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“Then one day he was gone and I didn’t understand why, and he kept being gone and eventually I understood.”
Wow. Powerful.
Life doesn’t care how young you are. It forces you to grow up anyway.
There are many conversations to have first, such as who actually puts presents under the Christmas tree. Not to mention everything about the birds and the bees, and, to be frank, Joaquin suspects it will be more of a bees-and-bees talk, which he will embrace willingly should he discover he’s right.
WHY ON EARTH WOULD HE ALREADY THINK HIS SON IS GAY???
“Dying is morbid, Orion.”
There have been enough red flags as is that there’s something off about Paz, and so help him if he ever tries bringing another boy home.
EWWWWVGET AWAY HOMOPHOBE
and what if Frankie has beat Gloria so badly that she’s been hospitalized? It wouldn’t be the first
“I’m your friend to the end, Valentino.”
“I’m so sorry, Cupid.” “It’s okay, Oreo.”
In one precious moment your life can change.
“I’ll guard my life with my life.”
I want to scream that I think he’s that capital-s Someone.
I want to fucking catapult myself off this bridge, I’m so jealous.
“You’ve had my heart since the start, Valentino.”
Crying in the airport
Gloria deserves a better life.
“For me, starting over means not waiting for my End Day to admit that I’m still in love with you, Gloria. Always have been, always will be.”
Paz runs back into the living room, which doesn’t feel like a room for living after he points the gun at his father and pulls the trigger.
