Gay Stories · 2 parts
The Galley
Luc cooks in the galley of the night ferry to Corsica. Antoine, the chief steward, never eats the staff meal, and Luc decides to find out why.
The Engine Room
Gay Stories · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A new engineer joins a Hamburg harbour ferry and the veteran chief who has not let anyone near his engine in a decade. A warm, grease-stained two-part gay romance of pistons, patience and the throb of an old diesel.
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“The Engine Room” is a Gay Stories story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 4 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: Chief Engineer. Idris joins a Hamburg harbour ferry as junior engineer. Jan, the chief, has not let anyone touch his engine in ten years and hands him a rag and a very long list.
- Part 2: Slack Water. After a night crossing in thick fog, the ship is tied up and the engine room is quiet. On the afterdeck at dawn, with coffee, the chief and his engineer stop listening.
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