As the day sweltered on, you exited your room with an uncomfortable huff. You had to put on airy, revealing clothing to deal with the absolute scorching sun heating your house in (______) like a furnace.

As you entered the kitchen for a cold drink, you paused and peered your head to glance into the living room, hearing a familiar husky New Yorker smoker voice. On your couch, laughing with your dad, was Dave Marino. your dad's extremely close best friend. shirtless, his sweaty, hairy (and pudgy) body almost glistened in the light the shined through the window