"Toast", a short story by John Haskell, read by the author on the March 12 episode of The Next Big Thing.

Apparently, the only "love" stories I can stand are those plain, skeptical tales which preferably, end badly, or at least on a slightly bitter note. For the same reason I dilute my lemonade with water until it is more bitter than sweet, and I write these fairly somber posts. It says something something about me, and let's leave it at that; enough exhibitionism already.