Baby, It's Cod Outside

With his CEO father away, Benjamin Whitaker III is left running the family empire. And, you know, trying not to implode from anxiety while he's at it.

Local investigative reporter Jackson James smells something fishy going on at Whitaker Seafood, and it's definitely not just the mackerel.

One's trying to keep things clean and tidy. The other's digging up some serious dirt.

This year, Silver Shoals isn't dreaming of a white Christmas. Just a low stress week, a front page headline, and a way out of this very merry fish-mess.

Baby, It's Cod Outside is a low heat, opposites attract, hurt/comfort, small town MM holiday romance. It can be read as a standalone.

CW: anxiety rep, on page panic attacks, loss from cancer (family member, past)