When he received a note telling him to go upstairs, this wasn't what he had in mind.
"Hi, Caleb," said Eliot. He was sitting calmly on the bed, wearing an outfit that looked too dressy for where they were. In a grey sweater and dress pants, he looked like he was going to Sunday Mass. He had his hands by his sides and the lights were dimmed.
"What the fuck?" he said.
Eliot cut right to the chase.
"I've seen you on Grindr."
Caleb opened his mouth, then closed it, then opened it again as he forced a laugh. "You're crazy," he said.
Eliot removed his phone from his pocket, and with a single click (There was no passcode - what a trusting little shit) calmly held it up so that the aforementioned profile was visible.
"I'm going to go ahead and assume you're smart enough to know you can hide your profile from other users."
"Fuck you," said Caleb. He spun around on his heels but instead of walking out the door, he threw it shut with a slam and turned back around. "What's your issue?" he snapped. "You're the last person who should give me crap over this when it's my business."
Eliot scooched over, still wearing a poker face. He patted the newly made space beside him. "Come here."
"No."
"Why? Are you nervous?"
"What? Why would I be? You're the one who should be nervous, considering you just pissed me off."
"Come sit, then."
"No."
"Then leave."
A pause. Then, "I wanna know why you invited me up here. You gonna blackmail me, or what?"
For the first time, that aggravatingly blank expression broke as he furrowed his brow. "Of course not."
"Then what do you want?" said Caleb, raising his voice even more.
"Why don't you come over here and I can show you?"
He squeezed his fists together and gritted his teeth. "Fine," he huffed. In a handful of steps, he reached the bed and, seemingly begrudgingly, sat down.
He turned to Eliot, about to snap at him again when he was caught off-guard with a kiss that was neither soft nor quick. Like a deer in headlights, he froze until Eliot finally pulled back to where he'd been sitting. You'd think someone like him would be anxious, having kissed someone so abruptly. This was literally an invitation for Caleb's outrage and rejection- maybe even a reason for Caleb to go off. Rumors had spread around in the Freshman Class about his past, and they traveled quickly within their small college. Especially with the way Caleb looked and dressed himself, he had quite a few girls crushing on him- and even more girls who called him a player.
So when Caleb looked at Eliot, he was shocked to see an intense look in his eyes. Caleb's face suddenly felt hot, and his heart was beating fast.
Eliot now looked... angry.
"Uh," said Caleb, but other than that, he had nothing else to say.
"So, you do like me."
"I didn't- I never said that! I just, I- it's, why are you asking me this?"
"Did you drink tonight?"
"Wha-? No. I don't like it- I mean, yeah- I don't like it but I drank it. I thought you asked me-"
"Be quiet."
"What?"
Eliot grabbed Caleb, who swore and struggled but only half-heartedly. Soon, he had his wrists pinned above his head with Eliot hovering over him. For the second time that night, Eliot kissed him in the way that Caleb's secretely yearned for. When he pulled away, Caleb let his jaw drop as he sucked in deep breaths. He was blushing harder now, his chest rising and falling with each intake of air. Eliot took this opportunity to admire him in this state, while thinking back to Caleb's profile info.
Cal / 19 / Looking for someone to put me in my place.
In his profile picture, he was hard to recognize at first with his hair swept back and purposefully dim lighting. He also was dressed nicely for once and he had his piercings out.
"I need you to give me the go-ahead to continue," said Eliot. "You don't taste like liquor, so I'm guessing you didn't drink tonight. Am I right?"
Caleb gave a quiet nod.
"So, you being a partier is a dirty lie. And what I've heard about you banging girls isn't true, either. Am I correct?"
Caleb's eyes started to glisten. His mouth trembled and he gave him another nod. This gave Eliot a twinge of pain in his chest as he quickly moved off of him. "Oh, my God. I'm sorry. Are you okay?"
Caleb roughly grabbed Eliot by the sweater and pulled him back into a kiss. As their lips slid against each other, Caleb allowed Eliot's tongue to dominate his own as he slowly retook his position on top. This went on for a few minutes before Eliot moved away, much to Caleb's obvious dismay as a whimper surprised the both of them.
Since he was on top of him, he could feel how hard Caleb was.
"I'm not going to have sex with you," Eliot stated.
"What? Are you kidding- Oh, fuck..."
Eliot had grabbed his cock through his jeans and given it a squeeze. "Take off your clothes."
Caleb began to sit up. "But the door-"
"Don't worry about it. Audrey's the only one home at this point and she's an exceptional secret keeper. That's why I had her give you the note."
Caleb laid back down. "Oh."
"Now, relax. I could feel your pulse in your wrists earlier. Once you calm down, I'll get you off. Okay?"
Caleb nodded enthusiastically.
"Good boy," he said, and with that, Caleb could feel a warmth spread out inside his chest.
Eliot pushed a blonde lock out of his face while somewhat leaning on Caleb for balance. Once he had two hands down on the bed again, he squinted down at him. "Hmm... You seem to still be quite anxious."
"No shit."
Eliot grabbed a handful of Caleb's dark hair and yanked it, to which he was given a nice little yelp in return as he leaned on Caleb again. "I'm not fond of cussing," he hissed. "Your orgasm, my rules. You've been passive aggressive to me all semester and I've had it. Not only that, but everything about you is so fake. And I was in the Drama Club before graduating, so I've known a lot of fake people. Why do you do it, though? I think that's why you like this so much. You put on a show for the world about what a tough guy you are. You're tired of all that, aren't you?"
Caleb had begun to squirm. Eliot was applying pressure to his clothed cock during his sudden diatribe and Caleb desperately wanted to free it.
"Can I- Can I take my pants off?"