The Tale of Dumplings and Dog Tags
Day 24. My buddy, a contract soldier, rolled into town on leave after a year of grinding it out. He swings by my place, and we’re chilling in the kitchen, me stirring a pot of dumplings, steam rising like a damn fog. Out of nowhere, he drops a bombshell: “Wanna let me taste your little dumpling?” My spoon clatters into the pot, splashing broth everywhere. “What the hell did you just say?!” I stammer, my brain short-circuiting, thinking, well, damn, guess the friend zone just got nuked. Then he grins, all casual: “I said, wanna see my military ID? You’ve been bugging me to show it…”
Long story short, we ended up screwing anyway. Oh, and he’s got a girlfriend.
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