Romance & Sensual · 2 parts
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The Pressing Plant
Romance & Sensual · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A young singer-songwriter presses her first record at an old Detroit plant and the engineer who runs the lathe will not let a single scratch through. A warm, crackling two-part romance of grooves and second takes.
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“The Pressing Plant” is a Romance & Sensual 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: Test Pressing. Tasha brings her first album to an old Detroit pressing plant. Miles, the cutting engineer, plays the test pressing and says one thing is wrong: her own opinion of it.
- Part 2: Side Two. The record is pressed, boxed and shipped. On the last evening, in the empty cutting room, Miles plays Tasha one more copy and finally says what he has been listening to.
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