Wife & Couples · 2 parts
The Lake Villa
Rebecca and Anthony celebrate twenty years of marriage at a villa on Lake Garda. The terrace has lemon trees, the lake is blue and the children are far, far away.
The House on Lake Como
Wife & Couples · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A married couple borrow a friend's lake house for a week without the children. A warm two-part story about sunlit mornings, old jokes and wanting each other all over again.
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“The House on Lake Como” 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: Borrowed Summer. Elena and Marco borrow a friend's lake house on Como for a week, children left with their grandparents. The silence is enormous, and slightly terrifying.
- Part 2: The Jetty. On the last night of the week, Elena and Marco swim from the jetty and lie on the warm boards under the stars. Fourteen years feel like only the beginning.
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