Hello! This is the next part (Part 3) in the "My Homophobic Christian Roommate" series.
This story includes manipulation, coercion, and a whole lotta blasphemy.
If you haven't read parts 1 and 2, you can find them on my account, but here's the story so far:
Our narrator caught Luke smelling his jockstrap and had him suck his cock in exchange for going to church the following week. Then, at church, our narrator blew Luke in the storage room while he was on the phone with his pastor.
This installment involves humiliation, exhibitionism, latex, public play, and more.
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The next week, Luke walked around me as if on eggshells. Many times, he would open his mouth to speak before pursing his lips and turning away. It was almost as if he had something to say, and wanted me to ask him what it was.
I, for my part, did not care.
And so another peaceful week of shallow pleasantries and surface level conversation continued.
Until Thursday.
"Do you have anything to do tonight?" Luke asked.
I mulled over my potential answers. "It depends what you're about to invite me to," I said.
That statement wasn't exactly true. I did have a definite night plans going out with a friend, but thirsty Thursdays came once a week, and I was starting to get withdrawals from tormenting Luke.
"I think I'm going to a book club meeting," Luke said, "and I wanted to see if you'd go with me..."
Oh God. He was inviting me to Bible study. "And what book would your club be discussing exactly?" I sighed.
Luke avoided my gaze. "Well," he said, "we would be reading a part of the book of Psalms, but it's a lot more interesting than it sounds! In fact--"
"Luke," I said, making sure that he met my eyes. I mustered every bit of sincerity I could. "Fuck. No."
"But if you just worship on Sundays," Luke said, "then where is the Lord in your heart the rest of the week?"
"You know that I'm not going to church because of
church
," I said, "Right?"
Luke turned red at the slightest allusion to what we had done. He paused before speaking. "I mean," he said, "is there anyway I could convince you?"
"Convince me?"
"Yeah," he said. "Like... Like before."
Oh God. He wasn't inviting me to Bible study... He was inviting me specifically so I would ask him to suck my dick or something in exchange. I wasn't the only one with withdrawals. He wanted me to push him even farther.
I thought about this for a moment. "I don't think there's anything I want from you right now," I said nonchalantly.
His face fell, and I could feel the disappointment radiating from him. He had gotten so used to me pushing the envelope that he was expecting it now. Even more, he was hoping for it.
"But," I said, "if you wanna join me and go to Pixie after, then I'll go with you to Bible study."
His disappointment turned momentarily to disgust, then to turmoil. Pixie was the name of a local gay club. Only 15 minutes from our front door by rideshare, and I could grind and dance on any otter, bear, or twunk I wanted to. If Luke went with me, he would be completely surrounded with homosexuality, the sure target of prying eyes. He would exist in a den full of sin.
"That's the deal," I said before he could answer. "I'll join you at your book club, and you'll join me at my gay club."
"I don't know," Luke said.
I could see doubt flashing across his face, but after spending weeks with this motherfucker, I knew how his brain worked. "Jesus didn't care who needed saving," I said. "As long as people needed saving, he was there for them."
To be honest, I was fairly certain that I had read this about Superman, not Jesus, but it sounded great.
Luke tilted his head back-and-forth, quite literally weighing the options. "And that's it?" He asked. "We just have to go there?"
He was testing the waters, seeing what kind of barriers I was going to try to break down tonight. I'm sure that images flashed across his mind. Would I try to suck his dick again? Would I make him take mine? Would I make him give up his virginity?
I kept my expression neutral, not giving anything away. All I said was "that's it."
And so, hours later, that was how we found ourselves, heading to Bible study together. I drove, and in the corner of my eye, I could see him fidgeting in the passenger seat, already half-regretting his decision. I had grabbed my backpack and tossed it in the back and put a tote bag of mine in the trunk, but besides that all we took were two of Luke's plethora of Bibles.
The house we pulled up to was a suburban cookie-cutter bungalow, shingled with millennial gray, and decorated with freshly painted white trim.
As soon as the car stopped, Luke unbuckled his seatbelt and opened the door, stepping out with a smooth motion. Once again, he was trying to take on the strategy of avoiding Any empty moments with me.
Luckily, for me, I knew that I didn't have to make a single move tonight. Not at his Bible study, anyway.
We got inside, and after a half dozen other college-aged members of the God squad gave Luke hugs and asked him how his heart was, I was introduced to the crew. It was a mix of clean-cut "good boy" types and alternative skaters with hyper-detailed angel tattoos. They shook my hand, dapped me up, and introduced themselves with big smiles. I smiled back, turning up the charm as high as I could. I could even feel Luke's eyes on me, surprised at how well I was getting along With this group.
I'll be gracious and skip the boring part. We read passages out of a newer translation with plain language. It was supposed to make the verses feel accessible, but instead it just felt like we were reading a Twitter summary of an actual Bible passage.
After we finished the text, the group had a too-long discussion and prayed.
I kept up appearances as best I could, and I smiled and nodded along as this group of near strangers as they spilled their guts. This was the closest that a lot of them would ever get to therapy, so I tried to be as understanding as I could.
It wasn't long until we were headed out the door, and Luke tried to hang back as long as he could. Now that the die had been cast, he was reconsidering his side of the promise.