Harsh Light
Thomas Carver
When Alex reads his roommate’s secret submissive fantasies, his urge to dominate awakens.
Sawyer might be stuck at a conservative private university in the middle of rural Illinois, but at least his roommate Alex is cool. A football jock without the attitude, Alex seems like a genuinely good guy. Plus, Sawyer has his friends on the cross country team, and even the interest of a fraternity filled with lacrosse bros. He might be a hybrid of nerd and jock, but Sawyer’s finding his place. Which means, he thinks, it might be safe to finally come out of the closet.
But then Alex finds Sawyer’s secret diary, where he describes all of his fantasies. And this private journal of depraved desires awakens a few of Alex’s deeper, crueler urges. He fights against the bully he used to be, but he’s afraid of losing the fight, especially as he’s tempted by his roommate’s secret willingness to consensually submit to dominant men like him — and men like his friends on the football and wrestling teams.
Alex had always considered himself straight, so he can’t quite understand why he’s intrigued and aroused by his roommate and his secret desires.
Maybe even intrigued enough to pull those desires off the page, and throw them into the harsh light of reality.
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