The Fool and the Gaiety. A Blue Horizon short story.

Blue Horizon’s Antonio Chandrani-Rivera discovers homosexuality…! Specifically—on ultra-ancient Earth, back 100,000 years ago, and becoming accepted by 2000’s A.D., a time period he’s fixated on.

His close friend, Alejandro Altaha, is too ill to think about this. Literally. He’s recovering from a fever!

Antonio had clasped his hand in Alejandro’s. Alejandro’s own light brown skin was over-sweaty—a hint of his true power. An alchemist of the sun; a sun mage. On planet Imion, the term ‘alchemy’ and ‘magic’ could be interchangeable—born from one’s outer core. The inner core sang along with [his] heartbeat [...]

1,200 words SFW Alejandro Altaha/Antonio Chandrani-Rivera short story with the main illustration featuring different, dreamier color tones within the files.