Backdraft by Shane Allison

Author:Shane Allison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cleis Press
Published: 2010-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

UNATTAINABLE

Stephen Osborne

What in Sam Hill is all this about?”

Bobby knew that it had been a mistake to allow his friend Jake into his apartment. A person’s apartment is just too revealing. It tells too much about its occupant. It reveals secrets that maybe one doesn’t want revealed and Bobby’s place held more than the usual number of secrets. “What do you mean?” he asked innocently.

Jake was staring at the wall above Bobby’s computer station, where a row of eight different calendars were lined up. Only one, the calendar on the far right, was for the current year. It was the only one showing the current month as well. The others were all turned to Bobby’s favorite pictures. All of the calendars were of firefighters, all with their shirts off and each one of them was a hunk.

Jake cocked a suspicious eye at his friend. “Got a bit of a fireman fixation?”

Bobby knew his cheeks were crimson but he tried to answer nonchalantly. “I think firefighters are hot. So what?”

“Is this,” Jake asked, “why you’re still a virgin? Are you holding out for something like this?” He pointed to the closest calendar. The picture indicated was actually Bobby’s all-time favorite. It showed a muscle stud standing in front of a fire truck. He held a fire hose in his hands in what could only have been a purposely provocative way. The firefighter had thick black hair and a dimple on his chin to rival Cary Grant’s. His bare chest was slightly oily and dirty, making him all the more attractive to Bobby.

Jake’s accusation was pretty accurate, although Bobby would never admit it to his friend. Bobby really wasn’t interested in sex with just any guy. Even though he was several years past the time by which most guys have had their first taste of sex, Bobby wanted his first time to be extra special. He wanted his first time to be with one of his firefighter hunks.

Now that his twenty-second birthday was looming, he was beginning to wonder if that was ever going to happen.

“And what the hell is this?” Jake’s gaze had traveled to the desk, where Bobby’s telephone was nestled between the computer and a stack of CDs. It was a novelty phone, shaped like a firefighter’s helmet. The actual handset came out of the back of the helmet. When the phone rang, it sounded like a muted fire bell.

“It’s a new thing,” Bobby explained in mock seriousness, “that Alexander Graham Bell invented. He calls it a telephone.”

Jake made a face. “I’m pretty sure Bell’s wasn’t shaped like a firefighter’s helmet.” He put an arm around his friend’s shoulder. “You’ve got it bad, Bobby. If you’re waiting for something like that,” he said, nodding at the row of calendars, “to sweep you off your feet, I’m afraid you’re going to be very disappointed. Guys like us don’t get guys like that. They’re gods. We’re computer nerds. The two don’t mix. You’re a great-looking guy, don’t get me wrong. I’d do you in a minute, if you’d let me.

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