“Private Pleasures” is a 10,000-word gay romance short story that combines friends with benefits, friends to lovers, and fake relationship tropes in a hilarious and gripping plot.

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Espen and Rune meet at the beginning of their college journey. By chance, they discover that they share the same wild kink, sparking an intense curiosity within both of them...

Since both yearn to explore their sexuality and find ultimate satisfaction, it doesn’t take them long to decide to embark on a friends-with-benefits journey.

Everything in their connection goes moderately smoothly, until they find themselves in a compromising situation, caught sleeping together in the same room during a trip to Espen's hometown (Bergen in Norway).

Fearing judgment and wanting to safeguard their reputations among their LGBT-friendly, but otherwise extremely conservative friends, Rune concocts a clever lie: they've been in a romantic relationship for over two years.

The deception, born out of necessity to maintain a positive relationship with friends who can help with their future jobs, leads them to inadvertently push the boundaries of their connection...

In a world with different paths to love, will their unconventional journey ultimately lead them to a feeling that they never saw coming?

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“Private Pleasures” is a short story that effortlessly combines steamy comedy with important themes such as (but not limited to): explore their sexuality in a safe and accepting company, sexual liberty, and the importance of being sexually compatible with one’s partner. The story also delves into the rejection of societal labels, the yearning for a relationship that is free from emotional oppression, and the longing for privacy and freedom from the judgment of others.

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