A Saturday morning, a warm café, and a spark that didn’t mean to show itself.

A week of small glances across the park.

Mornings filled with routine, rain-slick streets,

and two dogs who have started to expect the sound of each other’s paws.

Evan arrives first,

Cucumber curling beneath the table at Café U Mostu,

a mug of coffee warming his hands,

his breath steadying in the soft flicker of candlelight.

Daniel arrives moments later,

rain on his jacket,

Sunny padding straight toward his friend,

and the kind of quiet smile that feels like remembering something you didn’t know you missed.

Brunch is simple.

Eggs, black bread, and pancakes that aren’t really pancakes.

But something shifts in the steam and the soft clatter of plates.

A moment when a napkin brushes Evan’s cheek.

A hesitation becomes a touch.

And silence gains a new meaning.

Then the walk.

Sunny steady, Cucumber a burst of chaos zig-zagging through the street.

A stumble, a fall, a small cut blooming across Evan’s palm.

Daniel kneels beside him without thinking,

water bottle uncapped,

his hand steadying Evan’s like it has already practiced.

And when Cucumber disappears into the mud,

Sunny leads them through reeds and wet leaves,

Daniel’s clothes soaked to the knees as laughter finally breaks free.

A suggestion follows, gentle but certain.

“My place is close.”

Clean towels.

Warm light.

An afternoon that turns into something neither of them expected.

This is Autumn Tails - Chapter 3: Brunch and Spark.

From Gay Audio Books, a cinematic audio-drama about quiet intimacy, the pauses between footsteps and the way affection grows in the ordinary moments we almost overlook.

No visuals. Just breath, laughter, the rustle of leaves beneath running paws and two voices learning the shape of something new.

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🎵 Original Score - New Light in a Quiet City

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Autumn Tails - Instrumental Playlist

⁠https://youtu.be/4i9wUJXRgNM⁠

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