High on ambient while weighting this so whis me luck.
I was 22 or 23 and I wanted to smoke joint at watch a movie. Girlsfriend was asleep but the still dont like me sklmoking in the house. It's no big deal nice summer night and I'm 2 blocks from a river side park. Dark at 10 on a weekday what could go around.
I walk out my hous in Bruce lee style pajamas a muscle shirt and saddles carrying nothing but a house let light and a joint. I get to the park I'm going to smoke in. Its shape Mike a Y 2 paths from the west and east and a third facing south to the river walkways.
As i get to east entrance i see a dude about 1 block Away at the west entrance. He seems harmless. Bald glasses walking a bike and playing on his phone.
I head to the river path. He heads to the river path. I want him to so I can smoke in piece, so I slow my pace, he allows his pace to match. I slow my pace oddly slow, he matches... and now were at the merge to 1 path point and he stops and lea s his bike at the top of the stairs going down the river walk way. Tall bushes and flat stone but quite dark.
Confused as I why he stopped dead I thought maybe he wants me to go first for go know why. I say "after you" he takes no action and says nothing.
Now I'm thinking this guy wasnt ro rob me, a quick glance reveals were alone and unstable from the street. Still seems like an ordinary art white male hipster in my hipster hood. Then I see it the stairs and river walk are caked in mud from decent flooding.
"Ohhh I suppose it's too muddy down there" I say glad to have solve the mystery.
But now buddy is looking at the ground with 1 shoulder turned to me and taking a few sheepish paces.
My head races with scenarios, most of wivh involve me getting beat up or hurt. So I my lighter in my fist and prepaid for a fight.
What's buddies next move?
He go straight for my sick with for a gentle embrace.
All I see is hand toward dick, danger danger attack. I slap I hand away and step forward fists clenched ready for the fight of my life. (Hes go 50 pou ds on me and my limited fighting experience has had mixed results..)
Well wouldnt you know it he shot back like a mongoose hand up in the please dont hurt me position.
I'm not violenat bu nature but I am curious, so I ask my what the fucl are you doing. I'll never forget his replies. "I thought you were just cruising"
That's when I hit me everything about this whole interaction could be precieved from both sides as either wanting gay sax, or trying to avoid a potential totally dangerous stranger.
We left without blows (of either kind) apparently this was a common spot for gay dudes to meetup for annonmy sex and I was just way out my week smoke park hours...
I did end up getting high that night and I did watch my movie. (It was Bronson, that one where tom hardy is in jail and he gets naked to fight ground of cops on like 3 occasions)
TL:DR Whent to gay zex public park to get high in the middle of the night, almost got fondled by a dude after some rather unclear word play