#this is my first foray into mature/explicit land

[marvel-ous-m]

The Winner Takes it All

written for ‘pin’ wc: #388 | rated: M | cw: grinding, sexual themes | tags: getting together, wrestling, fade to black before things get explicit | @steddiemicrofic

Eddie bit his lip in an effort to stifle the laugh that began to bubble out of his throat- a laugh that would certainly give away his current position. Steve was alone for the first time all evening- had escaped movie night in search of snacks- so it was time to strike. 

Eddie waited for the moment that Steve turned away from the entrance into the kitchen- watched until Steve was vulnerable- and he pounced. 

This had started shortly after Eddie was released from the hospital. Eddie had guy friends, sure, but he didn’t have jock friends, so the first time that Steve tackled Eddie to the ground had taken him completely by surprise. Steve had him pinned down in seconds. 

Eddie had learned, though. Sure, he’d lost every wrestling match thus far, but today? Today, Eddie was going to win. 

The laugh that Eddie had tried desperately to keep down burst out at the sound of Steve’s surprised shriek. Eddie had wrapped his arms around Steve’s waist and pulled, and now they were both on the floor, rolling around in an effort to shove the other down. 

After a few minutes of struggling, Eddie was able to regain control. He pinned Steve’s hands down by lacing them with his own, and put his leg in between Steve’s legs as an added restraint. Eddie looked down to see Steve panting, his cheeks flushed from exertion. 

“Alright, alright- you win, Munson. Get off me.” 

Eddie cackled and moved to roll away from Steve, but stopped immediately when he felt something against his leg. 

Something hard. 

He spared another glance down at Steve’s face, taking in the way that Steve’s eyes darted away from Eddie’s, the way the flush seemed to travel down his neck, disappearing below his t-shirt.

Oh. 

Eddie shifted, purposely brushing his thigh against the same spot, and bit his lip in response to the quiet moan that slipped from Steve’s plush lips. He leaned down until he was inches away from Steve’s face, until he could feel Steve’s breath against his skin. “Is this okay?” 

“Y-Yeah, this is- mhm.” 

Eddie pressed his lips against Steve’s and shifted once more. Steve groaned- an intoxicating sound- and Eddie couldn’t help but smile into the kiss. 

Yeah, Eddie thought as he felt Steve writhe underneath him, he won, alright. 

[hyba]

soooo what's the wip, edge of love about..?? oxo, pe-ersona

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That you are sending this means you are either on my mailing list or you have seen it on my website and both are equally lovely so I am EXTREMELY grateful that you’ve taken interest enough in my work for either of those two possibilities and also ELATED 💙

You might remember a while back I was talking about a romance WIP that I was going to write? The Edge of Love is that romance! It’s on my website right now, and I’ve shared the first six chapters, but they’re not going to be up there forever (👀 limited time offer, peeps! 👀). The main idea behind that was for some feedback before I move much farther into the story, & more details on that in the WIP intro post I’ve been working on. But yep, that’s why I’ve been keeping it on the down-low for now!

I’m excited, though a bit shy, about putting this romance novel out there. But I have also decided that I want to be the person who puts things out there and learns from them and continuously hones my writing skills, and ergo have been stuffing my shyness into a suitcase and shipping it off to the middle of the ocean.

Now to answer your Q!

The story follows our protagonist, Sabrina Lennox, as she returns to her Small Hometown from the Big City defeated, unemployed, and with no money to her name. It’s been 5 years, and she’s less than happy to be back where she started, not only because she feels like a failure, but also because the town holds memories for her that she’s done her best to bury and move past. Almost immediately she learns that her ex-beau is going to be in town for the summer, and is less than thrilled considering he ditched her pretty bad, seemingly out of nowhere, back in senior year - the same night that something horrible happened to her.

Anyway, things start looking up for Sabrina, and she lands a job at her old high school for the summer, working as an assistant to Mr. Oliver Lawrence (queue romantic interest Numero 1). They hit it off, and she tries to move on with her life while avoiding Edgar Cooper (her ex) and his billionaire family. But it’s a small town, and sooner or later the inevitable bump-ins happen, and in the course of those meetings, Sabrina uncovers new information about her past breakup with Edgar and what was really happening behind the scenes.

Also, it’s set in 2003 (so technically contemporary lol) when fashion was horrible and we had those cute flip phones, but I’m LOVING that whole vibe! It’s a clean romance, so I’ve been trying to keep it appropriate for all audiences. There’s no problem for me with the romantic content because anyway I tend to not wanna write anything remotely explicit so it will really focus more on the emotional aspect of romance, but there is some content in there that deals with an attempted sexual assault and and trauma that comes with that, so I actually would be interested in hearing what age-level readers think something like this book would be okay for. I’m thinking high-schoolers and above for sure.

The Edge of Love was conceptualized as a billionaire romance, minus the more popular billionaire romance tropes. For example, there’s no new-employee-falling-for-CEO thing going on, or the Mr.-CEO-has-his-life-together-and-is-a-beacon-of-maturity-and-stability-for-young-naive-heroine. I’ve also sought to minimize the power-play of Rich OC & Not-Rich OC in love. I don’t think it’ll read much like the usual billionaire romance, but that’s for more seasoned romance readers to tell me (because I’ve gotta be honest, I’ve not read very many billionaire romances).

Anyway, point is, I’m trying to turn over some common romance tropes and play around with the genre a bit, and at the same time I do plug in some cheeky jokes and sarcasm about the romance genre in general. I’m totally winging this one, and as my first foray into romance as a genre, I’m sure it could be a lot better, but I’m wondering how my style of writing fares in such a genre, and if readers would be interested in it.

Also, one more fun fact! I’m thinking of writing the book in Sabrina’s POV for the first half, and then Edgar’s POV for the second half! I think that would be interesting. Not sure if I want them to end up together, though. Hmm. Hmm. Something to figure out somewhere along the line!

This response is kind of me rambling about the whole project excitedly, but I’ll have something a bit more coherent for you when I make the intro! And, for readers interested in giving it a read, you can read the first 6 chapters on my website, and for those who are kind enough to give feedback, I’ll be going into more detail about that in the WIP intro post as well (I’m just finalizing some important stuff for that before introducing everyone to the book)!

Thanks so much for the ask, @pe-ersona!