The Layover by Roe Horvat

Author:Roe Horvat [Horvat, Roe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 9781635337709
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-07-18T18:30:00+00:00

I HAD to get up a few hours later and jerk off in the bathroom, thinking of Jamie lying underneath me, drops of come covering his stomach.

DAY FOUR

THE NEXT morning, I went to buy some groceries again. I mulled over my possibilities for a proper meal and decided to cook paprikáš, a Hungarian dish made with chicken, paprika, tomatoes, and cream sauce. Grandma would have been proud. Besides, ordering takeaway all the time seemed like a waste of money to me. I had nothing better to do than hover over my beautiful boy. When I came back, Jamie was awake and looking decidedly more alert than yesterday.

“What the fuck is that?” he exclaimed, scowling at his tablet. I’d only known him for a few days, but his tone was unusually menacing for him. It caught me off guard.

“What?” I asked warily.

“This!” He jabbed a finger in the air, above the screen.

I toed off my shoes, crossed the room toward the bed, and leaned over his shoulder, grocery bags still in my hands. He sat on the bed surrounded by all the pillows that he could find in the studio, including those he stole from the sofa. Jamie was a pillow hoarder. Cute. A smile tugged on my lips but then I saw the article on his tablet. It was the same New York Times article I’d read three days ago.

“Oh,” I said.

“You didn’t know about that?”

“I did.” I went to the fridge and unloaded the yogurts and clementine juice I’d bought for Jamie. I left the chicken out since I wanted to start on the meal straightaway. I was half-hidden behind the corner in the tiny kitchen.

“But….” Jamie sputtered loudly. Here we go. “You’re going home?”

I sighed. The word. That stupid word. Home. “I am going back to Slovakia, yes.”

“Into that!” he said with undisguised anger.

“Yes.”

And then he started reading, raising his voice: “According to one of the spokesmen for AFF, giving gays extended privileges could lead to disruptive changes in the Slovak Republic. Not only families and children would suffer from moral confusion, but the whole society would find itself in ruins. Similar kinds of societal changes have in history resulted in mass violence and dictatorships.” His tone rose and fell, modulating the words in a mockery of political speech, adding exaggerated dramatic pauses for effect.

“I’ve read it, Jamie,” I mumbled into the fridge, but he didn’t pay any attention to me.

He gave out a harsh, sarcastic laugh. “That’s hilarious!” he exclaimed. “Who the fuck are those people?”

“Catholic fundamentalists, power-thirsty wannabe politicians. They won’t win… probably.”

I made my way into the room, avoiding Jamie’s eyes. I pretended to be busy changing my clothes instead.

“I’ve googled for the past hour, Ondro. I’m sorry if that feels like an invasion of your privacy. I just wanted to know about Slovakia, and when I found a mention of the AFF, I continued reading. There is a huge campaign going on, billboards and flyers everywhere! And the Slovak Catholic church is involved. They’re going to preach this shit in every chapel right before the referendum.

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