First Came Trust

A chance meeting on a beach. A last-minute rescue. Secret pledges and disapproving family members. These are the things that make a great love story.But this isn't a love story -- not yet.With Lilah's life on the line, ey will take the chance that Noble Bethania offers em. But with that chance comes risk. Love may come later, but first, they will need to trust.First Came Trust is a short story with a HFN ending.The First, Next, Last trilogy tells the story of three siblings struggling to rebuild after their lives are destroyed. The trilogy will end with a HEA for all three siblings.Content notestorture, pronouns are private, pups need packs, consensual noncon (nonsexual), collars FTW, Dalma isn't having any of it, Lilah wants to be a martyr, ey has good reasons for it, Bethania has better reasons not to, dehydration is bad, how did Lilah get bit anyway?, queer characters, welcome home Jess' weird fish-out-of-water life has left them with an enduring love/hate affair with common tropes. The relationship counselor recommended they break it off, but they just keeps coming back to play with tropes (and fuck them up) some more.In between their tropic indulgences, they write queer fantasy with aromantic, neurodivergent, and generally 'weird' characters, take care of their family, argue halakha, and try to do a bit of educational activism on the side.They're active on Tumblr, Mastodon, and a few other spots around the web.