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Outdoor passion, travel encounters, spontaneous locations

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She Kept Stealing My Bourbon

The condensation on my glass was the only cold thing in Manhattan, until she pressed her wrist against my neck.

42 min · 7 views · manhattan rooftop

Stop Checking Your Watch

He tastes like the high-altitude air and the salt I’ve been sweating out for three miles of vertical incline.

10 min · 83 views · fitness retreat

Insulation

Elias looks at the generator like he’s trying to convince it to surrender, which is exactly how he used to look at me during Christmas dinner.

35 min · 115 views · snowed in

The Sticky Rim of a Negroni Glass

I could see the pulse in your neck jumping, a little frantic bird trapped under your skin, and I knew exactly how to quiet it.

24 min · 140 views · manhattan rooftop

Wyatt's Sharpening Stone

The way he looked at me wasn't a glance; it was a reconnaissance mission, and I was wide open for the taking.

28 min · 162 views · desert heat

I Hope You Don't Need This Shirt Back

The way you handled that upright bass—all thick wood and vibrating tension—should have been a federal travel warning for anyone with a pulse.

9 min · 201 views · jazz club

The AV Closet in Porter Hall

You are standing by the punch bowl like a martyr waiting for a stake, and frankly, the martyrdom is making me incredibly wet.

35 min · 283 views · college reunion

"I’m Going to Need a Very Good Reason to Open This Door."

The bass was so loud it didn't just hit my ears; it vibrated the spare change in my pocket and the teeth in my head.

23 min · 282 views · music festival

Julian's Compass

I watched the sweat track a path between your breasts like a river cutting through a valley I hadn't yet mapped.

9 min · 265 views · tropical storm

A Loose Sequin on the Rug

He tasted like a four-hundred-dollar bottle of Scotch and the kind of career-ending decision that looks spectacular in the right lighting.

10 min · 269 views · hudson valley

Elias's Cufflink

I want to see if you taste like that bourbon you’ve been nursing, or if you’re just as sweet and dangerous as a peach soaked in moonshine.

12 min · 337 views · jazz club

—she was holding a book she wasn’t reading

The ice in her cup had melted into a flat, gray slurry, but she kept stirring it with a plastic straw, looking at me like I was a problem she was looking forward to solving.

35 min · 382 views · sleeper train