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🫦"I desperately wanted to touch myself..."🫦
... and that’s before the vitals check gets out of hand. Then he got mouthy, and she got handsy.
Parneet Gosal
November 16, 2025
“I desperately wanted to touch myself, to give in to the fantasy, to make myself come so that I could settle my mind and get some rest…” (Bed Seventeen by Kit Marlowe)
We’ve all met that person: half ick, half “why am I still thinking about this?”
Off-limits. And yet… Bed Seventeen takes every trope about “the pervy patient” and flips it on its head. Read it, stat.
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Pick your medicine below:
🧨 On the run & handcuffed together — a framed attorney and the undercover cop who won’t leave her behind.
🖤 Too smart for the slutty ones, too savage for the bright ones — and somehow she catches feelings for her goth roommate.
🍀 Childhood crush, upgraded — your best friend’s grumpy older brother, now undercover and unfairly hot.
🎭 Party favor with a safeword — poly chaos, decadent roleplay, and aftercare that’ll melt you.
🩺 Pervy patient, clinical hands — one vitals check that gets… very thorough.
💼 Your ex. Your boss. Your sub. — if he still wants her, he’s going to have to beg.
With love,
Parneet 🤍
Founder, Theo Reads
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