Some secrets are buried so deep, even moonlight can't reach them.
Ethan has spent five years perfecting the art of isolation. He works his corporate job, keeps his apartment sterile, and most importantly—he disappears for four days every month with excuses no one questions. It's safer that way. Lonelier, but safer.
Then he meets Richard on a rooftop at 2 AM.
Richard, the ER nurse from across the hall who works nights and can't sleep. Richard, with his terrible coffee and easy smile and dangerous curiosity about the things Ethan won't say. Richard, who doesn't know that the man he's falling for becomes a monster once a month.
Their late-night conversations turn into something more—something Ethan swore he'd never let himself have. But as the full moon approaches and Ethan pulls away like clockwork, Richard starts asking the questions Ethan can't answer. The lies are piling up, and Ethan is running out of time.
When a mugging leaves Ethan injured with minutes until moonrise and nowhere to run, he's forced to make an impossible choice: face the transformation alone and risk exposure, or trust Richard with a truth that could destroy everything between them.
A story about learning that the scariest thing isn't what we become in the dark—it's letting someone see us when we do.
Genre: Gay Romance
Ethan has spent five years perfecting the art of isolation. He works his corporate job, keeps his apartment sterile, and most importantly—he disappears for four days every month with excuses no one questions. It's safer that way. Lonelier, but safer.
Then he meets Richard on a rooftop at 2 AM.
Richard, the ER nurse from across the hall who works nights and can't sleep. Richard, with his terrible coffee and easy smile and dangerous curiosity about the things Ethan won't say. Richard, who doesn't know that the man he's falling for becomes a monster once a month.
Their late-night conversations turn into something more—something Ethan swore he'd never let himself have. But as the full moon approaches and Ethan pulls away like clockwork, Richard starts asking the questions Ethan can't answer. The lies are piling up, and Ethan is running out of time.
When a mugging leaves Ethan injured with minutes until moonrise and nowhere to run, he's forced to make an impossible choice: face the transformation alone and risk exposure, or trust Richard with a truth that could destroy everything between them.
A story about learning that the scariest thing isn't what we become in the dark—it's letting someone see us when we do.
Genre: Gay Romance
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