Once a year, the gate opens—for Aisha and Elior alone. The garden remembers them, and as vines part and figs split, they answer its call with sweat, laughter, and a hunger sharpened by absence. Among trembling leaves and blooming fire, their bodies meet in a ritual of rhythm and release. What begins with a pomegranate becomes worship and undoing. This is no paradise. It’s something wilder—sacred, erotic, and entirely theirs.
A Two Ships Passing Story I wondered what caused me to be so impulsive'"I'm forty-nine years old, divorced for five years, and out of the blue I ask a stranger to share a meal with me.
Steve Anderson knew it was wrong to fall in love with Maria D'Amato, his patient who was twice his age, but it happened and before he knew it, his life spiraled into directions that he never realized existed. There were secrets they withheld from each other, and one of those secrets cost Maria her life. Now Steve must find a way to protect her daughter without falling in love with her, too.
An AU scenario where instead of Makoto's debut has her saving Usagi from the thugs who corner her in an alleyway, things take a sharp turn for the worse.