Christmas Card 11 - Snow

He woke, to a world made smooth and simple by snow, with the cold, clear certainty that he would never leave. That he would never leave Paris or her.

When the snow melted, a week later, it revealed the normal, everyday mess and complication and he ran away to Lyon with his hairdresser.

Christmas cards - better check before recycling in case any of them have a ten pound note inside.