Category: Genre: Romance
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The Pirate Accountant
Character: Achiel Vermeer, Character: Ross Forthright, Rating: M, Setting: 1550s-1850s | Age of Sail, Setting: Hyssop, Theme: Accountants & Bankers, Theme: Assassins & Paid Muscle, Theme: Autism & ADHD, Theme: Banter & Flirtation, Theme: Pirates & Piracy, Theme: Power Dynamics & Imbalances, Theme: Sailors & Sailing, Theme: Scars & Permanent Injuries, Theme: Violence & Killing, World: Magic Beholden
Romance & comedy short. A quartermaster works up the nerve to finally mount a seduction on their accountant. Rated M, M/M, 4.5k. Dark humour and biting banter throughout, between an exceedingly cautious and paranoid accountant and the quartermaster who’s finally worked up the courage to ask him out. Adapted from a TweetFic. Ross Forthright had…
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The Poet and Provocateur
Category: M/M, Kink: Drugs & Highs & Chemsex, Kink: Manhandling, Kink: Size Difference, Kink: Struggling & Wrestling & Sparring, Kink: Teasing, Rating: M, Setting: 1900s | 20th Century, Setting: USA, Theme: Arcades & Casinos, Theme: Banter & Flirtation, Theme: Brewing & Alcohol, Theme: Cigarettes & Tobacco, Theme: Discipline & Punishment, Theme: Drag & Drag Acts, Theme: Enforcers & Bodyguards, Theme: Gambling, Theme: Homophobia, Theme: Make-up & Cosmetics, Theme: Masks & Disguises, Theme: Men Who Love Men | Homosexuality, Theme: Music & Performance, Theme: Nicknames & Terms of Affection, Theme: Poets & Poetry, Theme: Public Nudity, Theme: Tattoos & Piercings, Theme: Thieves & Rogues & Burglars, World: Magic BeholdenRomcom short. A bodyguard is assigned to look after a very provocative poet. 4.5k, M/M, rated M. Bickering bastards going between American settler towns at the turn of the century. Adapted from a TweetFic. Content warnings for casual period-typical homophobia and substance use throughout. Jared had expected to be met with a little homo in…
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Fresh Country Air
Category: M/M, Kink: Kissing, Kink: Oral Sex, Kink: Size Difference, Kink: Teasing, Rating: M, Setting: 1900s | 20th Century, Theme: Animals & Zoology, Theme: Banter & Flirtation, Theme: Chronic Illness, Theme: Intimacy, Theme: Men Who Love Men | Homosexuality, Theme: Wildlife & Natural History, World: Magic BeholdenRomance short. An orchard labourer gives a naturalist’s education to a visitor from the city. Romance & slice of life, cis M/M, rated M. Kissing and sweetness, some hand and blowjobs, teasing, shyness, affection. Adapted from a TweetFic. Mention of asthma symptoms and trouble breathing throughout, but no depictions of asthma attacks or similar. Joss was…
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Steps Ahead
Category: M/M, Length: 10k+, Rating: M, Theme: Banter & Flirtation, Theme: Child Abuse & Neglect, Theme: Class & Caste Differences, Theme: Emotional Manipulation, Theme: Isolation & Loneliness, Theme: Monarchy & Royalty, Theme: Power Struggles, Theme: Suicide & Self-Harm, Theme: Trans Male Characters, World: The DragonplanetFantasy short. A serving boy seduces a prince who is tired of the weight of his crown. Rated M. 13.7k. M/M fantasy, with dark comedy throughout, and a rather fraught romance. Prince Alexander, who hates the weight of his crown, his kingdom, and his princely identity, tries at every opportunity to escape his position, but is…
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For Want Of Time
Category: M/M, Rating: T, Setting: Camelot, Theme: Banter & Flirtation, Theme: Clockwork & Horology, Theme: Family Dynamics, Theme: Golems & Animated Constructs, Theme: Grief & Loss, Theme: Jewish Faith & Identity, Theme: Jews & Judaism, Theme: Messengers & Postmen, Theme: Toys & Collectibles, World: Magic BeholdenFantasy/Romance short. A delivery man is quite infatuated with the clerk at a magical toy shop. Sweet and loving M/M romance developing bit by bit here. Rated T, 6k, with teasing and flirtation throughout. Adapted from a TweetFic. CW for loss of a parent and grief. Alec took shipments into the same toyshop each week, usually…
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The Blacksmith and the Florist
Category: M/M, Rating: T, Setting: Camelot, Theme: Bears & Bear Cubs (Gay), Theme: Blacksmiths & Farriers, Theme: Chronic Illness, Theme: Chronic Pain, Theme: Disability, Theme: Mages & Sorcerers & Witches, Theme: Magic & Powers, Theme: Mobility Aids & Assistive Devices, Theme: Plants & Flowers, Theme: Tattoos & Piercings, World: Magic BeholdenRomantic short: a chronically fatigued enchanter becomes fascinated with one of the neighbours. Adapted from a TweetFic — short and sweet! Discussions of chronic fatigue and pain throughout. Rated T, M/M, 2.3k. The blacksmith’s was on Ivy Leaf Street, which came off of the main square, and it was directly across from the enchanter’s that Cathal had…
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Doctor’s Hands
A man muses on the hands of his partner. Some short slice-of-life and quiet affection. 1.5k, with more of Curt Sangster and Adam Hayden. These two originally appeared in Sweet Torture: In the quiet hours, the ones like these, when the rain outside had reduced to thin trickles that ran soundlessly down the windows, and the…
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Gerald Poole & the Pirates: Part III
Amongst pirates, Wicks and Poole discover more about one another. Photo by Elena Theodoridou via Unsplash. A little bit of adventure, romance, and queerness in the 18th century Mediterranean! An adaptation of my TweetFic, Gerald Poole & the Pirates. This part is 9k in length. Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV…