The Pairing

by Casey McQuiston

This is supposed to be my Saturn return voyage of self-realization.

oh, you know, I reply, he’s kit. Then, have you considered also fucking the director? Not every problem can be solved by sleeping with it, Sloane replies. not with that attitude.

“It’s not slutty. It’s European.”

“Look at these guys. It’s like a Tom Wambsgans casting call.

“It wasn’t a life I liked,” Theo says now, “but it was mine.”