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intheheart) wrote2019-06-21 11:44 pm
intheheart) wrote2019-06-21 11:44 pm
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the scars that words have carved
Title: the scars that words have carved
Rating: G
Summary: It's not easy.
Warnings: Mention of homophobia.
Notes: Oh my god, did I actually finish something?
"This is my boyfriend, Hector."
Theo says it so easily, like it doesn't matter at all. This is my boyfriend. I have a boyfriend. I am gay. And maybe for him it doesn't matter. His family isn't like Hector's. They don't love him anyway.
Hector used to get mad-- at himself, not Theo, not that either of them could tell the difference at that point-- when he couldn't say it. All those euphemisms. My friend Theo, my roommate Theo. The disappointment in Theo's eyes.
The joy, when he finally manages to force it out, at the farmer's market one hot August weekend. It's not easy, it'll never be easy, but it's enough.
"This is my boyfriend, Theo."
Rating: G
Summary: It's not easy.
Warnings: Mention of homophobia.
Notes: Oh my god, did I actually finish something?
"This is my boyfriend, Hector."
Theo says it so easily, like it doesn't matter at all. This is my boyfriend. I have a boyfriend. I am gay. And maybe for him it doesn't matter. His family isn't like Hector's. They don't love him anyway.
Hector used to get mad-- at himself, not Theo, not that either of them could tell the difference at that point-- when he couldn't say it. All those euphemisms. My friend Theo, my roommate Theo. The disappointment in Theo's eyes.
The joy, when he finally manages to force it out, at the farmer's market one hot August weekend. It's not easy, it'll never be easy, but it's enough.
"This is my boyfriend, Theo."