What I loved most about this story was the friendship. So many stories push every meaningful connection between a man and a woman toward romance, but this one allowed something different to exist. Akela and Ruth became safe places for each other without needing to become everything to each other. Their relationship felt honest, healthy, and surprisingly rare. By the end, I realized Atlantis was never really a place. It was the experience of being fully accepted by another person. Really loved this one, the writing is incredible. I am definitely subbing so I can read more of your work! I'm a fan!
Excellent storytelling! 💯
And I’m glad that they became friends and that their friendship continued over the years! 🙏
Great! There's one more story about that:
https://b3en.substack.com/p/the-forbidden-tree
Love it! 💯
I’ll probably read it sometime within the next day or so! :D
What I loved most about this story was the friendship. So many stories push every meaningful connection between a man and a woman toward romance, but this one allowed something different to exist. Akela and Ruth became safe places for each other without needing to become everything to each other. Their relationship felt honest, healthy, and surprisingly rare. By the end, I realized Atlantis was never really a place. It was the experience of being fully accepted by another person. Really loved this one, the writing is incredible. I am definitely subbing so I can read more of your work! I'm a fan!
Thank you. I’m so glad you liked it.
This one was a lot of fun to write.
I can tell! You did great!
I enjoyed the opening dialogue. A good rhythm 🥁
Thanks.
Thanks for sharing this. It was nice to listen to it.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Legal Seafoods is real. It’s a seafood restaurant chain in the Boston area. I think the one near MIT was the original, though.
Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Yeah, usually in fake dating stories the protagonists fall in love, yada, yada, yada, HEA.