Evenings and Weekends

by Oisín McKenna

that it was his fault for being alone in the park at night, that he was explicitly looking for sex, so what did he expect to happen, that it was funny, ridiculous, that he was young and gay and male and therefore always horny, always consenting to sex, someone who can’t be assaulted.

In many ways, Phil did want to feel owned. He wanted to feel like an object, but a cherished one, a priceless heirloom, something that you could do whatever you wanted to, but what you wanted to do was to treat it with care.