CLOSED ➜ @aaronhirsch
Location: Bar At The Atwater
Time: 7pm on the dot. Thursday Evening
It wasn’t so much that men were an issue for Graham to find, God know--- quite the opposite actually, he had quite a lot of interest, but never really let it get any further than your casual Grindr hook-up. Catalina was a new beginning so to speak, it was a chance for ‘conan the wolf’ to be left behind and Graham to establish himself as a more grown-up version of the man he’d left behind in London and that meant exploring parts of his life that he may not have been willing to explore before.
Having explored the local talent on the app, Graham had found himself talking to a new guy, Aaron. He was handsome, local and they seemed to get on fine over instant messages, but this is where the hard part started. He was used to casual flirting which would result in some sort of one night stand, but nothing that involved anything more than that, so when Graham found himself asking Aaron out on date-- even he was shocked.
Bar At The Atwater seemed like a bit of an overstretch for a date with someone he had met over an app, but it was in his nature to try and impress with anybody so you can only imagine that this was extremely heightened by the prospect of going on his first date in years.
“If he doesn’t show up-- shrug it off, be the big guy and don’t sent hateful messages.” Graham mouthed to himself as he waited on the corner, checking his watch in anticipation as the clock struck 7pm. Not a minute had gone by before Graham sighed deeply, grunting to himself as he prepared to up and walk away before spotting a familiar face walking up to him.