It blows my mind that someone would have that type of attraction to me because I would never have that type of attraction to them.
The Friendzone in Fandom
There are a wide variety of aro experiences, and there are many aro fans who enjoy reading shippy and/or romance-focused fanworks.
aro ace
In between the words, there are four bunny rabbits stitched onto the fabric.
An Aromantic Person Apologizes to Their First Date
I saved us both a lot of pain / by breaking your heart / before anything could really begin.
A Letter to M
I’m in love with you. And you don’t have to be alarmed at me saying this because you know what I mean.
Eukaryotes
This illustration is not a reliable or even useful teaching tool, but neither is science when encumbered with white ideology.
Seven Steps
You are excited, you tell yourself, because you're in love.
growing up aromantic
i don’t get it. logically, conceptually, i understand it.
To reclaim simplicity
I didn’t make it complicated, someone else decided that simple things did not include me.
Vol. 3, Issue 3: Aromanticism
AZE features the creative expressions of aro-spectrum authors for its aromanticism issue. Authors explore and critique how romantic expectations constrict our lives and relationships.
"love with no body"
And yet, at the same time, wanting it didn’t involve my body. No physical desire to speak of. It was never a necessary component. I just wanted to be close.
Aesthetic Attraction Is Poetry
I'll love you / and paint / your rainbow beauty / in a thousand words / or less.
STOPLIGHT
Every boy I’ve wanted to love
is a map I’ve torn before arrival
because I worried they’d leave me roadside when I say
this is the farthest I want to go.
Leaving Manhood
However, since I lacked the language to explain my desires, I felt shame for not having those experiences. Because having sexual and romantic relationships proves one’s masculinity to others, I never felt accomplished as a person.
Bound
My face cupped like a chalice in your hands as you kiss
my silk-bound mouth, pull my breasts free and tease them with hard fingers.
Untitled
“I’m going to count backwards from ten …”
I drift into a trance before she hits the count of 1.
You Need To Talk To Yourself
Since coming out as asexual, I’ve learned a lot more about what my kink means to me, and what it doesn’t. While there’s no doubt that I seek out tickling when I’m turned on, it’s not a turn on in itself.
Calculated
Pulling the trigger as I climaxed.
After all, revenge is a dish best served piping hot.
And
I get to choose whether I want something to happen, how much, when, who is doing it, and, most importantly, I get to choose when to stop.