Overview

The café is nearly empty, the hour is late, and Lily should be writing. Instead, she lingers—drawn night after night by the quiet warmth of Emma’s smile.

When closing time blurs into something softer, the air between them shifts. A brush of hands, a daring smile, a single line written in Lily’s notebook: Begin anywhere. Suddenly, the words feel less like advice and more like an invitation.

What starts with playful glances and lingering touches soon spills into something hotter, hungrier. In the hush of the empty café, restraint falls away—and Lily discovers that Emma has wanted this just as long.

Begin Anywhere is a tender, spicy sapphic short story about late nights, unspoken longing, and finally giving in to desire.