Chapter 1
Jonathan sat back in his desk chair and surveyed his dorm room. Everything was perfect, starting with the fact that his roommate Connor, he of the kinky red hair and fondness for cannabis and vintage Led Zeppelin albums, was gone for the weekend, headed out to celebrate the three-day President’s Day weekend at home in Cincinnati.
So he and Kyle could be alone—all weekend, all the time. Occasions like this one—where they had some blessed solitude—were rare in the couple’s months-old romance, so Jonathan wanted to make the best of it.
He closed his eyes and savored this moment, this anticipation. Kyle would be arriving within the hour, just as soon as he finished his work-study job in the dorm’s cafeteria.
Jonathan adjusted the music on his iPod dock so that it would continue t
