Barter System
By L.J. Hamlin
Walking into the market place, Willow has things ready to trade for what he needs for his date. Because after a year of pining after Jay, the former wanderer, Willow had finally confessed his feelings for the other man. Jay had said he had feelings for him too, and they agreed to start a relationship. Willow had suggested a picnic to get out of the built-up safe zone, and the day was here. They’d be meeting to set out in an hour.
Willow heads straight for the right stool in the marketplace. He has everything he’d agreed to bring to the picnic in his backpack already, but he wants to get this extra thing.
“Barter?” Willow asks, pointing to what he wants. Money had quickly lost its charm after the end times, a war that had killed over half the population on e
