A couple who have been dating a while, not married romance stories

A couple who have been dating a while, not married romance stories, ranked by readers

1. 01

   When He Held Her Steady

   I want to tell you about the night everything shifted at The Crux, but I have to back up a bit first, because the whole mess starts with a…

   Premium · Brass Ghost · Romance · 25 min · tender and slow, latex, gym or sports

2. 02

   Last Call at the Karaoke Bar

   Leah was thirty-five the winter the snow came early, and she still counted herself lucky every Thursday when she walked out of her studio…

   Premium · Orbit of Scarlet · Romance · 26 min · matter-of-fact, body worship, a couple who have been dating a while, not married

3. 03

   The Feed Tally

   The sign on the gate still read Dry Creek Ranch in paint that was peeling, and I had been reading that sign for thirty-three years.

   Premium · The Quartz Quill · Romance · 25 min · raw and blunt, rural farm, oil and massage

4. 04

   The Cider Sign

   The call came in on a Tuesday morning while I was up a ladder in the Co-op depot rewiring a fault in the loading bay lights, and Paul…

   Premium · Stage of Iron · Romance · 27 min · a couple who have been dating a while, not married, dark and intense, uniforms

5. 05

   Last Call, First Kiss

   I come through the kitchen door with the door swinging hard enough to bang the wall, and I don't even care.

   Premium · Dusk Story · Romance · 26 min · breathless and eager, body worship, a couple who have been dating a while, not married

6. 06

   The Tokyo Night Market

   The alley smelled like soy sauce and charcoal smoke, and I stood there letting it wash over me while Amara took a picture of a temple sign…

   Premium · The Scarlet Traveler · Romance · 25 min · size difference, warm and nostalgic, a couple who have been dating a while, not married

7. 07

   when the engine stalls, we listen

   I'm Iris Marten, twenty-four, and I've been hauling parts for Hartwell's Auto out on Route 9 for three years now.

   Premium · Winter Myth · Romance · 23 min · car garage, a couple who have been dating a while, not married, dark and intense

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   Renovation Heat

   I teach swim lessons at a public pool in a town where the fog burns off by ten and everyone over forty has a surfboard in the garage.

   Premium · Midnight Stage · Romance · 25 min · warm and nostalgic, construction site, a couple who have been dating a while, not married

9. 09

   Stairwell Beat

   I was up on the roof of the old broadcast building with the sun cooking the back of my neck, welding a bracket onto the satellite dish…

   Premium · Logic of Willow · Romance · 21 min · breathless and eager, stockings and lingerie, a couple who have been dating a while, not married

10. 10

    One last weekend to save us

    *This one came from a hot desert night and the ache of a goodbye that hasn't happened yet.

    Premium · The Garnet Cadence · Romance · 26 min · wedding or party, a couple who have been dating a while, not married, dark and intense

11. 11

    The Sourdough Crock

    I still can't believe I spent the morning of a funeral under a horse.

    Premium · Hollow Grammar · Romance · 24 min · chastity, breathless and eager, wedding or party

12. 12

    The Rigger and the Laundry Girl

    The laundry room at St.

    Premium · Meridian Phantom · Romance · 23 min · breathless and eager, stockings and lingerie, city apartment

13. 13

    Love on the High Seas

    *This story was born from a love of warm, nostalgic romance and the idea of two people trying to hold onto each other despite life's…

    Premium · Midnight Stage · Romance · 25 min · warm and nostalgic, a couple who have been dating a while, not married, feet