I used to see this guy, George, back in 2005 or so, and we really hit it off. He wasn’t happy in San Francisco, though, and moved back down to Los Angeles for a couple of years, but work brought him back to the Bay Area, and he’s been living in Palo Alto. I had seen him in passing in the Castro and online, but we just couldn’t seem to mesh our schedules to meet again. Until last night…
He had been housesitting for some friends in Diamond Heights, and wanted to go to Seacliff to stare at the sunset for a little while before heading back to Palo Alto. We had been chatting all day and talking about how we could get together, so when he brought up the idea of going to the ocean, I jumped at the chance and suggested that I would come with him.
When he rang the doorbell, I bounded down the stairs, happy to see him. 1/8-inch cropped blond hair, icy blue eyes, and that puppy dog smile. He came over and picked me up in his dark blue Passat and we whisked off to China Beach.
Walking down the path to the shore, and staring at the sea while the sun set was really great. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed being around him. We’re right around the same age, so our cultural reference points are really in sync.
In my pocket I had brought a lycra hood with only a mouth hole and a pair of leather handcuffs. After the sun had set, and the other people had left the beach, I put the hood on his head and the cuffs around his wrists. Why is it that when there’s a handsome face beneath a hood, they look even that much hotter?
We made a quick stop at my place to grab a clean shirt and toothbrush, then made it down to his place. He lives just two blocks from the old downtown part of Palo Alto’s University Avenue, right across the street from a cute little park.
This morning, after a night of little enough sleep, we headed to breakfast at Palo Alto Creamery, then walked to the Caltrain station and I boarded it for the ride back up to San Francisco. Today has been another of those wonderful days of napping and listening to music and thinking about when next we will spend time together.
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