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John really likes Rodney. They meet at the fairgrounds and end up necking in a Ferris wheel gondola. John gives Rodney his e-mail address; Rodney lectures him on the rides' physics and engineering. Rodney's kisses taste like cotton candy.
John returns to Afghanistan and gets carnival pictures every week. His teammates tell him to ask his girlfriend for sexy lingerie shots instead.
After the crash, John's Stateside and Rodney visits. The sex feels like absolution. Later in the bathroom John finds the greasepaint and the red-ball nose in Rodney's bag, and he feels the sharp pain of his heart, breaking.