"What do I really want for Christmas?"This is an illustrated romance novella, complete with beautiful images inside. Enjoy! I was forty-three, newly retired, and hollowed out by a life that looked perfect from the outside. A successful branch manager for a clothing company. Financially secure. Completely alone. When my only real friend died, I realized I had no one left who truly knew me-especially not the part of me I'd buried since I was a teenager. So I rented a forgotten cabin in Aspen for the winter, convinced solitude would be easier than truth. Then I met Lucas. He was calm, steady, and entirely unthreatened by my silence. While snow fell and Christmas crept closer, something inside me began to wake up. Old rituals returned. Secrets I'd sworn were gone resurfaced-dresses, wigs, makeup, mirrors. The girl I'd only ever allowed to exist at night came back, stronger, more insistent, impossible to ignore. Note: This story contains transgender romance, transgender transformation, gradual feminization, friends-to-lovers, coming-of-age, and first-time feminization tropes. Some real places and people were referenced but the story is a work of fiction. The cover image is from Brightlucky Press.