Slowly he tucks
himself back into his jeans, then washes his hands—smells his own
sex musk on them and washes themagain.He leaves the container on
the side of the sink like the nurse said and flicks off the light.
The vent dies around him and in the darkness, he lets himself think
of Wesley copping a feel out in the waiting room. He lets his hand
brush across his crotch, he feels a fresh stirring in his groin at
the thought of another’s hand in place of his own. Then he
remembers the nurse waiting for him.
She’s in the hallway, just as she
said she would be. Jason follows her to an examination room where
she mutters to herself as she takes his blood pressure and
temperature. “It’ll be a few minutes,” she says, scribbling numbers
into his chart. “We’re a tad busy today. Where’s it
hurt?”
Jason wonders if
she even read all of the forms he had to fill out. “Right here,” he
says, pressing the heel of his palm into his groin just like Mr.