“Don’t worry. I’ll come out eventually. After I retire. I’ll have my moment in the sun.” I opened my mouth to protest, then closed it. It really wasn’t any of my business. But it hurt to know a dear friend of mine, whom I adored with all my heart, didn’t get to experience love and sex and first dates and sordid texting and uncontrollable butterflies. Neither do you, you hypocrite. Kieran was afraid to take a chance, but so was I.
