Birthday cake is a short story originally published in the 2019 Anthology: Kiss, Kiss! Stories of Love and Cake by LE Franks. It was written in 2014 as a birthday present and I'm happy to share it with you now. Bon Apetite! - LE Franks Marcus’s birthday wasn’t supposed to be spent alone with his photo journalist boyfriend half a world away…but he is. Throw in a drenching downpour, a rude cab driver, and awol friends and Marcus’ mood can’t get any lower. But when an unexpected visitor appears like a phantom in his apartment, it sends Marcus’ emotions on a rollercoaster of hope and despair. Will the love of his life give him a taste of the sweet forever he’s craved, or will it be the final course in the last meal they’ll ever share? Some mild bondage and eating in bed.