The door snicked shut behind me, damping the sounds of the voices beyond it and then darkening the room. I was hoping the alcohol and New Year’s festivities would make it so the others wouldn’t notice our absence. Shadows fell across his lean body as he sat lounging in the center of the couch, legs splayed, an elbow resting on the cushion behind him, his hand slowly running up and down his thigh waiting for me, just as he...