The backpacker’s guide to the aftermath of gap year hookups by heyfightme
or, how to find yourself (and a minor obsession) at the end of six months in europe
“Were you anywhere before Athens?” Jack asks after a while, and though it’s a standard question for people met in backpackers’ hostels – where have you been? Where are you going? – Eric still hears it more genuinely than those who’ve asked him previously. Almost like Jack is actually interested. — in which eric bittle absconds from georgia with half a year of hard-earned savings, and makes the most of his six months before starting college living a backpacker’s dream in europe.
on the final night of his travels, the night before a giant reality check and with the threat of a future looming over him, he meets a fellow traveler.
there is etiquette, for sure, about hooking up in a hostel dorm.
