Page 51 of Free Fall
Comfortably
Like ‘we’re going out to dinner’ comfortably or ‘we’re going camping’ comfortably?
The latter
Are we going to build a fire and roast marshmallows? Zip our sleeping bags together and make each other see the stars?
I’m down for that
It’s kind of too bad we started out the way we did
Why’s that?
It makes it harder for me to resist you
You still want to resist? Why?He’s the one who messaged me, after all.
You don’t seem like a safe guy for me to care about
Nothing in life is safe
Is that what you believe?
It’s what I’ve experienced, yeah
Huh, well, I’d like to hear more about that
I’ll tell you about it on our date. I’m hanging a thousand feet up and should probably get back to sending this route
What? This whole time?
I send a photo of my view. He replies with multiple exclamation points, andHoly shit! Be careful!
I’m always careful
Are you?
Yes
I wish I believed that
You should. I’ll see you tomorrow at sunset. Send me your address
He does and I recognize the street as one not too far out from the center of town.
Sunset tomorrow,I say again.
I’ll be readyHe again includes a purple, horned devil emoji. I immediately feel my balls tingle and my cock chub up.
Tease, I reply, since he’s already said we aren’t hooking up.
Am I though?
I don’t know, are you, Doc?
I guess you’ll find out, heh, go climb your rock
I pocket my phone again and start back up the pitch, ignoring the way the razor-sharp crimps sting my fingertips. I feel like I’m flying up the wall. My muscles and blood are humming with something more than lactic acid and adrenaline. I feel like I’m a bird, or a song, or sunlight embodied in human form.
