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Title: After the Storm

Author: H Birchwood, Key Dyson & Raymond Roach

Format: Text  (with art!)

Published/Free: Both

Length: 194,299 words

Status: Complete

Rating: Mature

Warnings: past sexual assault, trauma, abuse, alcohol use, food insecurity, violence, consent issues

Link:

Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/213099434-after-the-storm

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1003186

Summary: After four years of hell on a ship with a deadly crew, all Rich wants is a second chance. Get some sun, relax, maybe hook up with a cute guy. But old scars, bad habits, and an insane AI aren’t going to make it easy…  Rich Merrill, gene-tweaked supersoldier by birth and AI support technician by vocation, is done fighting. Finally reassigned after four hellish years aboard the Sympatico, a dysfunctional ship with a deadly crew, all he wants is to make the most of his second chance. The survival skills that got him through his last posting aren’t going to help him on the Reliant, though. In among a kinder, gentler crew, Rich’s old scars and bad habits are just as much of a problem as vengeful ex-crewmates, or the Sympatico’s corrupted AI, which wants him back. Rich wants to be a better person. He wants to make some friends, finally. He’d especially like to be friends–or more–with Basil Wright, a brilliant teen rival who’s grown up captivatingly handsome; or Liam Beaker, a beautiful, mercurial botanist and fellow tweak. Rich wants to reconnect with what’s left of his family, pick up some hobbies, get some sun, learn to relax. But if he can’t learn how to leave his old life behind, his new life won’t be worth living.

Review: This story is sweet and comforting. The characters distinct and endearing. The world building is interesting and feels alive.

suna held the bullet to your clit, pressing your back tighter to his chest. your cheek were wet and chest was heaving to catch a breath. you gasp and buck your hips, grinding on the toy to get to your orgasm faster but rin pulls the toy away. “hnng! nononono!” you babble and thrash around. rintarou soothes you and shifts you back on his lap. “shhh its ok i’ll let you cum now, did so good.” you try to communicate through you hiccums but he goes back to rubbing the toy on your clit. the build up was fast, panting as you orgasm was finally being given to you. but the toy stopped, sending you into a whiny fit.

“truth or dare, y/n.” your friend giggles, obviously drunk off her ass. and of course you’re no pussy, never backing down from a challenge, “dare obviously.” 

“give your panties to iwa!’ she laughs and your other friends try to shush her so he doesnt hear. but obviously he doesnt hear, talking to his other friends in the kitchen. you laugh a bit and slip off your panties and run up to your boyfriend. “haji!” you flash him a smile and he smiles down at you. his friends continue their conversation as you take his hand. “hold this for me?” you kiss his cheek and run back to your friends. his friends are bugging him to see what it is, unclenching his fist he sees the tiny piece of cloth you were wearing just a few minutes ago. his friends laugh hard and hajime was burning up. “we got to go, see you.” he mutters and goes to grab you, dragging you out of the dorm, not even letting you say goodbye.