Summer Project

"He's a Brad or a Chad, not a Mortimer."

The summer before college, Raffy finds out his roommate is named Mortimer. Raffy expects Mortimer to wear a sweater vest and high-rise pants. But Mortimer goes by Mook, and he's a popular, athletic jock: a kind, open, and friendly jock, who does his best to include shy Raffy in his social life.

Raffy rations himself peeks at Mook dressing, undressing, and showering, and his eyes tend to wander when Mook wears loose basketball shorts. But Mook is defin...