Gospodar
By Garth Greenwell, first published in Paris Review
In Bulgaria, two men who met online play submissive and dominant roles in an innitially-consensual sexual encounter that turns into a violent assault.
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A gay man goes to the apartment of an older man he met online. The two begin a consensual sexual encounter, playing submissive and dominant roles. However, when the older man refuses to use a condom, the encounter turns into a violent and nonconsensual assault. The younger man escapes the apartment in fear and smashes a window as he falls down the stairs, worried the man will follow him and wanting to draw the neighbors' attention. Walking home, crying, he thinks that he'll "never go back to such a place," but then thinks that he'll never change.
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