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The Fish Counter
Workplace · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A new stallholder and the veteran fishmonger on the next pitch at Marseille's old port fight a friendly war over customers, ice and the best sea bass. A salty, quick two-part workplace romance.
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“The Fish Counter” is a Workplace 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: Sea Bass. Manon takes a stall at Marseille's fish market. Karim, on the next pitch, says she stacks her bream wrong, and she says he is wrong about everything else.
- Part 2: Last Tide. At the end of a record week the market empties and the quay is hosed down. Over a shared pot of fish soup on the harbour wall, the war is declared over.
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