**SERIES: GASLIGHTING LIAM**
(college, mast, auth, sub, jock, teasing, manipulation, cum denial, humiliation, feet, sweat, mindfuck, gym, gooning, straight to gay, pheromones, primal, sloppy, edging, condescension, anal orgasm, big sub small top, anal orgasm, piss, cum play, brainwashing, public sex, armpit,)
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**CHAPTER ONE - DRIP**
The gym was quiet that day. Late afternoon sun spilled through the high windows. Music pulsed low through the sound system, more felt than heard, blending into the familiar rhythm of clanking metal and low, masculine grunts.
Liam was curled over a barbell near the free weights section, his expression pinched with focus. He wasn't struggling, exactly--he was strong, clearly--but his head wasn't in it. Tomorrow was the meeting he'd been waiting for. A real chance to show the partners what he could do. He was sure he had the skills.
But confidence had always been the problem.
"You're gonna blow out your elbow like that, man. C'mon, close off your elbows."
The voice came casually--low and smooth--but with the kind of tone that didn't ask. It just was.
Liam looked up, breath catching in his throat.
The guy standing nearby looked maybe nineteen, at most. He wore the sleeveless black shirt the trainers at this new gym used--cut just enough to show the sharp taper of his torso. His body was ripped, dense, every muscle defined. Golden skin and lean.
Tousled dirty blond hair clung to his temples in damp waves. His eyes were light brown and despite the softness of his features, his expression was flat. Annoyed, even.
"Guess it's obvious I'm winging it," Liam muttered, giving a breathy laugh and wiping his forehead with the back of his hand. His cheeks were flushed, though not just from the workout. "This one's new to me."
"Yeah, awesome." The guy waved dismissively, already turning away.
And just like that, he was gone--vanishing back into the noise of the gym, leaving Liam standing there with the barbell still halfway lifted, feeling inadequate.
Liam kept at it after the guy walked off, though his rhythm was thrown. He finished the set anyway--stubbornly, if nothing else--and moved on. He wasn't about to be corrected twice in one day by some intern-looking dipshit trainer, especially one who looked like he should be in school.
Forty minutes passed. Liam had found his focus again--or at least, enough of it to forget the awkward exchange. His tank top was clinging to his back by now, chest rising and falling with slow, steady breaths.
Tall, maybe a little over six feet. Broad shoulders, thick biceps, a solid chest that strained just slightly against the collar of his shirt. His jaw was clean, and his dark hair had started to curl from the sweat. He was hot, yeah, but in a quiet way--nothing showy. The kind of guy women noticed twice. The difficult part was not getting looks but maintaining them. He was into pussy as any other mid-twenty hot-blooded guy, but women walked all over him and eventually lost interest.
He'd just started another round of incline dumbbell presses when a voice cut in again--sharper this time.
"Dude. Your wrist's gonna snap if you keep holding it like that."
Liam jolted slightly and turned. It was him again.
The blond kid.
He wasn't smiling. In fact, he looked more irritated now, like he'd been watching for a while.
The kid walked over and crouched slightly beside the bench. "Seriously, man. You're loading your wrist instead of your chest. It's all wrong."
Liam blinked, momentarily thrown by the shift from silence to sharpness. "I thought I was--"
"Yeah, well, you're not. And my boss is on my ass about letting members use bad form. Makes the gym look bad, apparently." He rolled his eyes and made a vague gesture with his hand. "So now I gotta go around babysitting every guy who thinks he knows what he's doing."
The words stung more than they should've. Liam sat up slowly, adjusting the weights back to his thighs, face flushed again--not from effort this time.
"I didn't realize it was that serious." Who the fuck was this kid? Why does he think he could talk like that? "But, listen, you don't have to--"
"I do. So either fix it or ask for help." He stood back up, eyes skimming over Liam like he was just another task to check off. "I don't wanna get chewed out because you tweaked a tendon playing macho."
And with that, Noah walked off again, shaking his head just slightly.
Liam sat down hard on the bench, letting the dumbbells drop to the floor beside him with a loud thud. He wiped his face with the towel draped around his neck, slower than he needed to. His arms still burned, but that wasn't what was bothering him.
He didn't even know what had bothered him, exactly. The kid hadn't done anything. Just corrected him. Twice. Like he was doing him a favor. Like Liam was some clueless fucker at the gym for the first time. He'd been lifting for years. Not like a pro, sure, but enough to know when someone was watching him. Judging him.
Liam exhaled through his nose, jaw locked. The worst part wasn't the kid's tone. It was how casual it all was. Like Liam wasn't even worth getting worked up over. Just another screw-up in a sea of guys trying too hard. The whole thing left a weight in his chest. Not heavy. Just tight.
He knew that type. Blond, lean, smug. Fuckboi. Probably one of those kids who got hit on by both sisters and had never been told no in his life. Probably never got ghosted. Never sat in his car after a party wondering if he'd said something weird.
Liam glanced at the mirror, catching sight of himself slumped over when his phone buzzed.
**[Camila: btw, if you forgot AGAIN to buy oat milk I'm literally going to lose it. I'm leaving in an HOUR.]**
He didn't answer. Didn't even react. That kind of text didn't even register anymore. That was just Camila.
Another buzz.
**[Camila: anyway, I was thinking about last night... when you kept your mouth shut and let me ride. You're so hot when you're quiet. Gonna miss that.]**
And there it was.
His breath caught in his throat. Not from affection. Just the force of it. The way she could switch from irritated to wet in a single swipe. He shifted on the bench, throwing a towel on his shorts. His cock responded on reflex, not affection. He hated that he was so sensitive when it came to sex.
He shifted again, adjusting the towel over his lap, but it barely helped. The words from Camila's text still buzzed at the back of his skull. You're so hot when you're quiet. His body had latched onto it like it meant something.
Liam clenched his fists. Come on. Just fucking go down.
Another set wasn't happening like this. He couldn't stand up with a fucking tent in his shorts. Not in the middle of the gym. Not like this.
He couldn't stand up with a fucking tent in his shorts. Not in the middle of the gym. Not like this.
And then, from across the room--
"Noah!"
The voice echoed off the walls, annoyed, rushed.
He looked and realized it was the damn kid!
"Fix the damn cable machine already!" someone called from reception.
