vulnerability

The glass bit cold against Julian’s bare spine. He leaned back, pressing into it, the panoramic sprawl of the city dizzyingly far below his heels. Not vertigo, though. Sharp, electric anticipation. He was naked on the forty-second-floor balcony of his own penthouse, the infinity pool a...

The sun beat down on the backyard of my buddy Jake’s place, turning the pool party into a shimmering haze of laughter, splashing, and the faint smell of sunscreen and chlorine. I stood near the edge of the pool, a lukewarm beer in hand, trying to blend into the crowd of twenty-somethings in...

Todd sat down with a flop next to me. He smelled like whatever that detergent was he always used. I felt my pulse quicken like it had a thousand times when he was this close. Tingle in my scalp. My stomach tightened a little. "Thanks for making this happen," he said with a sigh, easing back...