Redouble

by Feral Sephrian

Thorn is less than pleased to see Dylan at their first major fencing tournament of the semester. He and Dylan had had a brief but hot and passionate fling after the championships half a year ago, but then Dylan cut Thorn out of his life with no explanation and they haven’t seen each other since. A fencing tournament is a good place to vent frustrations -- it’s one of the few places where it’s okay to stab your ex with a sword -- but Thorn doesn’t just want to vent, he wants answers.

However, when Dylan does apologize and give his side of the story, it doesn’t make Thorn feel better. If anything, he’s even more conflicted between accepting Dylan’s excuses so they can be together again, or holding firm to protect his wounded pride and giving Dylan the same cold shoulder Thorn received months ago. But as they meet as rivals on the fencing strip, can Thorn really retreat from this chance to rekindle what they had before? Or will he lunge for this opportunity to see where it takes them?

42 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 26, 2025

About the author

Biography

Feral Sephrian loves storytelling in all its forms, as well as its power to connect to its audience. Their focus tends to be non-conventional m/m romances in an attempt to bring more representation to the genre, but sometimes you gotta write fluff and sometimes you gotta write smut and sometimes you can do that with a vanilla couple as well as you can with a multi-gender demisexual throuple. The fun is in seeing where the characters take you.

Reviews

[Maureen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a short read, a young trans man comes face to face with his ex, who took off just before his top surgery. This is set around a fencing tournament and some of the jargon went over my head a little, but that doesn't imped upon the main story. Being blocked and ignored all summer can hurt a lot, Dylan has his work cut out to attempt any apology. A nice little read.