The Stars and the Stage: A Queer Second Chance Vampire Romance Novella by D. N. Bryn

Author:D. N. Bryn [Bryn, D. N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Maddox’s apartment was oddly unremarkable, just a regular old second story two-bedroom with a strip of balcony, the layout so similar to the one Diego shared with Valentine that they moved through it instinctively. Maddox had filled the space with secondhand furniture and landscape photography. The stack of VHS tapes beside his TV contained a variety of fantasy and romcoms, with an official copy of The Princess Bride below a recorded version with a homemade label. A stack of boxes in one corner still had kitchen and bedroom markered on them.

Diego waited for Maddox to close the curtains, trying not to let their earlier fears get the better of them. He knew exactly what he was getting into—had already candidly wooed Diego’s partner for fuck’s sake. They would take things one step at a time, and Diego would accept whatever came naturally, whether that was simply a fun night of sex or a full continuation of the romance they’d started as teenagers, with or without fangs.

The knowledge felt like a weight lifted off Diego’s shoulders. As much as they loved the club, being the leader of a three-week long story came with a lot of expectations on what and how they were meant to give themself away. Here, in the privacy of Maddox’s home, Diego could let themself explore with the same freedom and security that the club’s guests paid for.

When Maddox asked, “What would you have of me, my lord?” Diego knew exactly what they wanted.

“Strip.” They bared their fangs, running their tongue along the point of one. “I want you lightly flayed and served to me, preferably on a stake.”

Maddox’s gaze was life itself. “It would be my honor.”

He started with his jacket, sliding it off his shoulders and tossing it dramatically over the back of the sofa. His fingers hooked in the collar of his t-shirt, then trailed down, tracing the defined lines of his chest through the fabric, before hooking into the top of his jeans instead. He grinned.

Under the modern, white-washed denim he had on a new pair of the same silken boxers he’d worn the first day he’d burst into Diego’s work, and it delighted them that they were his typical style. Diego was too ravenous just to watch any longer, grabbing the edges of his pants and shoving them down. As he stepped out of them, laughing, Diego made quick work of their own jeans, then wiggled their sports bra out from under their flannel, tossing it to the side. Last, they untied the bandana from their hair.

Their string of the Celestial Club’s fake sapphires and diamonds still hung safely in place. It felt right to have them there, a piece of their new home staying with them even as they gave a part themself back to their old one.

Maddox’s shirt joined their pile on the floor, leaving him, once more, in nothing but his silken underwear and that single strand of gems to match Diego’s. This time though, Diego was not circling at a distance.

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