Quid Pro Quo — Aleksandr Voinov

For the past six months, Jared's been selling sex at Market Garden, a London club that caters to the better-off. But business is slow in the run-up to Christmas, when businessmen and bankers are too busy bickering over bonuses to rent themselves a little high-class action.

Though Jared's wallet finds the downtime unnerving, the rest of him rather enjoys the opportunity it gives him to admire Tristan, an old hand in the club whose reputation usually sees him well-booked. Jared has been crushing on Tristan for months â€" he's no more immune to Tristan's cockiness and confidence than the johns, and those are just Tristan's inner qualities.

Just as Jared's about to chat Tristan up, a businessman asks for something a little different: he wants to book them both. They agree â€" and Jared finds himself going from crush to mind-bending lust as he's made the pawn in a sexual power game. Tristan shows him how a pro handles a john while delivering the top-shelf sex for which the Market Garden is so rightly renowned.

This 10,000-word short story was previously published.