BlurbBrunehaut lives a dangerous existence as her village wise woman, brewing abortion potions and body-altering elixirs for women like her, despite the townsfolk's growing suspicion of her unconventional ways. When her childhood best friend Théoderic suddenly crashes back into her life after years of separation, everything she's built threatens to crumble.Like Brunehaut, Théoderic has shed his past, but he's chosen a more dangerous path, now posing as nobility while peddling false remedies to her very clients, threatening to shatter the delicate trust she's worked years to build. Yet beneath his deception, Théoderic is captivated by Brunehaut's transformation into the woman she was always meant to be, and desperately longs for the same miraculous change for himself.As Théoderic embraces his true identity, Brunehaut finds herself drawn to her old friend in ways she never expected, rediscovering the boy she once knew in the man he's becoming. Their time together reawakens feelings long buried, but as their bond deepens, they must navigate a world that would condemn them both for daring to live as their authentic selves.

Content WarningsAs Old As Thyme is an adult novella containing explicit sexual content between the main characters.While this is a story about trans characters, there is no transphobia, deadnaming or misgendering in this story. It doesn’t mean, it’s not present in the world, the characters are indeed afraid of what would happen if they were outed and they are no longer in contact with their family but I did not wish to represent transphobia or transmisogyny in this story. Brunehaut is however victim of misogyny, although it is not a major component of the story.
There is also no depiction of biphobia, acephobia or arophobia.The following themes may be triggering for some readers:- Brief mention of abortion
- Brief mentions of past parental abuse
- Discussion of the death of a parental figure
- Positive references to Catholicism** As people living in early medieval Europe, both Brunehaut and Théoderic are Catholics and it colors their entire worldview. As Old As Thyme is NOT a "Christian" romance nor does it try to conform to modern Christian expectations. In fact, Brunehaut also believes in ancient pagan (implied Gallo-Roman) gods and Théoderic is at times ambivalent on religious dogma.