Bare Arrival
Bare Arrival is a journey into vulnerability, choice, and the quiet courage it takes to stop hiding.
Burned out, tightly controlled, and running on obligation instead of desire, Evan Porter signs up for a "wellness retreat" expecting silence, structure, and anonymity. What he finds instead is Bare Horizons-a men-only, clothing-optional sanctuary in rural Florida where no one demands explanations, transformation, or performance.
Least of all Marcus.
Marcus is grounded, steady, and unapologetically himself-boots, work gloves, and all. He doesn't coax or challenge Evan. He simply offers space. At Bare Horizons, consent is the only rule that matters, and every step toward exposure-emotional or physical-is chosen, never forced.
As Evan confronts panic, grief, and the armor he's worn his entire adult life, the resort becomes something unexpected: not a place of pressure, but permission. Permission to pause. To feel. To exist in a body without correction. And, slowly, to want.
Bare Arrival is a sensual, tender slow-burn romance about body acceptance, trust, and learning that intimacy doesn't begin with skin-it begins with honesty. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do isn't taking everything off.
It's staying.
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