Victor & Javi

Photography by Dusty St. Amand

Two handsome strangers of Cuban descent who hail from Miami, they discovered each other nearly by accident, in an environment where it was tough to find another gay man--let alone the love of your life. As they describe the evolution of their romance, their insecurities, and their sex life, Victor, a bartender at Manhattan's Hardware, and Javier (or Javi), a dancer/choreographer and painter, suggest that the flame they lit while notholding hands at their conservative school is nowhere close to burning out.

Newly engaged, and photographed exclusively for Out by Dusty St. Amand, these sentence-finishing soul mates, both 24, dish on a Fire Island proposal, and a photo shoot that captured them at their most intimate.

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