Chapter 18

Maybe what ailed him was purely chemical. Scratch the itch, be done with it. Kyle might want more than one night of sex, though, and time spent together too often led to sentiments. He couldn’t deal with feelings, had too many emotions he spent time suppressing. Still, either or both of them might die tomorrow. Did he want to disregard the possibility of sharing pleasure? Did he wish to deny him or Kyle the chance of feeling alive one last time? Just the once. Just sex. Because it was all this could be. He refused to fall in love in this shitty world again 6

“Nice.” Either Kyle referred to the red flock wallpaper, the size of the bed, or…Heat flooded Mason’s face as Kyle’s glance around the room ended with an obvious inspection of Mason. No doubt about it: Kyle included him in the ‘nice.’