American Made

WARNING: This story contains foul language, scenes of a sexual nature, drug taking, violence, murder. In 300 words. 

American Made

K has become a drug dealer. He buys the pills from Pitts at the 7-Eleven and sells them onto the younger kids at our high school. K and I are a couple now. Secretly. He says his pop would beat him black and blue if he found out. His dad beats him anyway but I know what he means. My dad’s got a temper too. He’s on my ass more often than K. Ha! Sick fucking joke. Sometimes I feel proud when I see K slope off to the toilets. The other kids forming an orderly queue, palming dollars. Then K’s mom ODs on meth, or some shit, and I worry what rocky road he’s on. 
 

    We visit her, Daphne Shapiro, at the hospital. She’s out of it, hooked up to all these machines. They’ve given her her own private room with its own bathroom. After K has cried a bit he wants to fuck me in the bathroom. I don’t know, he says, hospitals make me so horny. I have this recurring fantasy where the Boston Red Sox suck me off on my deathbed.

    Outside there are all these protesters. Signs with Life is Life written on them. They jostle us as we leave. Thinking we are young fathers. Or would’ve been if we hadn’t brought our girls for abortions. I smile thinking of K’s spunk inside me. That sure as shit wasn’t going to make a baby. What you smiling at? one of the protestors snarls. And then they have us right up against the wall of the hospital. Things could’ve got pretty hairy if it hadn’t been for K’s mom. Awake now, there she was, leaning outta the window, skinny arms flailing, tubes going everywhere, calling them all the cunts and son’s of bitches in the world. 

    Quite a mouth on her. K’s mom. 

    I’m still planning to have a word with K about the drug dealing when Pitts get wasted, one bullet in the head, one in the chest, assassin style, and K’s drug supply dries up. 

    I don’t know. Seventeen and everything’s happening so fast. Life, will you always be like this. Will you? 

This is one of 20 stories based on Tom Cruise films. Each story features the love between K and P. Across the story sequence K and P are variously gay, straight, lesbian, bi, alien, android. 

You can read 3 other of the stories online. 

Risky Business at Minor Literatures

Oblivion at Punk Noir Press

The Color of Money at Epoque Press

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