“But what if you want to have a fling with someone now we’re together?”
“No way.Won’t happen.”
“It happened with Trish.”
“Trish is a girl.I told you we had problems, and most of them were because she’s a girl.We were having problems right out of the gate.”
“So were we.”
“They’re different problems.”
“It’s just...finding out you cheated.I wish you’d told me sooner.I had this idea of you, and now it’s changed.”
“I didn’t cheat on you,” he said.“I’d never do that.I know what it would do to you.Look, I was young and stupid when that stuff happened with Edgar.I grew up.If I didn’t have any control of myself, I wouldn’t have blown you off when you first approached me.If I was the kind of guy who went for a fuck whenever I felt like it, I’d have come here the day Trish and I broke up—I knew where you lived.But I didn’t do that.Because I didn’t want to start something with you while I was on the rebound from Trish.Then after I moved in, I waited for you to come around.I slept in your bed for months, and I never put a hand on you.I couldn’t have done that if I didn’t have any self-control.”
“I figured it was because you weren’t into me.”
“Are you kidding?I had to jerk off every night before we went to bed.Sometimes twice a night.”
“Really?”
“Tapper, I was a walking hard-on for months.Didn’t you notice?”
“It’s not polite to check out another guy’s dick.”To be honest, it would have freaked me out to know how turned on he was back then.
“It’s okay to check out another guy’s dick if that guy is your boyfriend.Why do you think I stayed here this long if I wasn’t into you?”
“You never said anything.”
“I didn’t want to pressure you into having sex with me before you were ready,” he said.
“Oh.I didn’t know.Fuck, I’m sorry, Eddie.I didn’t realize what I was putting you through.”
“You don’t need to say sorry.I know why it took so long.It wasn’t your fault.”
I lifted myself up on my elbow and kissed him tenderly.
“I’m glad I waited,” he said.
“Me too.”
“So, how am I your type?”
I smiled.“I dunno.I clocked you the second I saw you.You looked so confident.Relaxed.You mentioned your ex-boyfriend like being bi was no big deal.You were out and totally fine with it.I thought that was hot.”
“I’ve been out for years.So, yeah.”
“But you also looked vulnerable.The way you held yourself.You looked like you needed someone to take care of you, and I wanted to be that person.”
“Take care of me, like a kid?”he said.
“Not like that.I didn’t think you were helpless.But you look a lot younger than you are, and I guess I felt protective.I wanted to be there for you.”
“What about girlfriends?”he said.“What’s your type?”
“Experienced.Forward.I never asked a woman out in my life, except for my first girlfriend, Deb.They always approached me.”
“What did you think of Trish?”
