Where do I start? Todd wonders helplessly. Where would Tom run to? Todd thinks back to those few weeks when he knew this young boy; those few weeks of confusion and ecstacy.

“So what do you like to do, eh Tomas?” Todd asked playfully. “Other than lie here with me, of course.”
Tom laughed heartily, snuggling in closer to Todd. “Well that ruins my answer!” He grins and sighs. “No, I have hobbies. I like to swim, for one. I like to read. I like to…..well I like a lot of things. I hate kids. I hate libraries.”
Todd laughed, “But you love to read!”
Tom scowled, “But librarians are so stuck-up and condescending all the time, like ‘whaddya mean you don’t know where that book is? Naturally it’s in the abcdefg section,’ whatever, I don’t know…they just bother me. Like, what if I have a question, like, is that not ok? God damn they just make me insane. If I’m gonna read I’ll buy a book and come home right here where we can read together…” he smiles and drifts off to sleep.

Todd sits up suddenly. Home.