I (M24 at the time) used to work at a restaurant with Jake. (M21 at the time) Me, him and 3 other bros all worked there and would go out drinking at the pub together whenever we weren’t working. It feels like the 5 of us kept the pub open but we’d also take turns hosting TV marathon nights and BBQs in the summer etc. I’m bi (and I wasn't out to them at the time) but they were all straight so a lot of our discussions were about women and football but they were still good friends.
Over time we all left and got different jobs. I started working at a coffee shop and Jake went to work for an estate agent. As a group, we still hung out when we could but it became less and less often as time went on. Me and Jake had each other added on all the socials, he started getting really into the gym and he’d snap me after a workout or when he was out drinking with others.
I can't lie, he was tall, good looking and the gym definitely paid off! He got pretty ripped. He never had any problem getting girls, he had hookups, flings and girlfriends over the years. I never had a crush on him or anything like that, but I’ve still got eyes right? I always said to myself ‘If I was going to get with one of my straight friends, it would be him.’
I’d had crushes on a couple of straight guys years before but that never ended well so I vowed never again! I was on Grindr and Tinder on the DL, getting a few dates and hookups every now and then but still waiting for my slut phase to properly kick off.
One Saturday morning I woke up late, picked up my phone and started to filter through my notifications, a few snaps from Jake amongst them. Tapping through them, it was clear he’d been out clubbing last night which was nothing abnormal. Beers, shots at the bar, blurry pics with a gang sign, end of night kebab, you get the idea. I skipped through the last couple of snaps but a flash of something caught my eye on the final one…. I quickly replayed it.
Yep. That was a dick pic! Jake, naked, lying in bed, hard. “Ngl I’m super horny… Saw you on Grindr haha this the sort of thing you like?” I was so surprised! He’d sent it without a timer so I kept it on the screen for a while as I tried to process. He had a nice cock actually, cut, looked about average size. So many questions ran through my mind in a tumble.
What is he on Grindr for? Do I send a dick pic back? Do I pretend I haven't seen it? Just ignore it? I had the feeling he’d probably downplay and deny anything when he woke up sober anyway so I went quite generic. Snapped back a pic of half my face and shoulder. “Glad you had a good night mate, ngl the last one was a surprise for me to wake up to! Appreciate it though haha, anything you want to talk about?”
As I suspected, when he eventually woke up sober he downplayed it. He said it was just being drunk and horny and shut it down, making some vague hints about him being curious. Drunk words are sober thoughts after all. He didn't seem like he wanted to give me any more information and I didn't press it further. Not this time anyway…
Part 2 here