[Fiction] Team Building Games: part one

[Gregdan]

The sound the shower makes as it turns on is one of the sounds Dave hates most. The slow turn till he is bathed in the cold unforgiving stream which he tries to avoid in the corner of the shower, as the water splashes onto his legs. Why do I always forget to turn it on until I am already in the shower, he thinks. But he soon forgets as the warmth returns and reaches the point where he almost jumps out again to avoid getting burned. This is how he likes his showers, so hot that he can feel the steam in the room brush across his skin. As he washes off the sweat he has accumulated from practice, he tries to forget how hard practice had been. Soccer was a sport that lays a heavy tax on the body and having a scholarship that relies on his performance brings a toll on his mind as well. His team were there as well. He could hear the all also washing all around him. The thought almost made consumed him. Being gay and part of a team could make things uncomfortable. A locker room full of naked men for some is the making of a messy dream but for him it was somewhat of a nightmare. Dave was not open about being gay and it had been enough to admit it to himself. The locker room was a place where he had to exercise extreme caution if he did not want to reveal his desire to others. He would avoid changing and showering at the same time as everyone else, he would avoid looking at the others, as much as he could. Today however he was in a hurry so he was showering with everyone else. Lucky there were curtains on each of the individual showers. He needed to make sure he finished so that he didn’t miss the bus. His roommate was out of town this weekend and would not be able to come pick him up and he didn’t want to wait another hour for the next one, nor did he want to walk the 2 miles to his house after the difficult practice they had just had. A good friend, Max, was next to him showering. Max had very few inhibitions and was singing (if that is what you could call it) at the top of his lungs. Max didn’t have a lot of things to embarrassed about with his athletic build and charming good looks, however his singing probably should be something for him to avoid. He had known max for only around a year and he had to admit that he was very attracted to him. He had more than once thought about him as he was now standing naked just a few feet away and separated only by a thin fiberglass stall. Darn his thoughts had gone too far and he had a quickly growing problem.