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Four Days in the Exurbs
Date: 7/15/2015, Categories: Gay Male, Author: NattySoltesz, Rating: 14, Source: LushStories
On Thursday I went to the post office, hoping to get something from the unemployment office or the insurance company. See, my apartment caught fire a week after I lost my job. I’d been living in a motel room for the past five days, waiting for my renter’s insurance check to come. In the meantime, I paid for the motel on a credit card that was dangerously close to its limit. Well, I didn’t get anything from the insurance company, but the unemployment office sent a letter telling me my claim had been denied. I had the right to file an appeal and could expect a hearing in three to four weeks. I suppose I could’ve counted my blessings. Like the fact that I *had* renter’s insurance. Or that even though almost all of my material possessions went up in the fire I’d managed to save my laptop, so I could use it to hunt for jobs. But really, optimism will only get you so far. And that’s why Dominic found me standing in front of the post office, sobbing into my sleeve. “Matt?” I looked up at the sound of my name and there he stood, Dominic Mirani, my old college roommate. “Dude, are you okay?” I wiped my face. “Dominic!” “Yeah man,” he said, smiling wide. We locked palms. “It’s been…” “Way too long,” I said, and pulled him in for a hug. He looked better than I remembered – a little thicker around the middle, maybe, but virile. His dark hair was cropped in a messy, sexy way, and he had a thick beard. “What are you up to?” “Just... crying on the street.” “Want to get a coffee and talk ...