Sweet little story with some action and angst.
Rowan and Atlas are two space explorers who, throughout the years of working together, became sort of rivals/best friends who never saw each other's faces. They piloted separate spaceships, with Rowan looking for minerals from other planets to bring back for humans to use, and Atlas was there to determine if those planets held life. The story begins with them exploring yet another planet together, when something unexpected happens.
I would've loved if it was turned into a longer book. It's got such a great set up for a sweet, slow build-up and some pining. I wish we could've seen more of their friendship/situationship and how they grew to care for each other. The fact that Atlas has been following Rowan on his missions so that they didn't grow old separately is so damn sweet.
I liked their personalities too. Rowan is brave and good at keeping calm when needed, but he's also submissive and yearning for someone to speak to him in a gentle, commanding tone. Atlas is passionate, dominant, but with occasional moments of shyness that I loved so much.
Their intimate scenes were nicely written. I'd call it 'love-making' rather than 'having sex', because it was so passionate and you can feel their deep connection, despite not seeing on-page (as it's a short story) how they came to mean so much to each other.
This story had more angst than I expected and that's one of my complaints, because once you reach the angsty part, it kinda doesn't let up until the very end (but it does have HEA). This is more of a personal preference, but in general I want more "soothing/loving/calm" scenes in my books after MCs go through so much (especially life-death situations).
I recommend it for a angsty-but-sweet short read!
"Shit," Atlas shouted as Rowan's rover burst through the lower stratosphere. "Hurry up. Come on, baby."
Rowan's brain backfired a little at Atlas's crooning tone. Encouragement wouldn't make a robot go faster. Rowan, on the other hand, would do almost anything for someone who spoke to him like that.
Flirting was a regular occurrence. For Atlas, it was probably just a way to pass the time. For Rowan, it as the difference between a good day and a shitty one.
He didn't want to admit how much he relied on Atlas to make him feel safe out here.
"There's nothing convenient about you. You're the most important thing in my pathetic life. Why do you think I follow you on every single one of your missions? I can't stand the thought of time passing without you. You're the only constant in my life, and I can't lose you.
"Follow me," Atlas said.
Rowan did as he was told. He wanted to be good for Atlas. Desperately.
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General Notes
-short story
-space explorers, best friends/rivals who never met
-it's stated that "both Atlas and Rowan are no older than thirty", but time passes differently in space and this wasn't their first mission, so...
-CWs: a freaking space bug/slug; suicide attempt(the MC who attempts it is not in the right state of mind)
Intimacy Notes
-Top/bottom/verse: strict on-page; Atlas tops, Rowan bottoms.
-Kinks/sex notes: interstellar phone sex (basically masturbating together over intercoms), BJ, masturbating while being watched, (slight?) daddy kink (just use of "baby" and "daddy"), finger sucking, praise(❤️!!!), edging</spoiler, blushing dom (❤️)...
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Sweet little story with some action and angst.
Rowan and Atlas are two space explorers who, throughout the years of working together, became sort of rivals/best friends who never saw each other's faces. They piloted separate spaceships, with Rowan looking for minerals from other planets to bring back for humans to use, and Atlas was there to determine if those planets held life. The story begins with them exploring yet another planet together, when something unexpected happens.
I would've loved if it was turned into a longer book. It's got such a great set up for a sweet, slow build-up and some pining. I wish we could've seen more of their friendship/situationship and how they grew to care for each other. The fact that Atlas has been following Rowan on his missions so that they didn't grow old separately is so damn sweet.
I liked their personalities too. Rowan is brave and good at keeping calm when needed, but he's also submissive and yearning for someone to speak to him in a gentle, commanding tone. Atlas is passionate, dominant, but with occasional moments of shyness that I loved so much.
Their intimate scenes were nicely written. I'd call it 'love-making' rather than 'having sex', because it was so passionate and you can feel their deep connection, despite not seeing on-page (as it's a short story) how they came to mean so much to each other.
This story had more angst than I expected and that's one of my complaints, because once you reach the angsty part, it kinda doesn't let up until the very end (but it does have HEA). This is more of a personal preference, but in general I want more "soothing/loving/calm" scenes in my books after MCs go through so much (especially life-death situations).
I recommend it for a angsty-but-sweet short read!
"Shit," Atlas shouted as Rowan's rover burst through the lower stratosphere. "Hurry up. Come on, baby."
Rowan's brain backfired a little at Atlas's crooning tone. Encouragement wouldn't make a robot go faster. Rowan, on the other hand, would do almost anything for someone who spoke to him like that.
Flirting was a regular occurrence. For Atlas, it was probably just a way to pass the time. For Rowan, it as the difference between a good day and a shitty one.
He didn't want to admit how much he relied on Atlas to make him feel safe out here.
"There's nothing convenient about you. You're the most important thing in my pathetic life. Why do you think I follow you on every single one of your missions? I can't stand the thought of time passing without you. You're the only constant in my life, and I can't lose you.
"Follow me," Atlas said.
Rowan did as he was told. He wanted to be good for Atlas. Desperately.
°•*⁀°•*⁀°•*⁀°•*⁀°•*⁀°•*⁀°•*⁀°•*⁀°•*⁀°•*
General Notes
-short story
-space explorers, best friends/rivals who never met
-it's stated that "both Atlas and Rowan are no older than thirty", but time passes differently in space and this wasn't their first mission, so...
-CWs: a freaking space bug/slug; suicide attempt(the MC who attempts it is not in the right state of mind)
Intimacy Notes
-Top/bottom/verse: strict on-page; Atlas tops, Rowan bottoms.
-Kinks/sex notes: interstellar phone sex (basically masturbating together over intercoms), BJ, masturbating while being watched, (slight?) daddy kink (just use of "baby" and "daddy"), finger sucking, praise(❤️!!!), edging</spoiler, blushing dom (❤️)...
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