“You care about him,” he said, and my heart threatened to shatter. “More than a friend?” My throat burned, too tight to speak as I nodded. His big hand enveloped my knee, and he leaned his back against the wood wall. “I thought so.” “You did?” “When you came out to me and your mom… I wondered. I don’t know. You’re different with Rook than you are with anyone else. He lights you up. You make each other shine.”
