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.