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The Clock Repairer
Romance & Sensual · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A museum curator brings a broken antique clock to a tiny Bruges workshop and finds the repairer as precise and patient as his gears. A warm two-part story of ticking, time and not wasting any more of it.
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“The Clock Repairer” is a Romance & Sensual story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 2 minutes of reading in total. Every character is 18 or older and every encounter is consensual. Start with Part 1 and use the Next part button at the end of each part, or pick a part from the list below.
- Part 1: Stopped at Nine. Margo, a curator, carries a stopped antique clock to a workshop in Bruges. Pieter promises to restart it, and to take exactly as long as it needs.
- Part 2: Striking the Hour. The clock is repaired but the exhibition can wait one more evening. In a flat above the canal, Margo and Pieter finally stop watching the time.
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