Character Bleed/Gingerbread Dreams crossover
It’s Holiday Baking Showdown time! This year, Nate isn’t a contestant. In fact, he’s agreed to be a judge. But he’s never had to critique someone else’s baking on television before, he feels terrible about eliminating anyone, and he hates to disappoint his boyfriend Marcus, the show’s executive producer. And this week’s guest judges are two of the biggest names in Hollywood.
Jason and Colby both love baking, cooking, and holiday recipes, so agreeing to be guest judges on an episode of the Holiday Baking Showdown sounds perfect. It’s good for Jason’s new domestic image, and Colby’s a huge fan of the show. But Colby’s not a fan of crowds and chaos. And Jason can’t help worrying about him.
But with new friends, delicious desserts, and a tacky holiday sweater or two, everyone’s sugarplum dreams might just come true ...
Chapter 1: Marcus“You want me to what?” Marcus’s boyfriend, one hand clutching a skillet, stared at him. Nate’s expression suggested that Marcus had asked him for something unspeakable, rather than the perfectly reasonable request that he serve as a judge on a festive holiday cooking show; Marcus considered this reaction. He’d probably missed something. Not being the best at emotion. “Me,” Nate said. “I mean, me. Not you. Me.” His eyes were very wide and very green, his freckles were bright as cinnamon sugar, and he clung to the skillet as if in self-defense. The morning, calm as the week before fireworks, opened up in blue and gold and gauzy summer clouds. Their house was quiet, and tidy because Marcus liked tidy, and domestic. Eggs, in theory going into the skillet, gazed up from the