A newlywed's Halloween evening is haunted by dark family secrets and lingering ghosts from a painful chapter of American history.
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A homeless young woman is rescued from street life and introduced to a mysterious BDSM service arrangement under a dominant employer's control.
Jack meets a stranger in a pub who reveals dark secrets about a deceased woman's past in the military.
A Chechen fighter spends a final night of forbidden intimacy with his married aide before she martyrs herself against the Russian invasion.
A disillusioned, disabled Vietnam veteran living in a remote cabin in 1975 finds love and trust again through an unexpected connection.
Chris and the narrator navigate an awkward car ride home with Molly after her AA meeting, confronting lingering hurt and unspoken feelings between the three of them.
A homeless man spends a cold Christmas Eve on the streets, haunted by memories of a lost lover as he searches for shelter in a graveyard.
A Shinra employee uses the post-Planet's salvation despair and Geostigma crisis to seduce the grieving Tifa Lockhart at her own bar in the Sector 6 slums.
Two soldiers reunite after deployment and slowly navigate the fragile, unspoken tension between camaraderie and intimacy.
A high school sophomore jock grapples with athletic disappointment and an emerging sexual relationship with another football player.
A young man who grew up alone and bullied finds success, faces betrayal and pain, and ultimately learns to deal with his life.
An interactive fantasy CYOA where a low-born high elf girl scrubs dishes at an inn while seeking justice for her murdered parents under a tyrannical Supreme Counselor.
A lonely divorced man meets a young stranger at a tavern on a cold winter night, offering him warmth and company after being cast out by his girlfriend.
Two older women reminisce about their past as prison guards who tormented deviant inmates, exploring themes of dominance, cruelty, and repressed desire.
A married couple struggling with lost intimacy after learning they cannot have children.
A young man comes home from university to find his father has left, and a vulnerable moment with his grieving stepmother leads to an unexpected encounter.
A lonely Indian child-widow turned live-in maid is psychologically manipulated into slavery by her foreign employer after her last ties to home are severed.
A college RA's casual arrangement with a short Asian freshman evolves into something far more profound and life-changing.
After an intense night with Melanie, David must comfort Mary after she accidentally kills her lover, Roger, while they have sex.