They hustle me and Metro to an alley near the abandoned building and stoop. Maxie and Lou hold Metro by the armpits. Cuddles twists my arm behind my back, and from his open breath I know he’s grinning ear to ear. “Aw, man,” he whispers to me. “We just having fun. Gonna shake him up a little.”

“What about me?”

Cuddles says nothing more. He looks at the others.

Maxie pushes Metro to the ground. The alley carries his voice. “You wanted to suck him, huh? Well, suck him.”

Cuddles unzips my pants.

“I didn’t touch you, Lonny. I never touched you.”

“You lying, subway man,” says Cuddles.

“Ask him,” says Metro. “Did I touch you, Lonny? Ever? You can tell them. Please, Lonny. I never touched you.”

All eyes are on me now, and even in the dark I can see the glimmer of Metro’s eyes looking up from the ground. From the sound of his voice I can tell he’s about to cry. Suddenly, the click of knives: Lou’s and Maxie’s. Metro faces away from them and can’t see. I see them, but I say nothing. Cuddles twists my arm further. The pain grabs my voice. His blade against my skin. “I told you I’d get back at you, shithead.”

Pain all in me. Metro jerks forward. “Ouch,” he says feeling a blade, too. Then Metro’s mouth in my pants. Lips cold on my cock. Then warmer. Smoother. Teeth, saliva, gums. I can’t say nothing, even if I want to.

It don’t take me long. I open my eyes. Metro’s head is still pumping at my limp cock, but his pants are down in the back, and Lou is fucking him in the ass. Lou gets up quickly, zips up his pants. Maxie moves to take his place. I move out of Metro’s mouth, open in a frown this time or a cry. Maxie wets his cock and sticks it in. Cuddles pumps Metro’s face where I was. Metro gags. Cuddles slaps his head back to his cock, and I hear another slap. This one against Metro’s ass, and Lou and Maxie slap his ass while Maxie fucks him. Lou has the knife at Metro’s back and hips. He traces the shape of his body with the blade. Metro winces. “Keep still, you bastard. Keep still,” Lou says.