Randi Luxe

I'm gonna be honest, I didn't expect too much from this story for several reasons, but it was a pleasant surprise.

This is an age-gap romance between a 20-something called Simon, and a 40-something called Gary. They both work at the same company, with Simon being the IT guy and Gary being the one who knows nothing about computers.

Their characters are actually somewhat cliché, and yet I still loved them both. Simon was an obnoxious and yet loveable protagonist with lots of relatable millenial quotes, and Gary's inexperience with gay relationship after repressing his sexuality for years was surprisingly well-written.

I commented on how the first sex scene read like bad porn, but then it turned out that this was actually intentional and a pretty clever way to show characterisation.

One of my only complaints is that this story only details the very beginning of their "relationship" - I would have loved to see where things go, but I suppose that wasn't the intention.

Notes:
- There is a brief fatphobic comment when Simon is looking at potential hook-ups at a bar
- Gary is married, but they are in an consensually open relationship with his wife, so there is no actual cheating involved in this story
- There are references to Simon's homophobic family that might be triggering… (mehr)