The Touch Behind the Glove (Forbidden Tales to Read Before Bed)

By Sebastian Miler

The Touch Beneath the Glove is a sensual, cinematic short story about vulnerability, courage, and the desire that awakens when two wounded souls recognize each other.

Sofia, a 37-year-old Brazilian interior designer, divorced for two years, spends her last night in Buenos Aires inside a hidden tango hall in San Telmo - and it is there she meets Tom s, a restorer of antique furniture who dances wearing black leather gloves, as if his hands were guarding a secret.

Drawn to the mystery of this man who refuses to reveal his skin, Sofia accepts one dance, then another, then another, and discovers that the distance between fabric and flesh is the same distance between loneliness and desire.

Among tangos, charged silences, and confessions beneath the glow of a streetlamp, she must decide whether she has the courage to cross the barrier of the gloves - and whether, for the first time in years, she will allow herself to be truly touched.

A story about what we hide, what we reveal, and what can only be felt when protection finally falls away.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGMVSLZZ
• ISBN13: 9798194937288
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 33 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"