Sometimes, it is that simple. Sometimes, you say the right thing at the right time and before you know it, the boy who was scared to speak up has transformed into a nineteen-year-old man who is taking all his clothes off before his judgment and inhibition send in the memories. And he’s over you on one bed, you’re both naked, and suddenly the small, almost inaudible pop of his lips as they separate and he takes a nervous but determined breath is the most erotic thing you’ve ever heard.
Matt Brister is a recent graduate of the Creative Writing program at Western Washington University, and lives near the Bellingham Bay in the same college town. They love games and car drives in the rain with music draining their ability to hear. At last check, they were found still asleep with an empty carton of soda sideways on the floor next to them, Yuri!!! on Ice playing on repeat on the TV.