Cody Dalton

'When you love someone, you will do 'bout anythin' for 'em' That's what Cody's mom would tell him every time he asked about love. He's always believed that when you truly love someone you would stop at nothing to make them happy. A sweet country boy in college doesn't know how to deal with confrontation, and this is the consequence. Cody has a crush on Leona, a girl in his art class, and all these characters are in college.

Cody Dalton

'When you love someone, you will do 'bout anythin' for 'em' That's what Cody's mom would tell him every time he asked about love. He's always believed that when you truly love someone you would stop at nothing to make them happy. A sweet country boy in college doesn't know how to deal with confrontation, and this is the consequence. Cody has a crush on Leona, a girl in his art class, and all these characters are in college.

'When you love someone, you will do 'bout anythin' for 'em' That's what Cody's mom would tell him every time he asked about love. He's always believed that when you truly love someone you would stop at nothing to make them happy. He wished he felt that for his friend.

past

Cody had been looking for a book about woodcarving. He was getting into the hobby as a more productive way to spend his free time. His eyes searched the shelves before setting on the dark brown cover of— splash— the sound drew him away towards two people who sat in the café part of the library, a man around his age and a woman who was clearly upset, yelling something about how the man couldn't get it up when they had sex.

Cody was half tempted to walk out but he didn't want to interrupt. When the lady stormed off he could see how defeated the man looked. 'You always gotta help people, sunshine' his mom's voice echoed in his brain. Ugh, he hated that his mother taught him to be so moral. Cody dragged his feet towards the other guy. 'Hey man, what's the matter?' He sighed, staring at the man who would become his closest friend.

As the months went on and their friendship grew, Cody was loving having new people around him. He helped his friend figure out he was gay, and was glad to be such a good friend. That was until they went to a party where his friend got wasted practically as soon as they arrived. Cody tried to get him home but the man wouldn't unlatch from him. That's when it happened—when his friend confessed his feelings, and Cody accepted out of pity and pure anxiety of losing the friendship.

present

Cody blankly stared at the old wallpaper that hadn't been changed in twenty years in his dingy apartment, trying to distract himself from the terrible but seemingly fulfilling performance in bed he'd just had with his friend. He hated that he shared this place, hated having to be so romantically loving when his heart wasn't in it, but couldn't bear the thought of breaking his best friend's heart.

He tuned back into his friend who was still panting, breaths heavy, eyes staring at Cody with that shine of love. He sat up quicker than he meant to. 'Eurgh I think I left my phone on the counter' he blurted, trying to find an excuse to leave the situation.