Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #bar(4)

Such a lovely story. There was caring and respect between these two. I loved how after breaking up with the tramp of a girlfriend time was taken to resolve the hurt left behind and the MCs spent time getting closer emotionally. I love an age gap story with a younger seme, and Izumi was protective, patient and beautiful. A story to reread many times.

Hot sexy smut with a dom/sub theme as well as pet play. Pretty intense for a short story.

A very cute story with divorced salaryman Harukawa Itsuki (31 yo) stumbling upon a gay bar on the 2 year anniversary of his divorce. There he meets the bartender Natsuki Minato (27 yo) who ends up making sure his drunk self safely makes it home. Itsuki wakes to find the friendly bartender sharing his bed and is fascinated by his beautiful face and the slender strength of his body. When Minato wakes they both willingly become intimate, an experience so memorable that they both see each other again and fall for each other. I enjoyed their dynamic together, but you could see that Minato was feeling vulnerable falling for a guy who had only had straight relationships before. It would take some verbal honesty to move this pair that final step.

In this story we have the freshly dumped Junichi drowning his sorrows at a gay bar. There he is reunited with an old friend, Shizuru, only nothing about the younger man seems the same as the sweet, hero like boy he remembers. In fact, Shizuru starts out as someone obnoxious who sexually forces Junichi, sleeps around for money and has a chip on his shoulder about his father. Being together for both guys triggers old memories and old feelings but some honesty and open communication is needed before the vulnerable and sweet side of Shizuru can be seen again. He is lovely in the final chapters, but it’s a bit hard to reconcile that with just how big a douche he was.