「 desi romance x second chances (not exes) 」 ──── This is a story about yearning. This is a story about finding home in a person. This is really just a story about two losers in love. ──── [ standalone ] wordcount: 53k words unedited © ade 2025

When romance-obsessed Somali Sharma discovers her favorite bookstore has murdered the romance section, she launches an email assault on customer service. Instead of corporate speak, she gets wickedly clever replies from a mysterious wordsmith who thinks love stories are "beautiful lies" and happy endings are "dopamine delusions." What starts as literary warfare becomes epistolary seduction. Each email exchange grows more flirtatious, more vulnerable, more addictive. He's cynically brilliant, she's passionately stubborn. Email by email, two strangers fall in love through carefully crafted words, sharp wit, and vulnerable confessions. He's brooding and brilliant, hiding behind professional distance. She's fierce and romantic, refusing to let cynicism win. Together, they create their own love story, one perfectly timed response at a time. But plot twist: her enigmatic email nemesis has been keeping a secret that could rewrite their entire love story. Sometimes the best romances begin with a complaint and end with a revelation that proves truth is stranger than fiction.

꒰ desi romance x epistolary / text story ꒱ ─────── In which seldom online Hari is bombarded with rabbit memes everyday by chronically online Kanmani. ─────── Just Love series # 2 © ade 2025

꒰ desi romance x epistolary / text story ꒱ ─────── In which perpetually tired Mahira is bombarded with cat memes everyday by the ever cheerful Kishan. ─────── Just Love series # 1 © ade 2025

[sandejas boys 3] He's checked off everything--smell, sight, sound. Taste, touch. And she hates him. "What the fuck do I do." "Fuck if we know," Kol bites out. "You're on your fucking own," Yvo says. Some fucking help his brothers are.

[sandejas boys 2] "The fuck did you do to make her like you." Yvo blows out his smoke. "Fuck if I know." Kol scowls. "Taste and touch," his older brother says. "Ask her. They're the only ones fucking left."

[sandejas boys 1] He hates her so much he can't think of anything else. She's invaded his senses--smell, sight, sound. What's left? Ah. Taste and touch.

꒰ a desi romance one-shot x highschool bus rides ꒱ ──── This is the story of how Saina & Gaurav ended up dating. ──── part 2.5 of the UTS series. wordcount: 2.1k words © ade 2023. [ original publication in 2023 ]

꒰ desi romance one-shot x childhood friends ꒱ ──── In which popular singer Anish pens an online letter to his fans about his newlywed wife and their romance. ──── part 4.1 of the UTS series. wordcount: 2k words © ade 2023.

꒰ desi soft romance x childhood friend ꒱ ──── In which Anu & Vineet's daughter ends up falling for Maya & Ved's son. This is the short and sweet story of how Sitara ended up together with Agastya. ──── part 5 of the UTS series [final] current wordcount : 3.2k words © adelaide 2025