Master Bear by Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks
It was not easy to decide and pick up this novella, as it would not probably be for everyone who has had the experience of living near someone who was fading away to cancer. But it’s life, and despite all, it’s also hope, the hope that the ones you love will find a way to live after you.
William knows he is dying and now that he is at peace with the idea, his only worry is to find someone who will take care of his sub, Chris. Chris is not a perfect sub, he is not hot commodity, but he was perfect for William; Chris is sweet and shy, not much for a “for showing” sub, but for ordinary William, librarian and fatherly, he was the perfect match.
Now the problem is to find someone else who can be the same perfect match, or at least a good caretaker. William has many friends in the BDSM community, and some of them are interested in Chris; some are quite right, some are just right, but no one is the one. Basically Chris, in his quiet and subdued way, is trying to tell William that he still loves him, that despite the imminent fate, he is not ready to open his heart to someone else. It’s not a passionate love between William and Chris, it’s more a comfortable thing, like a blanket in winter; but it’s what Chris wants, a moderate level of passion, but mostly the reassurance of a balanced and safe environment.
Probably for this reason, more than all the Masters who are testing him, Chris is attracted to Mike, the nurse who is taking care of William. Chris sees in Mike the same comfort and shelter he has with William, and if Mike was a Master, he would be the perfect Master for Chris.
Even if there is the imminent destiny of William, something that is not stoppable, the story is not overly tragic; of course there is an high dose of drama, but in a way it’s a “natural” thing, death can be avoided in some cases, and so you need to live with it. Of course William is dying, of course he is in pain, but at least there is the certainty that he is loved and that he will be fondly remembered. Plus there is the hope that Chris will be take care, that he will have a chance to be happy again, with maybe a different Master, stronger and more passionate than William, but that is not a bad thing.
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