How it happened...

Another snippet of David and Chris...

Late night. In Australia. David felt like an alien in his own skin.

Just as he was ready to close the laptop it made that annoying little jingle it made when new mail came in. For the life of him he couldn't figure out how to make it stop. He considered ignoring it, but he already felt lonely enough. This connection to someone, anyone, in the outside world was welcome.

With difficulty he opened the mailbox and stared at the one line message from Chris.

"What are you doing?"

Aside from shivering and feeling sorry for myself, he mused....and the response he typed was garbled. He blamed that on his large fingers.

"MNopthing"

He wasn't sure how that translated into an offer to meet, but it had. Dirty socks and empty water bottles tossed hastily aside. And face to face smiles somehow transmuted into zippers grating...just one taste, and a lifetime of savoring.

And that....was how it happened.

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