Under the Snow, You Still Call Me Mon Sucre

Yuri Gable has spent years keeping his life simple: work, his son Adrien, and the memories of the wife he lost.

Christmas is the one season he avoids. But Adrien loves it, and Yuri reluctantly tries to give his son the holiday he deserves.

Everything changes when Ling Xinlu, the younger brother of Yuri's acquaintance Ling Tangyun, enters their lives. Xinlu is an Alpha-exactly the kind of person Yuri has learned to keep his distance from-but his quiet patience and genuine kindness make that increasingly difficult.

What begins as casual visits soon becomes something neither Yuri nor Adrien expected. Adrien quickly grows attached to Xinlu, dragging him into Christmas decorations, movie nights, baking, and forgotten family traditions. Meanwhile, Yuri finds himself slowly becoming comfortable with someone he never intended to let close.

But falling for Xinlu means confronting the complicated place grief still holds in Yuri's life. He must learn that loving someone new doesn't erase the person he lost, while Xinlu must decide how patiently he is willing to wait for Yuri to trust him.

With Christmas Eve approaching and Adrien wishing for the three of them to celebrate together, Yuri faces a choice: remain anchored to the life he lost, or take a chance on the life waiting for him.

Sometimes, a new love doesn't replace the old.

Sometimes, it simply gives the heart somewhere else to belong.