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First Encounters

New experiences, chance meetings, discovering passion

6 stories

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Why Did You Reach for the Top Button First?

You didn't look like a tourist; you looked like a breach in a perimeter I’d spent a decade and a half building.

7 min · 398 views · resort bar

Sylvie's Metro Card

The condensation on the window pane mirrored the way her sweat beaded against the small of her back in the dim light.

11 min · 333 views · rainy paris

I Thought You Were Just Another Bad Habit

There’s a specific way a stranger’s thumb feels against your pulse when they’re deciding if they want to ruin you or not.

15 min · 2,781 views · first encounters

The Half-Empty Highball on the Pedestal

The air conditioning in the Bergamot Station gallery was set to sixty-two degrees, yet the back of my neck was slick with sweat.

15 min · 618 views · slow burn

Shut the Damper

I’m recording this because if I die of hypothermia or a bad decision, I want the record to show he was incredibly hot.

12 min · 615 views · snowed in

At Least the Air Was Thin

His hand on my hip was firm, less like a polite gesture and more like he was claiming a specific piece of real estate.

15 min · 1,278 views · first encounters