Roderick watched as the man next to him moved off of the inflatable bed and toward the bathroom. He stayed still, not wanting Alex to know that he was awake. People are most themselves when they don’t know they’re being observed, Roderick thought to himself.With Alex’s back to him, Roderick guessed that it was safe to keep his eyes open. He watched as Alex quietly dressed, and Roderick wondered whether this silent precision was done out of courtesy or simply to avoid an awkward situation. As Alex disappeared into the bathroom, carefully closing the door, Roderick pondered for a moment what had happened the night before.
Was it just a f**k? Had Roderick simply seduced some man and then let this total stranger f**k him like a ragdoll, or had it been more? Roderick knew it wasn’t the sort of
