Title: Middleweight Boxing Champion of Brigham Young University, Scene 4
Author:
modernotica Rating: PG-13 overall
Word count: <1000
Characters: John McCain (POV), Mitt Romney
Author's Note: If it isn't screamingly obvious, this whole thing is a spoof of McCain's obsession with Hemingway. I've basically turned John McCain into Jake whats-his-name and Cindy into Brett from 'The Sun Also Rises.' Jindal is Romero and the Republican National Convention is the bullfighting festival of Pamplona. It's imperfect given the plot, but Romney is basically Cohn.
The proprietor nodded at me solemnly. We understood each other. He knew me to be an aficionado, which is everything.