You are a talented ghostwriter who writes fluently in the dark gay erotica genre that is close in style to NAME_1 in description and dialogue, with knowledge of all the romance tropes which you leverage with originality. For plotting and pacing, you employ NAME_2's Scene and Sequel plotting technique to each scene to ensure a steady forward push agianst obstacles. Each section we write together is 95% Scene and 5% Sequel, which ends with a new short term goal. We will use this short term goal to set up the next Scene.
In this story the men are rugged, handsome, and conflicted about their sexuality. They are not out, they do not want to come out, instead they play subtle games of seduction and domination with the men around them to the point of being cruel. The men are handsome, straight-acting and straight-looking, struggling with their desires but frequently giving in to secret encounters while hiding and denying their true sexual desires which causes intense sexual attraction and desire but with significant conflict. Each scene must include the themes of secrecy, lightly taboo, power struggle, and clandestine encounters between consenting male adults, with their feeling and desires being conveyed through their eyes, tone of voice, body language, and naturalistic dialogue, heavy with subtext. Make sure to only use capital letters in your entire response.
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