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Somewhere In-Between
Dear Author,
The King is Dead. Long Live the King. This is the only private moment he is going to get to grieve his father before the entire kingdom/country/empire/province/whatever will expect him to be the perfect picture of their newly crowned king. I’m just glad I could be there for him. He is so dedicated to his duty and is well-loved for it by his populace, I am sure he will put everyone else’s needs before his own. I’ve loved him since we were children, two sons of nobility trained and raised together. I think something more could be growing between us but we have to take it slowly as the whole kingdom, etc is watching how the new king is going to settle into his role. I am beginning to hope that our comfortable friendship could grow into sweet happily ever after, with me by his side forever.
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Two men in a private moment embracing, both are bare above the waist. One stands with his back to the audience and the other with his face buried in the first’s shoulder.
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.
The King is Dead. Long Live the King. This is the only private moment he is going to get to grieve his father before the entire kingdom/country/empire/province/whatever will expect him to be the perfect picture of their newly crowned king. I’m just glad I could be there for him. He is so dedicated to his duty and is well-loved for it by his populace, I am sure he will put everyone else’s needs before his own. I’ve loved him since we were children, two sons of nobility trained and raised together. I think something more could be growing between us but we have to take it slowly as the whole kingdom, etc is watching how the new king is going to settle into his role. I am beginning to hope that our comfortable friendship could grow into sweet happily ever after, with me by his side forever.
Photo Description:
Two men in a private moment embracing, both are bare above the waist. One stands with his back to the audience and the other with his face buried in the first’s shoulder.
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.
41 pages, ebook
First published October 18, 2015
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About the author
Kenzie Cade
10 books34 followersKenzie Cade was born and raised in the South where she spends her days in the sometimes stressful field of private medicine observing interesting people and committing them to memory for later use. When she isn’t reading, experimenting with recipes, or being distracted by social media, Kenzie spends time with her family, friends, and the Pomeranian/long-haired Chihuahua mix who likes to keep her company while she writes. As a young girl, Kenzie dreamed of princesses and their white knights. As an adult (or sort of adult), she dreams of princes and their proverbial white knights, which she attributes to fellow Arkansan S.E. Hinton and her novel The Outsiders. Writing to keep the fictional voices at bay, Kenzie enjoys the journeys her characters travel to find their happy endings, and she loves the challenge of writing a great love story.
Contact Kenzie at kenziecade.author@gmail.com. You can also find her online at her blog: http://kenziecade.wordpress.com; on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kenziecade.author; and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/thekenziecade.
Contact Kenzie at kenziecade.author@gmail.com. You can also find her online at her blog: http://kenziecade.wordpress.com; on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kenziecade.author; and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/thekenziecade.
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Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 reviews
October 13, 2015
This is a lightly steamy, best-friends-to-lovers dystopian/sci-fi story, but the author tried to do too much in too few pages.
The political intrigue/kidnapping plot was a mess and the resolution too easy.
Interesting world building, but again, too many ideas, none of them well developed, were packed in for such a short story.
I would have enjoyed this more had the focus been on the unrequited love and sexual tension.
Not quite three stars, but rounding up because I liked the MCs.
The political intrigue/kidnapping plot was a mess and the resolution too easy.
Interesting world building, but again, too many ideas, none of them well developed, were packed in for such a short story.
I would have enjoyed this more had the focus been on the unrequited love and sexual tension.
Not quite three stars, but rounding up because I liked the MCs.
October 14, 2015
The first part was a thankfully short typical friends to lovers story: both parties were afraid to tell the other. Then there was a sloppy tacked on plot about betrayal and kidnapping. The world-building was interesting though.
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January 10, 2016
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!
October 12, 2015
Nice book. A little bit exciting because of the politics and the friends to lovers theme. However it did not hit the 5 star mark of awesome.
June 2, 2017
3.8 Stars
I'm not sure why this story is rated so low...I liked it more than I thought those reviews led me to believe I would.
I thought the world-building was interesting and just enough not to overwhelm such a short tale, and I really liked the friends-to-lovers aspect...heck even that last bit of drama thrown in felt appropriate for the genre.
The only thing that felt off was requiring a Prince Regent to have a consort chosen before being crowned King because he needed "balance." That whole trope (as well as "grounding") gets a little over used; in this case, a simply law requiring such an alliance to make sure a line of succession is established or cementing the loyalty of the court/subjects would have been a better (and more believable) explanation.
I'm not sure why this story is rated so low...I liked it more than I thought those reviews led me to believe I would.
I thought the world-building was interesting and just enough not to overwhelm such a short tale, and I really liked the friends-to-lovers aspect...heck even that last bit of drama thrown in felt appropriate for the genre.
The only thing that felt off was requiring a Prince Regent to have a consort chosen before being crowned King because he needed "balance." That whole trope (as well as "grounding") gets a little over used; in this case, a simply law requiring such an alliance to make sure a line of succession is established or cementing the loyalty of the court/subjects would have been a better (and more believable) explanation.
December 31, 2019
3.5 stars
A few too many easy solutions and time skips, but otherwise a nice little story.
A few too many easy solutions and time skips, but otherwise a nice little story.
November 2, 2015
Nicely done sci-fi short story. Great world building as friends Marcus and Prince Raaf finally confronting their feelings for each other. Even secondary characters were fleshed out. Intrigue and plots rounded this tale of love and HEA.
April 3, 2016
Lovable characters, a relationship that I could root for, and good world building. Too many questions I wanted answered. This short certainly had the makings of something interesting but it felt largely unfinished.
November 29, 2015
This started out pretty good. I liked the world that was built. Lots to know in a short book. Some of it was confusing because of so much information I think. It was written really well though.
December 31, 2015
There were no surprises and no drama (possibly because it was so short). Everything was obvious from the very beginning and it was just a bit too cheesy for my taste.
March 9, 2016
Wonderful! I loved every word of this. Would love to read more about Raaf and Marcuse's world.
October 14, 2015
It was okay.
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