His arm stretched around me, grabbing my waist with his hand and pulling me in close to him. Porn “Drink up, Wes,” Ryan said. I cringed slightly at the intense sweetness of the drink, the artificial sugars leaving a slight residue in my mouth as I finished the last of the mixed drink and dropped the red plastic cup on the ground. He was close enough that our feet were intertwined—his left leg positioned directly between mine. As the sun began to set behind us, the rocks on the outer edge of the park lit up in spectacular reds and oranges. Fuck, I wanted it to be mine—for it to be my hand that was resting on his thigh as I drove us away from the town, from the college, and towards the unknown. As the sun began to set behind us, the rocks on the outer edge of the park lit up in spectacular reds and oranges. You didn’t notice? “I thought for sure you’d notice I looked different than how you were imagining me in your fantasy last night.”
“Surprisingly, I don’t spend all my time checking
