Sunstone

Lisa Williams is a budding writer who has submissive desires but practically no experience in S/M other than self-bondage. Allison “Ally” Carter is a well-to-do programmer and dominant who has had decent experience with a former boyfriend, Alan, but has never been in a full D/S relationship as a domme. The two connect after Ally discovers Lisa’s erotic fiction online and subsequently begin a real-life sub-domme arrangement. Their relationship and friendship blossom, which Lisa uses as a basis for her writings.

Lisa and Ally also start to develop romantic feelings for each other, but neither is willing to fully acknowledge them, partly due to the nature of their relationship. After they move in together, their attraction continues to grow but remains unaddressed, leading to tension, jealousy and ultimately conflict. Anne, a tattoo artist and mutual new friend, gets caught in the middle. The couple break up after a heated argument over Anne at a Halloween party, and Lisa moves back to her apartment.

Despite their breakup, neither Lisa nor Ally is able to fully let go. With Ally’s encouragement, Lisa continues writing fiction based on the two, which she turns into allegorical stories in an attempt to salvage their relationship. Both Lisa and Ally come to recognize the mistakes they made as well as their own self-destructive emotional patterns, with the help of Alan and Anne (now a couple). Lisa sets up a date with Ally at a New Year’s party, where the two reconcile and finally admit their true feelings for each other. They are shown to have become a married couple in the future.