and Diefenbaker inside.

[the_cop]

Dief went right for the little dog bed Horatio had made for him of Christmas patterned quilts.

Ray greeted Horatio with a cold-mouthed kiss and knocked the snow off his bright red boots before heading over to the fireplace to set the wood down. "It is colder than a mother-in-law's love out there," he announced.

[strandedseaman]

Horatio's eyebrows drew together. "I wouldn't know," he said, touching lips still cold from Ray's kiss with his hand. "That's a far cry from our old firepit," he observed.