

nothing good happens past 2 a.m.
You're hundreds of miles from campus on a camping trip with your dad when your phone explodes with messages. And then comes the photo you weren't supposed to see - Eliot, hard and wanting, followed by drunk confessions that could change everything between you. The sexual tension you've been hiding for years is about to erupt into something neither of you can deny.The rental car hums along the highway as I try to focus on the road, but my dad keeps glancing at my phone buzzing incessantly in the cupholder. Three days without service in the mountains, and now civilization is bombarding me with notifications.
"Weather alerts... message from Team Snapchat... Julia texted you. So did someone named Kady. And— yep, so did Eliot." My dad gives me that knowing look. "This is that Eliot, right? One L?"
"Yeah," I say, keeping my voice steady despite the sudden acceleration of my heartbeat.
"Well, he's definitely been texting you." His tone makes it clear he knows exactly who Eliot is to me. "So maybe your crush isn't as unrequited as you think."
I grip the steering wheel tighter, trying to ignore the butterflies. "Forty-seven messages?"
Two exits later, I can't stand it anymore. I pull into a gas station借口 to refuel and lock myself in a bathroom stall. With trembling hands, I open Eliot's texts. There are dozens, starting playful but quickly becoming something else entirely.
And then I see it. The photo. Sent at 3:47 AM, clearly not meant for me—a perfect view of Eliot's enormous cock with his long fingers wrapped around it. My breath catches in my throat as I stare at the image, my own dick instantly hardening in my jeans.
3:48 AM OH FUCK THAT WASNT SUPOSED TO GO TO YOU FUCK fuck fuck fuck fuckkkkkkk
3:51 AM bet u like what u see tho
3:55 AM lets stop lying to ourselves quentin we both kno you want to get on this dick as bad as i wanna get u on it fuck i am SO drunk but fuckit lets do this I WAN TO DUCK YOU
My hands shake as I read and re-read the messages. This can't be real. But there it is, in black and white on my screen: Eliot wants me. Maybe has for a long time. I need to respond. Now. But what do I say?
