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Between Pixels and Lattes
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    Time 59m
Ongoing, First published Sep 24, 2025
The smell of coffee and the chaos of Manchae Cafe are Jax's only constants. A shy graphic artist with a love for dogs and a talent for hiding her feelings, she's convinced the confident and popular Astraea is way out of her league. Little does she know, Astraea sees something special in her, too, but is holding back, worried about Jax's lack of solid plans and her own reputation.

Jax finds comfort in her witty, teasing friendship with Nina, her younger coworker, whom she treats like a little sister. But what if the sibling-like bond Jax feels is actually something deeper?

When a misunderstanding with Astraea leaves Jax heartbroken, Nina steps in to comfort her. In that moment, a quiet realization dawns on both of them. Nina, who's been hiding her feelings for Jax, finally understands her own heart. But what Nina doesn't know is that Jax has secretly felt the same way, burying her feelings because of their age difference.

As the lines between friendship and something more blur, a newly-decided Astraea re-enters the picture. Now sure of her feelings for Jax, Astraea is ready to risk everything and confess.

A short, messy, and sweet story about love, finding yourself, and discovering that sometimes the person you're looking for has been right there all along.

Will Jax finally reach for the woman she believes is a dream? Or will she realize that what she's been searching for has been by her side all along?

A/N: Hello, readers! I'm so excited to be sharing my novel with all of you. This is my first time writing and publishing a story like this, and I'm learning as I go, so please be gentle with me. Your support and feedback mean the world! Your comments, even the critical ones, are super helpful. Let's start this journey together! XOXO

P.S. This story contains themes of queer romance and will follow a female-female relationship. If you're not a fan, don't read.
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Kitty Cohen and Felicity Campbell are soulmates. Fliss has been sure of this ever since they shared a room their freshman year of college, when their friendship emerged fully-formed the moment they met. They've seen it all together: disastrous house shares; shitty post-grad apartments; too many relationships to count. Now everything's about to change. Kitty is getting married and Fliss didn't think she'd be this heartbroken. Levi's a nice guy. He understands his fiancée's friendship, and he and Fliss get along just fine, but he's just a guy. He isn't special enough for Kitty. But then a shaken Kitty turns up on Fliss's doorstep a few weeks before the big day: the wedding is off. Fliss didn't think she would be so relieved to hear that. Weird. The honeymoon is all paid for, though, so Kitty has a proposition: a girls' trip to Las Vegas, just the two of them and two weeks of drinking and overheating and exploring everything Sin City has to offer. Why not, right? Fliss has barely left the east coast and it's about time she took advantage of her company's unlimited PTO. It'll be nice to have an uninterrupted vacation with her favorite person. Then they get to their all-expenses-paid honeymoon suite and the hotel thinks they're married and it's easier to go along with it than explain the situation. It's not like it matters, right? It's a bit of fun. Until, slowly but surely, Fliss realizes her feelings are more than platonic. Maybe they always have been. And now she's stuck sharing a bed with her best friend, who is pretending to be her wife. © Elle Carrigan 2023