Here’s Milo and Calliope’s first intimate encounter, which I penned because I couldn’t come up with a better narrative reason for Calliope to get a look at Milo’s scars. This takes place in the middle of “Milo Loses… Well!”. She had to take his shirt off with privacy, because otherwise they wouldn’t have an honest discussion about it, and there was only one way that was gonna happen. Obviously, she’s fine with ’em, but if you need to see it in a narrative context, you’ll have to put up with everything else they’re doing. If that’s too boring or uncomfortable, no harm, no foul, just skip it, you’ll only be missing a couple emotional beats and not much relating to plot.

PSI-2, only ‘cos Milo has anxiety. He’s in no real danger. Consent-positive, pretty tame, a bit Grapes of Wrath at the end there, and Schrodinger’s Gay, ‘cos I dunno what you wanna call Milo when he’s still self-identifying as cis and het. 7324 words + a non-explicit cover illustration. PDF format.

Here’s another intimate encounter with Milo and Calliope! This time, they’re working on the finer points of Sign Language. This takes place between “Walk and Talk” and “‘Da’ II: Electric Dadaloo,” after Milo’s done being a zombie and the Otis family’s visit is over. It gets a throwaway reference in text in “‘Da’ II,” and I wrote the whole thing out because I thought it’d be cute.

It is cute, but it’s PSI-3 because Milo gets a little carried away, does himself an unintentional injury, an bangs into one of Calliope’s few trauma buttons. They work it out and no real harm is done. Consent-positive, fairly tame, a little light bondage, and I have no idea if you wanna call it het. Milo’s still identifying as cis and het – there’s clearly more going on with him, but he needs time to grow. 6117 words + a non-explicit cover illustration. PDF format.

Here’s where Mordecai and Diane upgraded their relationship from “friends with benefits” to “as committed as we can be when either of us might die at any time.” This involves sex, although Diane is ace and biromantic, so “sex” means something very different to her. This takes place right around September of 1368, before Alba asked Mordecai or Diane to be emergency spare parents for Erik – otherwise Mordecai would’ve freaked out WAY worse about making a commitment. Narratively, it’s appropriate for a flashback right around “Goodnight, Farewell and Amen,” because I wrote it right before I wrote that, to get a better handle on their relationship. I felt bad we didn’t get to see them interacting very much. This’ll fix that!

PSI-3, because this is during a siege and they both manage to melt down emotionally. Technically, they are in danger of dying the whole time, but you know they don’t. They don’t exactly end up in a happy situation, but they don’t die. Consent-positive and pretty weird – we are dealing with the tentacle monster who can see and interact with your dreams and control the hell out of your mind, and Mordecai likes a lady who can crush him like a fly. 8893 words + a non-explicit cover illustration. PDF format.