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First Dance
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Photo Description:
Two shirtless men hold each other in a cobblestone street, embracing and kissing.
This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Love is an Open Road" event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.
This story may contain sexually explicit content and is intended for adult readers. It may contain content that is disagreeable or distressing to some readers. The M/M Romance Group strongly recommends that each reader review the General Information section before each story for story tags as well as for content warnings.
Please make this story your own.
Photo Description:
Two shirtless men hold each other in a cobblestone street, embracing and kissing.
This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Love is an Open Road" event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.
This story may contain sexually explicit content and is intended for adult readers. It may contain content that is disagreeable or distressing to some readers. The M/M Romance Group strongly recommends that each reader review the General Information section before each story for story tags as well as for content warnings.
27 pages, ebook
First published July 27, 2015
About the author
E. Davies
144 books733 followersE. Davies writes feel-good, low-angst M/M romance that never fades to black when the going gets good! A Canadian who's planted roots in north London (the British one), Ed has been a full-time author since 2013.
Multiple bestselling series and 50+ novels later, he’s still inspired by his husband and their constellation of friends, lovers, and chosen family to tell the joyful stories we all need—about dreaming big and loving even bigger.
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Multiple bestselling series and 50+ novels later, he’s still inspired by his husband and their constellation of friends, lovers, and chosen family to tell the joyful stories we all need—about dreaming big and loving even bigger.
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July 27, 2015
3.5 Stars--I saw stripper and I got excited. Anytime I see stripper tag attached to a romance I think:
I get my singles ready and everything.
But this isn't that kinda romance.
This is Fluffy McSugarson with a bowl full of Aw!
No sex (not necessary), full of college geek awkwardness and a stripper who likes to memorize poetry to help with his anxiety.
I'm glad both main characters has similar anxieties and their conversations tapped into my barrel of aw! Because they were awkward kinda cute. I'm not really amazed by poetry memorization but I picture Danny (the stripper) and his Scottish accent reciting Shakespeare and I smile.
Maybe do some of this too:
Danny, you could have had a thong full of singles if you turned it into that kinda romance.
His loss. ;P
Sweet and funny at times. Not extremely memorable but there's something about this that made me root for the nerdy bookstore worker protagonist (Kyle) finally coming out of his shell and possibly meeting the other half to his nerd soul.
I'll round up
So I'm going to take my singles and hit the road. The search for that kinda romance with the essence of ratchetness continues.
My thanks to the author and the team behind the event.
I get my singles ready and everything.
But this isn't that kinda romance.
This is Fluffy McSugarson with a bowl full of Aw!
No sex (not necessary), full of college geek awkwardness and a stripper who likes to memorize poetry to help with his anxiety.
I'm glad both main characters has similar anxieties and their conversations tapped into my barrel of aw! Because they were awkward kinda cute. I'm not really amazed by poetry memorization but I picture Danny (the stripper) and his Scottish accent reciting Shakespeare and I smile.
Maybe do some of this too:
Danny, you could have had a thong full of singles if you turned it into that kinda romance.
His loss. ;P
Sweet and funny at times. Not extremely memorable but there's something about this that made me root for the nerdy bookstore worker protagonist (Kyle) finally coming out of his shell and possibly meeting the other half to his nerd soul.
I'll round up
So I'm going to take my singles and hit the road. The search for that kinda romance with the essence of ratchetness continues.
My thanks to the author and the team behind the event.
July 27, 2015
A male pole dancer who reads poetry?
Yes, please!
Kyle is a shy, young, Newfoundlander working in a bookstore after moving to London. He's fully aware that he needs to get out there and experience life, he just doesn't know how to go about doing it.
Then he meets Danny, the gentle and quiet, sexy Scotsman who is too adorable for words.
He memorizes poetry so he can recite it to himself when he's nervous.
How sweet is that?
He's just so endearingly cute that I was a little bummed when the whole thing ended. I really wanted more.
I loved the use of pole dancing as an icebreaker, and I guess I'll have to use my imagination to envision Danny using all those muscles and control, in sexy, compromising positions ... *sighs*
I wonder if he does private shows?
A short, sweet read.
My thanks to the author for their participation in the Love is an Open Road event.
Yes, please!
Kyle is a shy, young, Newfoundlander working in a bookstore after moving to London. He's fully aware that he needs to get out there and experience life, he just doesn't know how to go about doing it.
Then he meets Danny, the gentle and quiet, sexy Scotsman who is too adorable for words.
He memorizes poetry so he can recite it to himself when he's nervous.
How sweet is that?
He's just so endearingly cute that I was a little bummed when the whole thing ended. I really wanted more.
I loved the use of pole dancing as an icebreaker, and I guess I'll have to use my imagination to envision Danny using all those muscles and control, in sexy, compromising positions ... *sighs*
I wonder if he does private shows?
A short, sweet read.
My thanks to the author for their participation in the Love is an Open Road event.
July 28, 2015
3.5 Stars
Seriously so sweet that I almost didn't miss the sex.
Almost.
However, sign me up for a cute, glasses wearing nerd and a shy, sexy stripper crushing on each other any time, folks!
I'm game. Always.
Seriously so sweet that I almost didn't miss the sex.
Almost.
However, sign me up for a cute, glasses wearing nerd and a shy, sexy stripper crushing on each other any time, folks!
I'm game. Always.
July 27, 2015
My prompt!
Thank you so much to E.Davies for choosing my prompt and writing such an unusual story. It has a dash of "The Full Monty" with a hint of a young poetry loving Sean Connery - a heady mix of elegance with raw sex appeal. It was a delight to read!
Who wouldn't love a pole dancing poetry lover?
I actually once went to a pole dancing class, where I had a minor out of body experience and at one stage lost all sensation from the waist down. But perhaps that was just the friction burns :d
My thanks again to the author and the LOR team.
Sorry, must just add this one
Thank you so much to E.Davies for choosing my prompt and writing such an unusual story. It has a dash of "The Full Monty" with a hint of a young poetry loving Sean Connery - a heady mix of elegance with raw sex appeal. It was a delight to read!
Who wouldn't love a pole dancing poetry lover?
I actually once went to a pole dancing class, where I had a minor out of body experience and at one stage lost all sensation from the waist down. But perhaps that was just the friction burns :d
My thanks again to the author and the LOR team.
Sorry, must just add this one
August 18, 2015
Short, sweet and fluffy. I really enjoyed it.
I'd love to see more of these two sometime.
I'd love to see more of these two sometime.
July 29, 2015
3.5 stars
Combine one Canadian transplant in London and a pole dancer (who teaches it too) who recites poetry to get over his nerves... Result = Adorable. Wish I could get more pages of these guys. Because it ended when their relationship practically just about to start.
PS: No sex scenes.
Combine one Canadian transplant in London and a pole dancer (who teaches it too) who recites poetry to get over his nerves... Result = Adorable. Wish I could get more pages of these guys. Because it ended when their relationship practically just about to start.
PS: No sex scenes.
July 27, 2015
Sweet and sexy glimpse at a new relationship. Lovely little read.
July 27, 2015
Short, sweet and angst free! Bookstore nerd plus sexy pole dancer :) Loved it!
July 27, 2015
Cute short story about Kyle, a lonely Canadian, who just recently moved to London. He's working in a bookstore when a cute customer comes in, looking for a poetry book. He catches Kyle's attention, and Kyle find himself hoping that "his customer" will make a repeat performance. Luckily, he does, and Kyle is intrigued with the customer's additional purchases.
Tristan is not what Kyle expected, and his reasons and uses for the poetry was quite unique in my opinion. Tristan is somewhat shy, and when Kyle discovers what Tristan does for a living, he is surprised and intrigued.
I enjoyed how both of their places of employment were used to help connect the two of them more.
Tristan is not what Kyle expected, and his reasons and uses for the poetry was quite unique in my opinion. Tristan is somewhat shy, and when Kyle discovers what Tristan does for a living, he is surprised and intrigued.
I enjoyed how both of their places of employment were used to help connect the two of them more.
July 27, 2015
Sweet and fluffy, I'd love to see more of these guys.
August 24, 2015
A free short story from the Love is an Open Road, Don't Read in the Closet 2015 event.
Thank you to the author for their contribution to this year's event! :)
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Sweet short story. It was cute, but a little too short for my liking. I found the dialogue a bit awkward at times, but I think that was the way the characters were meant to come across. Enjoyable enough short story though that I breezed through.
Thank you to the author for their contribution to this year's event! :)
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Sweet short story. It was cute, but a little too short for my liking. I found the dialogue a bit awkward at times, but I think that was the way the characters were meant to come across. Enjoyable enough short story though that I breezed through.
July 27, 2015
What a wonderfully sweet, short story. So enjoyable. Thank you x
October 23, 2018
Very cute, no steam, tentative HFN.
May 13, 2019
Absolute perfection! More more more MORE! I just have to trust that Danny and Kyle will have a lovely romance!
July 27, 2015
Sweet contemporary start of a relationship story
Kyle is a Canadian in London, working evening shifts in a book shop near Soho, when a man comes in a buys a book of poetry. It takes a few more visits before Kyle gets up courage to speak to him, but it's only when his friend comes in and asks Kyle to put up posters does he discover the man's name, Tristan, and his job as a pole dancer/pole dance teacher. It's only after Tristan, which turns out to be a stage name, comes in again, they arrange a date, and for Kyle to try dancing lessons - resulting in a very sensual show and lap dance.
The story leaves the pair with a HFN. Whilst nice and fairly light, in places it felt a little under developed in terms of back story (I couldn't work out exactly why Kyle was in London) and the minor characters could have done with a little fleshing out.
Kyle is a Canadian in London, working evening shifts in a book shop near Soho, when a man comes in a buys a book of poetry. It takes a few more visits before Kyle gets up courage to speak to him, but it's only when his friend comes in and asks Kyle to put up posters does he discover the man's name, Tristan, and his job as a pole dancer/pole dance teacher. It's only after Tristan, which turns out to be a stage name, comes in again, they arrange a date, and for Kyle to try dancing lessons - resulting in a very sensual show and lap dance.
The story leaves the pair with a HFN. Whilst nice and fairly light, in places it felt a little under developed in terms of back story (I couldn't work out exactly why Kyle was in London) and the minor characters could have done with a little fleshing out.
August 4, 2015
2.5 stars
November 5, 2016
A very enjoyable short read, great characterisation.
Want to Read
August 5, 2015
Offered for FREE from the M/M Romance Group's Love Is An Open Road event. Thank you too all the amazing authors who participated!
August 24, 2015
Short and sweet. Not something with life-changing potential, but a cute little story nontheless.
Moscow's Red Square in the photo is a bit confusing to those who recognize it. The actual story takes part in London and doesn't even mention homophobia.
Moscow's Red Square in the photo is a bit confusing to those who recognize it. The actual story takes part in London and doesn't even mention homophobia.
September 27, 2015
Kyl and Tristen/Danny - A pole dancing poetry reader and a book store geek. A perfect match and very sweet and special kind of romance. This seems like a beautiful warm up to more and better to come.
July 17, 2016
3.5 stars
A Canadian in London who works at a bookstore and hasn't quite settled into his new home yet. A Scottish pole dancer who memorizes Shakespearean sonnets to get over his nerves. This was adorakable and a sweet, easy read for a lazy Sunday morning.
A Canadian in London who works at a bookstore and hasn't quite settled into his new home yet. A Scottish pole dancer who memorizes Shakespearean sonnets to get over his nerves. This was adorakable and a sweet, easy read for a lazy Sunday morning.
July 27, 2015
3.5 Stars
I really did like this story but it was too darn short!
I really did like this story but it was too darn short!
August 3, 2015
A sweet snippet from the start of a relationship between a pole dancer who reads poetry and the book shop assistant. Cute short story with a bit of fluff.
August 15, 2015
The prompt was nonexistent and the photo was generic. The author created an interesting plot with likable characters and a nice setting. Just when I was getting into it, I read "The End."
August 15, 2015
Short and sweet.
August 20, 2015
I'm just getting into it, but it's over already?
I want moreeeeeeeee.....
It's too great story and we've too great characters for it to be so darn short.
I want moreeeeeeeee.....
It's too great story and we've too great characters for it to be so darn short.
August 31, 2015
3.5* This was super cute though much tamer than I expected based on the other E. Davies books I've read. :)
September 1, 2015
Very sweet. Nicely written. Too short.
September 8, 2015
It was a sweet story. I enjoyed the fact that the author made a stripper read poetry and seem so romantic. But just when I was really starting to enjoy the story it was over.
November 28, 2015
Wonderfully sweet story. Wish it was longer.
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