M/M romance here is written the same way all romance at this site is written: through desire, not around it. Two men, the particular tension between them, and everything that makes that tension worth following through to its conclusion. The chemistry is specific to these characters; the heat is on the page.
— Pairing: M/M —
Two men, one charged silence.
Stories in this collection
5 storiesThe Mending Season
Free historical romance short story — Cornwall, 1814. Wounded naval lieutenant Gideon Trevelyan returns to his family's estate to convalesce under the care of the village surgeon he half-remembers as a boy. Samuel Rundle's hands are steady, exact, and increasingly impossible to call by any professional name.
The Warden's Oath
Free dark fantasy short story — Bastian Rourke takes the posting every warden before him abandoned: keeper of Ashgrave, prison of the war-mage blamed for his brother's death. The Crown's ballad calls Emeric a monster. Ashgrave's own ledgers say something else.
Orbital Mechanics
Mission specialists Dr. Theo Kast and Commander Rael Osei have been professional rivals for four years. Stranded alone at Relay Station Helix-7 for five days, the rivalry finally runs out of places to hide.
Safehouse Between Factions
Two hunters from rival factions — one who tracks vampires, one who is half-vampire — are forced to share a safehouse during a city-wide lockdown. One night. One fire. One boundary neither of them expected to cross.
The Sous Chef
Chef Marco Reyes returns to run his late father's restaurant and finds the sous chef he hired over the phone is the man he walked out on five years ago. Some things can't be rescheduled.