On Love and Desire | ✔
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  • Reads 373
  • Votes 68
  • Parts 7
  • Time 1h 42m
Complete, First published Feb 29, 2024
On the day of their college graduation, best friends Desmond and Mercy decide to date. Everything's "perfect" except for the fact that Desmond can't feel any butterflies in his stomach and knows he will never do so with anyone.

♦ queerplatonic Black love
♦ aroace + neurodivergent college graduates
♦ transmasculine + nonbinary main character

NOTE: Desmond's pronouns are he/him/his and they/them/theirs.

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This story is a rough draft. Feel free to provide constructive feedback!

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