saw someone say that they don’t read fics under 10k and had to laugh because more fool you, that is where all the bangers are. obviously I’m biased but truly nothing hits like a 1.5k fic with a lowercase title from some obscure poet where nothing actually happens and yet you emerge blinking with a completely new outlook on the character. infinitely rereadable. like a perfectly crafted pastry. I’m gobbling them up!
Gold woke up with Belle in his bed. Her tousled hair covered her face, revealing only a pair of rosebud lips, pert and posed for kissing even in sleep. Gently, he brushed the locks aside. Her face was as lovely in daylight as it was under candlelight–round cheeks and button nose and a surprisingly strong jaw. The only aspect that marred her loveliness was the slight furrow between her eyebrows, which lent a tortured air to her otherwise serene countenance.
Leaning over to her, Gold kissed that furrow. If he could smooth the wrinkled brow, perhaps he could soothe the troubled thoughts underneath it.
Belle responded to his touch with a sigh, blissful and relaxed. Before she was even fully awake, she was ready for him. Her naked body pressed against his and he felt himself stirring.
some of you are painfully unaware that part of the whole reason many kinksters are like “what happens in my or someone else’s bedroom is no one else’s business”
is because people have been arrested and put in fucking PRISON just for having gay sex in the privacy of their own homes. in the United States. this millennium.
if you think i’m joking, look up Lawrence v. Texas (2003). 14 out of the 50 US States STILL had laws on the books criminalizing sodomy–and yes, you could be imprisoned for multiple years and sometimes even life for repeat offenses.
in the years directly leading up to the landmark case, enforcement even in those 14 states varied, but it was absolutely weaponized against queer people, especially when stacked on top of other offenses to make up a longer sentence.
um so anyway, what happens between two or more consenting adults in the privacy of their own homes is none of my OR YOUR business, and i’m not fucking kidding!
Gold woke up with Belle in his bed. Her tousled hair covered her face, revealing only a pair of rosebud lips, pert and posed for kissing even in sleep. Gently, he brushed the locks aside. Her face was as lovely in daylight as it was under candlelight–round cheeks and button nose and a surprisingly strong jaw. The only aspect that marred her loveliness was the slight furrow between her eyebrows, which lent a tortured air to her otherwise serene countenance.
Leaning over to her, Gold kissed that furrow. If he could smooth the wrinkled brow, perhaps he could soothe the troubled thoughts underneath it.
Belle responded to his touch with a sigh, blissful and relaxed. Before she was even fully awake, she was ready for him. Her naked body pressed against his and he felt himself stirring.
ALT
