Chapter 8

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Arthur awoke from a dream where he injected a patient with medication and instead of helping, the patient got worse. He shook his head to clear it and checked the time: two A.M. Only a half hour passed since his last awakening. The toilet in the hall bathroom flushed. It was unusual for Xander to use it during the night. Arthur berated himself for being so stupid to come onto his roommate and fuck him. Obviously, he was a virgin. Arthur tried to push himself back into sleep.

He tossed and turned, checking the clock every few minutes. Just after three o’clock, the toilet flushed again. Was Xander hurt? Was his ass bleeding? Arthur was careful to enter and fuck him gently.

Oh, God, what if I tore his ass up?

Arthur bolted from bed into the hall only wearing his powder blue briefs with the red trim. A dim light glowed from Xander’s room, his door ajar. Arthur crept in to find Xander sitting on his bed in white briefs, holding his head in his hands.

“Xander.”