cozy - Stories

At Saint Gabriel’s, shy and reserved Nick navigates high school life alongside a close-knit group of friends, facing love, friendship, family, heartbreak, and the uncertainty of growing up as they slowly discover who they want to become.

Elliot Reyes and Theo Marchetti can't stand each other, apparently. Then, one ordinary Thursday night, in a London office tower that's emptied out for the evening, the power goes, and the only two people left in the building find themselves trapped in a stalled lift between the eighth and ninth floors, in the dark, for hours. Just two men, one torch, and the slow, terrifying business of being seen.

Back in high school, Tate and Richard were inseparable. They shared a bond so deep that neither of them quite understood why they always wanted to be by each other’s side.

Twenty years after graduation, they meet again at a high school reunion. Both are now grown men, shaped by time and life experiences. Yet the moment they see each other, they realize that the feelings they once shared have never truly faded. If anything, they are just as powerful as they were in their youth.

Despite the differences in their social status and the vastly different paths their lives have taken, neither can bring himself to let go of the other.

Sugar, butter, flour. Love.

After losing their parents, 20 year-old Chase Hollow juggles odd jobs and late-night baking to care for his little sister, Prunella. He dreams of more — but dreams don’t pay bills.

When a job opens up as a bakery assistant at the upscale Keysbridge Inn, Chase applies on a whim… and finds himself clashing with the grumpy, polished Assistant Manager with a sharp tongue and colder stare.

But cookies and time have a way of softening edges.

Original story based on characters in “Cinderella Boy“ by Punko.

Healing takes work, trust takes time, and the ground beneath them is still desperately thin.

While Chad recovers, basking in the miracle of a relationship finally brought out of the cold, Robert returns to SDN to face the fallout after the battle. The fault lines beneath them are already shifting and Robert is quietly bearing the cost so Chad never has to.

They're finally together, but what you see on the surface level can be deceiving.

The new Three Musketeers take on the most powerful Uncle in the World...
It's a battle of iron wills, desperate stakes, and Moomintrolls.
President Carter has his hands full

What happens when a thick, sarcastic factory worker walks into a boulder gym and straight into the hands of two men who want him exactly as he is. Very explicit. No fade to black.

Maximilian Hawthorn is eleven years old, terrifyingly clever, and the undisputed master of his school. He runs a black-market homework empire, negotiates better lunch privileges than the prefects, and has reduced his form teacher to tears more times than anyone can count.

Then he notices Gabriel —quiet, unimpressed, and immune to Max's schemes. His carefully constructed world begins to unravel as he discovers that some things can't be outsmarted, some people refuse to be impressed, and sometimes the best strategy is no strategy at all.

Crushes, chaos, and the theatre kids who bring even the most arrogant boys to their knees.