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Recs for closed triads/quads

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I'm looking for stories featuring a stable, closed triad/throuple or quad/foursome. I just read a few stories in a row where, having formed a romantic group, a triad/quad decides that if one partner isn't a limit, two or three partners isn't either and open themselves out to full polyamory — which wasn't what I wanted to read. Not that I've anything against polyamory stories, but right now I'm in the mood for explorations of a small group dynamic.

The group partnership could be an equally balanced triad or quad, a primary couple with a steady girl/boyfriend, two couples who swap exclusively, and so on. There are a lot of potential configurations. MM and FF sex is fine.

Stories on SOL that fit that I can remember include "Protective Coloration," "Mornings on Horseback," "Not This Time," "Blizzard," "Hyperactive Alex," "Lexi Redux," and "Living Two Lives." (No, "Opus One" doesn't count, it opens up.) What else is there?

TIA

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Sixteen by Jason Samson

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@hiltonls16

Oh right -- I'd forgotten that. Good one. Worth rereading, I think.

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mcguy101's 'The Consequences and Rewards of Playing Hooky' haven't been mentioned recently. That involves a quintuple but not polyamory.

AJ

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@awnlee jawking

"Playing Hooky" looks worth checking out. Thanks.

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@awnlee jawking

Okay, there's a good story in there, but yeesh the writing really needs work. And a developmental edit that highlights when to show and when to tell.

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@awnlee jawking

To be honest, it felt like it was more about the matchmaking and the ensuing drama. One of the members of the quintuple was quickly sidelined, and it barely touched on how to navigate the relationship. Would have been better if it had focused on that instead of the unrelated drama not really important to the story, majority of the emotional growth is even hidden behind a timeskip.

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@jaquesparblue

There's a lot of odd choices in there, around pacing and what's shown "on stage."

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@Quasirandom

Death by Fucking by Andrew Wiggin.
Help! by Lazlong.
Akkadian Statuette by zaliter.
Commanding Presence (triad), Finder's Fee (quad), Spring Training (triad) by colt45.

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@samuelmichaels

I'd forgotten Akkadian Statuette and Finder's Fee. (How did I not notice the others by colt45? especially since I also liked Synergy?) I'll check out the others. Thanks!

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@samuelmichaels

Okay, Help! is probably the best-written story I've read by Lazlong. Nicely controlled pacing.

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There's always Building a Better Past, though the triad isn't what the stories about.

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@tendertouch

Should have included that in the first post, right next to "Protective Coloration."

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@Quasirandom

DualWriter has a couple that are not part of floeida friends. There are several closed multi-groups in the Florida Friends that are stable.

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