Home for the Holidays

As an ongoing service to other YA writers who may not have teens readily available for observation, I provide this slice of life.

Sam came home from college with a cold. Jeremy is sick too. I found them sprawled on the sofa, quite close together as they are large and the sofa is not. Each was wrapped in a blanket. They shared a box of tissues and a wastepaper basket. As they watched TV and talked, occasionally one swatted the other. The swat was blocked, and they’d go back to talking.

Ah, brothers.