Originally a Patron exclusive, this story has been made free both as part of Flashback Fridays and as part of being a holiday weekend in the U.S.
“Hey, what gives man? I thought this was supposed to be a party. Where’s everyone else?”
“Harvey, you got your times mixed up and came early. But you might as well hang out until everyone else arrives. Here, let’s put the parade on the TV.”
“Dude, I think something’s wrong with your TV. There’s like some weird spiral over the parade.”
“Huh. Probably problems at the station. Just ignore it, bud, you can still see.”
Ronan watched as his friend began to zone out to the spiral overlay mixed with subliminals. It seemed his friend was in trance, a theory he confirmed as the hairy hunk remained motionless as a new audio track began to play. As his mind received new conditioning, Ronan gave him a new visual to focus on. 
Harvey woke up unaware of how much time had passed but feeling grateful to have been invited over by his friend. Thoughts of other party guests faded from Harvey’s mind, though the programming left him craving wieners and cake. And soon, that was exactly what Ronan presented to him.
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Harvey woke up unaware of how much time had passed but feeling grateful to have been invited over by his friend. Thoughts of other party guests faded from Harvey’s mind, though the programming left him craving wieners and cake. And soon, that was exactly what Ronan presented to him.
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And despite Christian’s insistence of playing a weird mix of patriotic electronica, or whatever odd genre that was, Derek felt incredible. It was as if all his thought and worries were vanishing from his mind, leaving just a simple fun-loving jock. He hadn’t had much to drink but somehow still felt drunk on life. Christian loved to watch him. Heck, he’d loved watching him all along, secretly taking screengrabs of Derek whenever he had the primary screen in the Zoom meetings. There had been a sadness in his eyes that made Christian sad, and so he set out to help his sexy co-worker truly let go for the weekend. And yet, as Derek let go of all inhibitions, Christian realized it was working better than he ever dreamt.
On the other, Derek seemed to be so free of decisions that he kept asking Christian, “What should we do now?” and insisting his co-worker decide for them. “Whatever you want to do. I just don’t have any cares today and I want you to feel just as good.”
