meditations on a (b)romance

three short stories (“(unbearable)”, “plausible deniability”, and “‘hey’”), one somewhat NSFW (“‘hey’”), about Derek — formerly a teen, also formerly a some-time supernatural detective, still extremely gay — and Nate — his best friend(?), chronicling key moments in their relationship: their first kiss, their second kiss, and some indeterminate number of kisses (and more than kisses) later.

about 3200 words total.

content warnings: excessive alcohol consumption (in both “(unbearable)” and “plausible deniability”), vomit (in “plausible deniability”).

assembled for Quaranzine Fest 2020.