Love is as fragile as a hyacinth petal, yet its fragrance lingers long after the bloom has withered. Whispers of Hyacinth is a collection of tender yet heartbreaking BL short stories that weave together themes of passion, longing, and the quiet ache of love that was never meant to last.
Across distant lands and intimate spaces-by the flickering embers of the Ganges, in the shadowed alleys of a foreign city, beneath neon lights on a rain-soaked street-each story captures the fleeting moments that define love. A painter who finds his muse in the eyes of a dying man. A captive who discovers unexpected solace in the arms of his enemy. A traveler who leaves behind a love story written only in stolen glances and unspoken words. These are tales of devotion, of desperate embraces before dawn steals them away, of whispered confessions carried by the wind.
Some loves are ephemeral, burned away by time, fate, or circumstance. Others remain, embedded in the soul, in the art we create, in the places we once shared. In Whispers of Hyacinth, every story is a love letter to those who have loved and lost, to those who carry ghosts of the past, and to those who understand that even the briefest love can leave an eternal mark.
Haunting, poetic, and achingly bittersweet, this collection will stay with you long after the final page is turned.
"Excuse me, sir. I think you may have dropped these?"
It was the voice I noticed first. Smooth, a little amused, and low enough to draw me out of myself.
Then I saw him.
Dirty blonde hair that looked like waves crashing down the sides of his face, and freckles like splattered paint across his fair skin. A silver hoop in his nose, another in his brow, both catching the light. And those eyes... electric blue, staring into my green ones with intensity.
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After a heartbreaking loss, Killian has spent two years shielding himself from love, or any human contact really-convinced that no one could ever replace the person he lost. Finn, on the other hand, is caught in the throes of a toxic relationship, knowing he's not getting what he deserves but is too scared to walk away.
When their paths cross, the spark is undeniable, but both are hesitant, scared of getting too close.
Killian fears the pain of loving and losing again, while Finn's relationship has made him lose hope all together-almost.
Will they let their pasts define them, or can they find the courage to bloom together in the wake of their ruins?