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The Kitchen Garden
Wife & Couples · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A married couple spend a month at a rented farmhouse in Provence, cooking from the kitchen garden and slowly remembering how to be playful. A warm two-part story of tomatoes, basil and long evenings.
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“The Kitchen Garden” is a Wife & Couples story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 3 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: Tomatoes. Odile and Henri rent a Provence farmhouse with an overgrown kitchen garden. Neither can cook, both are tired, and the tomatoes are ripening faster than they can eat.
- Part 2: Long Evening. On their last night in Provence, Odile and Henri cook a feast from the garden and eat by candlelight. The dishes wait, and a slow kitchen dance takes over.
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