Stories by @bigtonysancho

Between Tables

A shy grocery store stocker becomes the unlikely center of an unconventional romance when two close friends—and waitresses at his favorite diner—fall for him, forcing all three to balance love, loyalty, and the risks of mixing personal lives with the workplace.

The Mascot Effect

A shy college student becomes an unlikely campus sensation after taking a job as the football team’s mascot. As his anonymous persona attracts the attention of cheerleaders and popular students, he must navigate fame, desire, and the struggle to be accepted for who he truly is.

Seven Nights

When an engaged couple welcomes two longtime friends into their home for a week-long visit, unexpected attractions and hidden emotions begin to surface. As friendships evolve and boundaries blur, the four must confront love, desire, and the consequences of discovering a connection none of them anticipated.

The Fifth Seat

A glamorous, wealthy socialite’s secret relationships with the adult children of her closest friends spiral into a dangerous web of desire, deception, and blackmail, threatening to destroy lifelong loyalties and carefully guarded reputations.

What Happens in Vegas

A lonely married woman escapes to Las Vegas for a weekend and believes a brief affair with a younger stranger is behind her—until she discovers he’s her son’s closest friend, forcing them both into a dangerous web of secrecy and impossible choices.

Neon Veins

In the year 2127, a reclusive hacker uncovers a corporate conspiracy after becoming involved with three mysterious nightclub bartenders who are secretly advanced cyborgs. As their hidden identities are exposed, the group is forced to escape a powerful biotech corporation while confronting questions of love, humanity, and free will in a world where the line between human and machine has disappeared.

Turbulence

When a mysterious cyberattack exposes every passenger’s darkest secrets aboard a transatlantic flight, panic erupts into paranoia, betrayal, and murder. As strangers turn on one another and hidden conspiracies come to light, a handful of unlikely allies must uncover the identity of the mastermind before the plane—and everyone on it—never reaches its destination.

The Colors We Hide

In 1880s Virginia, a gifted African American painter is hired by a wealthy landowner to create a portrait of his daughter before her arranged marriage. As the artist and young heiress grow closer, their professional relationship transforms into a secret forbidden romance that challenges the boundaries of race, class, and society.

Where the Wildflowers Grow

Two women from different worlds form a life-changing bond during a summer in the Montana wilderness. As years pass, they struggle with love, identity, and the lives they built apart, forcing them to confront the relationship they never truly left behind.

The Garden Between Us

In 1960s Mississippi, a wealthy white socialite and her Black domestic maid form a secret romantic relationship that challenges the rigid boundaries of race, class, and society. As their forbidden love is threatened by the world around them, the two women must decide what they are willing to sacrifice for a chance at freedom and happiness.

A Week of Want

A free-spirited young woman visiting her cousin in the city for a week forms an unexpected connection with his intelligent and guarded girlfriend, forcing all three to confront desire, loyalty, and the consequences of a life-changing temptation.

Exceptional Temptations

A California gallery owner and her newscaster husband find their seemingly perfect marriage tested when unexpected temptations enter both their professional lives. As ambition, desire, and hidden truths collide, each must decide how much they’re willing to risk for the lives—and love—they’ve built together.

False Oaths

A powerful prosecutor’s carefully controlled life begins to unravel when she enters secret relationships with a young law student and a fellow attorney while investigating a high-profile murder case. As personal desires collide with professional ethics, she must confront the secrets threatening her career, marriage, and sense of identity.

What We Hide

A lonely private investigator’s latest infidelity case spirals into a dangerous web of deception when she becomes emotionally entangled with both her young assistant and the woman she’s been hired to investigate, forcing her to choose between the truth, her career, and her heart.

Between Poses

A shy newcomer joins an exclusive Southern California yoga studio, where unexpected relationships draw him into a web of secrets, obsession, and betrayal. As hidden lives unravel, every connection brings him closer to a mystery that threatens to destroy the entire community.

Crossed Tenure

Two married college professors risk their marriages, careers, and reputations when forbidden relationships with two students ignite hidden desires, forcing all four to confront the devastating consequences of blurred boundaries, buried identities, and impossible choices.

Summer of Secrets

When a socially awkward college senior returns home for the summer, he finds himself caught in a dangerous web of seduction, deception, and family secrets as his glamorous stepmother and the estate’s enigmatic new housekeeper draw him into a volatile emotional triangle that threatens to destroy them all.

The Donor

After losing his job following a workplace scandal, a charming but awkward young man becomes a sperm donor for quick money. When a wealthy couple hires him to help them conceive, his success leads him into a secret world of infertile couples, complicated emotions, and unexpected consequences as he struggles to separate business from intimacy.

Third Time’s the Charm

Three friends with disastrous dating histories abandon conventional relationships and form an unconventional throuple, embracing a carefree life together. But when a night of partying leads to an unexpected pregnancy, their newfound happiness is tested as they navigate love, commitment, and the challenges of building a family unlike any other.

The Inner Circle

A powerful married PR executive begins a secret affair with a younger employee, but her desire for excitement leads her to create a hidden circle of workplace relationships. As attraction, ambition, and jealousy collide, the group’s carefully controlled secret threatens to unravel their careers and personal lives.