Month: March 2026

Hello everyone,

Both chapter five and the shorter chapter six of Until You Fall Asleep are now online. While both chapters still need some tuning, I wanted to share them anyway. This will give me a little push to finish them.

Chapter five has our boy contemplating work and life, unsure whether train rides actually make him feel relaxed or uneasy, as he makes his way to his love interest. Things seem to be slowly settling down as he comes to the conclusion that he might actually be in love, with a new wave of insecurities and doubts washing over him as he tries to enjoy the moment. The course of true love never did run smooth.

Chapter six finds our boy in a dreamlike state, where he loses a small part of himself in order to move forward. To be with the person he loves, he pushes himself toward an open relationship where both of them can discover more together. Finally giving in and putting his worries aside, he asks his lover not to take advantage of his trust.

I hope you enjoy both of these chapters. Feel free to give me any feedback, as I will be slowly editing them over the coming days.

Lots of love,
Martijn

Hey everyone,

It’s been two weeks since the release of the fourth chapter of Until you fall asleep. I hope you liked it, even though it moves away a bit from the themes of the first three chapters. Chapter five is called “Lovers” and will return to what’s happening between the two boys. It’s the part where infatuation starts messing with your thoughts, as so much is still unclear. I still need to rummage through it to find some spelling and grammar mistakes before I put it online. But I would love to put the whole story out there this year. It’s time.

Lots of love,
Martijn

We finally continue Until you fall asleep with the next chapter. It’s been seven months since the third chapter, after which I felt a bit hesitant with going on. Insecurity and doubt threw a shadow over the story and I was not quite sure if I should even put the rest of it online. I started writing it back in 2024, so surely I could write something better now? Parts of it now make me cringe and not everything makes as much sense as it did back then. And so, When I was your man came up instead. A much shorter story that came to life with notes on my phone. Just like the story started that we will now jump back into.

Until you fall asleep is divided into three overarching themes. Pieces, the fourth chapter of the book starts with the second theme called Dreamstate. Where love starts messing with your brain in ways that it becomes hard to separate reality from fantasy. Because of this, the story drifts off into different themes for a bit.

It feels strange to return to Until you fall asleep again. But I must finish what I started. I hope you enjoy this fourth chapter.

Lots of love,
Martijn