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Between Two Silences : Ingrid and Rivka - A Sapphic Short Story
"Mutual Pining" / "Strangers to Lovers" / "Rommates to Lovers" / "Historical Lesbian Romance" / "Slow Burn" / "Forced Proximity" / "WWII Fiction" / "Trauma and Healing" / "Ice Lady" /"Confort in the Cold ***(+ 18)***
Stockholm, January 1943
Neutral Sweden is a cold, quiet sanctuary, but for war refugee Rivka Weiss, every silence holds a memory she can't escape. After fleeing unimaginable horrors—marked by the fading numbers on her forearm—she is placed in the care of a Swedish stranger. All Rivka wants is a place to stop moving.
Ingrid Björklund is a woman of rigorous order (Ice Lady!). Her world is meticulously measured by thick-cut bread slices, four clockwise coffee stirs, and a front door bolted out of discipline. When the guarded, silent Rivka arrives on her doorstep, Ingrid is forced to confront a life she has systematically kept simple. She sees the scar through Rivka's eyebrow and the pain in her eyes, yet she says nothing.
"The air between us was full enough. It was carrying more than either of us dared to say."
What begins as distance soon feels like a thread drawn taut, threatening to break the quiet order of Ingrid’s life and the protective shell around Rivka’s heart. From the deep cold of January to the bloom of May, their connection becomes a dangerous necessity.
Will they dare to let their desperate yearning finally "Show Me" that the most forbidden love is the only one worth saving?
A tender, slow-burn Historical Sapphic Romance about finding warmth and home in the darkest of times.
Stockholm, January 1943
Neutral Sweden is a cold, quiet sanctuary, but for war refugee Rivka Weiss, every silence holds a memory she can't escape. After fleeing unimaginable horrors—marked by the fading numbers on her forearm—she is placed in the care of a Swedish stranger. All Rivka wants is a place to stop moving.
Ingrid Björklund is a woman of rigorous order (Ice Lady!). Her world is meticulously measured by thick-cut bread slices, four clockwise coffee stirs, and a front door bolted out of discipline. When the guarded, silent Rivka arrives on her doorstep, Ingrid is forced to confront a life she has systematically kept simple. She sees the scar through Rivka's eyebrow and the pain in her eyes, yet she says nothing.
"The air between us was full enough. It was carrying more than either of us dared to say."
What begins as distance soon feels like a thread drawn taut, threatening to break the quiet order of Ingrid’s life and the protective shell around Rivka’s heart. From the deep cold of January to the bloom of May, their connection becomes a dangerous necessity.
Will they dare to let their desperate yearning finally "Show Me" that the most forbidden love is the only one worth saving?
A tender, slow-burn Historical Sapphic Romance about finding warmth and home in the darkest of times.
39 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 4, 2025
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