Kal Cobalt

Read the short story “The Belt” in Richard Labonte’s Hot Gay Romance 2008 from Cleis Press. “However romance happens,” says Richard Labonte in the introduction, “however long love lasts — a heartbeat to a lifetime — it’s a wonderous thing. [...] It happens in Kal Cobalt’s ‘The Belt’ — at the end of a belt.”

Tobin crawls. As he nears David’s feet he lowers himself further, moving forward on forearms and knees till David’s scuffed black shoes are directly beneath his chin. This close, he can feel David’s heat, a strange, penetrating warmth like that of a few stiff drinks. David hasn’t showered yet; he’s stopped smelling like cologne and started smelling like a man.

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