After rehearsal ends and the studio empties, he’s ready to leave—until the dance instructor tells him to stay. What begins as a correction turns into something else entirely: a touch that lingers too long, heat pressed against mirrors, a secret that shouldn’t have happened.

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Welcome to Stories Between Us: a podcast of short, fictional stories about the lives, tension, and intimacy between queer men. These episodes are for mature audiences and may include explicit themes.

Told through ai voice narration, each episode drops you into a moment: a glance, a decision, a connection that lingers. Stories that feel real — sometimes sexy, sometimes messy — and always rooted in what’s felt, even when it’s never said.

A one-night stand turns dangerous when dawn approaches. Tony knows the rules—never stay past sunrise, never let anyone see what he really is, never want more than the dark. But the man beside him makes leaving harder than it should be. As the blinds bleed blue and daylight creeps in, Tony’s secret presses against the surface: a vampire drawn too close to something he can’t have. Desire lingers, a mark is left, and one night becomes the beginning of something he can’t control.

A sensual, dramatic story of forbidden attraction, vampire hunger, and the price of wanting more than the night.

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Thank you for listening to Stories Between Us — a podcast about queer male connection, tension, and everything that gets felt but not always said.

In a church that’s more dynasty than sanctuary, the pastor’s daughter holds the power, the choir director holds the secret, and the choir president is trapped between them both. What started as a hidden affair explodes into a deal that could protect him—or destroy him. This episode of After the Benediction pushes the story deeper: a proposal made in the pews, an erotic confrontation behind the piano, and a Sunday morning announcement that changes everything.

After the Benediction is a story about legacy, lust, and the cost of survival inside a megachurch built on image.

In Chapter 5 of Ashmont Hollow: A Black Southern Mini Series of Love, Legacy, and Queer Desire, the battle for the family estate reaches the boardroom. Julian makes a bold move — naming Tyler as both Director and his partner — but the moment backfires when Tyler rejects being used as leverage and publicly aligns himself with Eli.

The board nearly splits, until an amendment forces a compromise: Eli and Tyler keep control for now, but they must prove themselves by bringing in a major partnership for the estate. The clock is ticking, and the legacy hangs in the balance.

For the first time, we also step fully into Camille’s world. A woman always forced to play the background, she finally shows her true hand. Smarter than anyone realized, Camille meets privately with Eli and strikes her own secret deal — a betrayal that leaves Julian more isolated than ever.

If this is your first listen, start with Chapters 1–4 to understand the family secrets and forbidden love that brought us here. If you’ve been following all along, this is the turning point: alliances are shifting, loyalties are breaking, and nothing at Ashmont Hollow will ever be the same.

In Chapter 4 of Ashmont Hollow: A Black Southern Mini Series of Love, Legacy, and Queer Desire, the family power struggle turns sharper and more intimate than ever.

The boardroom war begins to take shape as Julian sits down with Camille, his mother, and finally says the words he’s held back for years. He admits that Tyler is more than just a secret — he is the man he loves. For the first time, Julian speaks it aloud, and for the first time, he considers using that truth as strategy. Camille’s response shocks him: she laughs, not out of cruelty but out of recognition. She tells her son she already knew, that a mother can’t be fooled by shadows, and that the entire estate has seen the way he moves around Tyler. She kisses his forehead, but then grounds him in the reality of their fight. Love is important, yes — but legacy is survival. If claiming Tyler in public strengthens Julian’s hand, then he must do it without hesitation. Their plan becomes clear: stand together, flip one board vote, and box Eli out before his vision of the Ashmont Corporation can take root.

At the same time, Miss Vera prepares herself in her upstairs chambers. She puts on lipstick she doesn’t need, adjusts her veil, and steels herself for what’s to come. Louis Bishop, the man she called back into the Hollow, enters without knocking. Their conversation is brief but sharp. Louis makes it clear: Eli’s blood right gives him the power to propose changes, but the bylaws still demand a board vote. With two senior members — Miss Vera and Louis — they can force a special session. Eli might know how to sell a room, but he cannot bypass the law of the board. Together, Vera and Louis sketch the hidden plan that could stop him.

But strategy isn’t the only thing stirring between them. As the conversation turns, so does the air in the room. Old history hums. Old passion breathes. Louis sits close, his hand pressing heavy on Miss Vera’s thigh. She doesn’t resist. Their words blur with touches that carry decades of unfinished business. Just as his fingers slip higher, the scene cuts, leaving the rest to imagination.

Chapter 4 blends confession, strategy, and seduction into one dangerous turn for the Hollow. If you’re listening for the first time, go back to Chapters 1–3 to hear how these secrets began. If you’ve been following, then you know: the board is about to be called, the legacy is under threat, and history in this house refuses to stay buried.

In this Quickie Collection we step into the barbershop — where queer men trade looks, jokes, and secrets with the kind of heat that builds fast and leaves a mark.

Story One: The Fresh Fade

The last cut of the night lingers longer than it should — eyes held in the mirror, fingers that don’t move away, and a question left unanswered.

Story Two: The Waiting Chair

One came early. The other was already watching. A glance leads to a nod. A nod leads to the car. And the barbershop becomes the place they return to like nothing ever happened.

Story Three: Line-Up & Lip Bite

What starts as jokes and what-ifs turns into a touch. Then a grab. Then a locked door. The barber may be straight — but now he’s leading him to the back.

Jarvis has been keeping a secret. One he never meant to say out loud.

It started weeks ago with a late-night scroll and a cam show he wasn’t supposed to find. The man on screen wore a black mask, moved like he’d been touched before, and sounded too familiar to ignore. It was his married neighbor — the same one who grilled on Sundays, waved at the mailbox, and walked his pitbull every morning like nothing about him was worth a second thought.

But by night, the neighbor had a secret DL life. And Jarvis had been watching. Tipping. Wanting. Until one night, the man sent a message: Come over now.

What should’ve ended there only pulled him in deeper. A kiss in the hallway. A party. A brush of the hand behind closed garage doors. And now, days later, Jarvis finally tells someone else.

His friend Dion comes over for drinks and Jarvis shares the story — about the cam shows, the tension, the masked man next door. They laugh. They get a little high. And then, almost like clockwork, the neighbor goes live again. But this time, he sees them.

He messages Jarvis directly. Asks if they want a private show.

What starts as watching turns into something more. An invitation. A mask. A kiss. And the kind of cake the man next door couldn’t wait to taste.

The lecture hall was supposed to be empty. But when the last student left, the tension between a professor and his teaching assistant finally filled the room. What starts as casual banter turns into something else entirely — charged glances, slow moves, and a moment so hot it nearly crosses the line.

Until someone walks in.

This is the story of what almost happened — and what still might.

They rented a lakehouse to save their marriage. Five years in, Deshawn thought a week by the water might bring them back to who they used to be. Quiet mornings. Kayaks. Bonfires. But Isaiah wasn’t looking for quiet. He was looking for a way out.

What starts as a dreamy escape turns into something stranger. The silence between them thickens. A lit phone screen cracks everything open. And the house… starts to feel like it’s listening.

This is a story about love, resentment, and the shadows that rise when we stop pretending.

The Lakehouse Rental. Five years married. One haunting week. And a choice that could change everything.

He came in for a simple haircut. Quiet Saturday. Regular chair. Same barber.

But the way they kept looking at each other in the mirror — the way the hands moved, the way the breathing shifted — it stopped feeling casual fast.

No words at first. Just clippers buzzing, fingers brushing skin, tension building slow under the cape. But then the barber leaned in and said one line that changed everything. No smile. No shame. Just a whisper too low for anyone else to hear.

By the time the cut was over, the door was locked. And he was on his knees in the back room, mouth full, hands steady, and heat rising between them like it had been waiting for a reason.

This isn’t just a story about what happened behind the chair. It’s about what happens when two men stop pretending.

Short. Erotic. Built for headphones.