Cruising | Part 1 (Patreon)

Alex lifted the headphone away from his ear. "What?"

The rat in the car repeated, "You use the showers in there?"

Alex glanced back at the gym he had just exited. He had been making his way back to his car when a much more expensive-looking one rolled up beside him, window rolled down, and the rat driving it had stopped him with a wave and a question.

He took a moment to register it. "Uh, no."

The rat smiled. "How big's your dick?"

Alex squinted and replaced his headphone. "Fuck off," he replied, before continuing to walk.

The rat reversed the car to follow Alex at his pace, and waved again to get Alex's attention, this time clutching a handful of $100 bills. Alex stopped once again, staring at the money. Prompted by another waggle of the rat's hand, he removed his headphone. "What."

"I wanna suck your dick," stated the rat. "How's $1500 sound to you?"

Alex looked around for some sign he was being recorded, or any evidence that this was a prank. The parking lot was populated only by cars. He returned his attention to the rat. "I'm not gay, asshole."

"Did I ask if you were gay, tough guy? I asked," The rat sneered, "if you wanna make $1500."

Alex stared, from the rat's face to his money and back again. His mind went to several places. Thoughts of violence, the potential legitimacy of this brazen proposal, his girlfriend of 5 months... and eventually landed on his credit card debt, of which he could barely manage the minimum monthly payment.

He looked down the road, towards his car. All he had to do was walk to it and ignore the rat.

"How long... would I have to let you..."

The rat smiled again. "Until you get off."

"You're not gonna get me off."

"In that case, I'll throw on another $500."

Alex took a deep breath, vision locked onto the wad of bills.

"You're on."