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    Class Distinctions
    Class Distinctions
    Class Distinctions
    Ebook49 pages42 minutes

    Class Distinctions

    By Rick R. Reed

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    Kyle and Jonathan were perfect for each other, the two halves that, once together, made a whole. And then one snowy night just before Parents’ Weekend on the campus of Hamilton University, Kyle drops a bomb: he’s breaking up with Jonathan.

    Follow the couple through the stormy (in more ways than one) night that ensues. Why has Kyle suddenly decided to throw away something so precious and good?

    The answers lie in their backgrounds, and will gradually come to light as a winter blizzard rages around the young couple.

    Their tortured paths bring them to the covered bridge where their love had sprung to life on a hot summer day. But will the warmth of that memory and the heat of the love they once shared be enough to outclass the storm, and more importantly, bring them back together?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateFeb 25, 2017
    ISBN9781634862745
    Class Distinctions
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    Rick R. Reed

    Rick R. Reed is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than fifty works of published fiction. He is a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Entertainment Weekly has described his work as "heartrending and sensitive." Lambda Literary has called him: "A writer that doesn't disappoint…" Find him at www.rickrreedreality.blogspot.com. Rick lives in Palm Springs, CA, with his husband, Bruce, and their two rescue dogs, Kodi and Joaquin.

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      Class Distinctions - Rick R. Reed

      8

      Chapter 1

      Jonathan sat back in his desk chair and surveyed his dorm room. Everything was perfect, starting with the fact that his roommate Connor, he of the kinky red hair and fondness for cannabis and vintage Led Zeppelin albums, was gone for the weekend, headed out to celebrate the three-day President’s Day weekend at home in Cincinnati.

      So he and Kyle could be alone—all weekend, all the time. Occasions like this one—where they had some blessed solitude—were rare in the couple’s months-old romance, so Jonathan wanted to make the best of it.

      He closed his eyes and savored this moment, this anticipation. Kyle would be arriving within the hour, just as soon as he finished his work-study job in the dorm’s cafeteria.

      Jonathan adjusted the music on his iPod dock so that it would continue to softly broadcast the playlist he had created for the weekend, a mix of trance, electronica, and classical music he knew would be the perfect background for the music he and Kyle would make themselves. He had stocked the little mini-fridge in the corner of the room with a nice Alsatian Riesling and a bowl of fresh strawberries. There was cream for their coffee come morning and, atop the refrigerator, a box of flaky croissants from the local bakery, two plain, and two chocolate chip. Jonathan had made sure his dresser drawer was stocked with condoms and a fresh bottle of lube, and he’d put clean sheets on the bed. Jonathan grinned and thought, But they won’t be clean for long.

      He had even ventured to the seedier side of town where he’d rented two hardcore gay pornos and bought a bottle of poppers. Although he and Kyle certainly didn’t need additional stimulation, he thought it would be fun to have as background and to maybe give them a few new ideas. Hell, they could even make a game of it and sync what was taking place on the screen with what was going on in Jonathan’s bed.

      He almost didn’t hear the tentative knock when it came, so absorbed was he in fantasizing about the weekend to come.

      Jonathan got up, grinning, and crossed the room, ready to fling open his door and his arms to Kyle. He could picture his boyfriend in his mind’s eye: the short muscular build, the hazel eyes, the mop of curly sandy hair that blended so perfectly with the constellation of freckles across his nose. He thought of the little tragus piercing in Kyle’s ear that for some inexplicable reason, Jonathan adored and could always be counted upon to play with his tongue, which drove Kyle nuts. The knock sounded again, and Jonathan took exactly three seconds to check his image in the mirror above his dresser. His blond hair had been cut that morning and, with a little dab of gel, looked stylish and alluring, the classic combo to his pale blue eyes and dark lashes. He wore only a plain white T-shirt and a pair of plaid boxer shorts. He figured they’d be naked soon enough, so why bother with a complicated ensemble that would only slow them from getting to the main course?

      Jonathan would swear his heart began to beat faster and he got a little breathless as he approached the door. He couldn’t stop the beaming smile that spread across his face as he reached for the knob.

      But that smile vanished when he saw Kyle standing out in the hallway, staring down at the floor and radiating dejection. His shoulders slumped and there was about him

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