In a church-basement life drawing class, Sloane maps the world in charcoal until Aria—warm laugh, retired gymnast—goes missing one Sunday.
When she returns, truth in her mouth—a seizure, a reset—care jolts Sloane off the safe edges of friendship.
Coffee walks become shared rules and a vow to refuse spectacle. A gallery wants Aria’s body as ‘authenticity’; together, they say no and make a zine that puts care on the page.
Heat builds in check-ins and yeses, kisses slowed on purpose, desire braided with safety. Behind a closed door, they learn how devotion sounds: blue for pause, green for go.
But the world keeps asking for a show. To stay tender, they must guard their quiet, choose each other over applause, and sketch a life in their own lines.
FF Contemporary Romance
Age-Gap
Consent-Positive Slow Burn
⚠️ For readers 18+
When she returns, truth in her mouth—a seizure, a reset—care jolts Sloane off the safe edges of friendship.
Coffee walks become shared rules and a vow to refuse spectacle. A gallery wants Aria’s body as ‘authenticity’; together, they say no and make a zine that puts care on the page.
Heat builds in check-ins and yeses, kisses slowed on purpose, desire braided with safety. Behind a closed door, they learn how devotion sounds: blue for pause, green for go.
But the world keeps asking for a show. To stay tender, they must guard their quiet, choose each other over applause, and sketch a life in their own lines.
FF Contemporary Romance
Age-Gap
Consent-Positive Slow Burn
⚠️ For readers 18+
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