<p>A Saturday morning, a warm café, and a spark that didn’t mean to show itself. </p><p>A week of small glances across the park.</p><p>Mornings filled with routine, rain-slick streets,</p><p>and two dogs who have started to expect the sound of each other’s paws. </p><p><br></p><p>Evan arrives first, </p><p>Cucumber curling beneath the table at Café U Mostu,</p><p>a mug of coffee warming his hands,</p><p>his breath steadying in the soft flicker of candlelight.</p><p><br></p><p>Daniel arrives moments later,</p><p>rain on his jacket,</p><p>Sunny padding straight toward his friend,</p><p>and the kind of quiet smile that feels like remembering something you didn’t know you missed.</p><p><br></p><p>Brunch is simple.</p><p>Eggs, black bread, and pancakes that aren’t really pancakes.</p><p>But something shifts in the steam and the soft clatter of plates.</p><p>A moment when a napkin brushes Evan’s cheek.</p><p>A hesitation becomes a touch.</p><p>And silence gains a new meaning.</p><p><br></p><p>Then the walk.</p><p>Sunny steady, Cucumber a burst of chaos zig-zagging through the street.</p><p><br></p><p>A stumble, a fall, a small cut blooming across Evan’s palm.</p><p>Daniel kneels beside him without thinking,</p><p>water bottle uncapped,</p><p>his hand steadying Evan’s like it has already practiced.</p><p><br></p><p>And when Cucumber disappears into the mud,</p><p>Sunny leads them through reeds and wet leaves,</p><p>Daniel’s clothes soaked to the knees as laughter finally breaks free.</p><p><br></p><p>A suggestion follows, gentle but certain.</p><p>“My place is close.”</p><p><br></p><p>Clean towels.</p><p>Warm light.</p><p>An afternoon that turns into something neither of them expected.</p><p><br></p><p>This is <strong>Autumn Tails - Chapter 3: Brunch and Spark</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>No visuals. Just breath, laughter, the rustle of leaves beneath running paws and two voices learning the shape of something new.</p><p><br></p><p>—</p><p><br></p><p>🎵 <strong>Original Score - New Light in a Quiet City</strong></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/hsHWpTNU-B8">https://youtu.be/hsHWpTNU-B8</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Autumn Tails - Instrumental Playlist</strong></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/4i9wUJXRgNM">⁠https://youtu.be/4i9wUJXRgNM⁠</a> </p><p><br></p><p>For more from <strong>Gay Audio Books</strong>:</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/@GayAudioBooks" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://youtube.com/@GayAudioBooks</a></p><p><br></p><p>For official music from <strong>SNWB</strong>:</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/@SNWB.official" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://youtube.com/@SNWB.official</a></p>