"Sir by chance were you...Jealous?" After a departure from their typical regimen, Houston decided to take out his trainee to a bar to reward his incremental improvements. It would have been a good opportunity to get closer to his subordinate Monte, but the intentionality was lost on the rather oblivious man. As the night progressed, Houston substituted what would have been social drinks with Monte with drinks to drown out festering emotions while watching him interact with random people he had just met. Everything had come to a head when both men were in an elevator at a nearby hotel, where latent emotions came bubbling to the surface just triggered by the night's events. When secrets withheld on both sides began to reveal themselves what followed was a mutual exploration of just how deep their depravity for each other went.
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