[To be like everyone else, he thinks; to be like the world, like Zane said. He's learned that there are places for him to be sort of like other people, places where he can kiss his boyfriend without fear, but he's still not sure that he really belongs anywhere at all.
It doesn't matter. With the warm pressure of Zane's Soothing fading away, the discomfort starts to rise in him, just as keen as ever. He shoots Zane a quick glance out of the corner of his eye and shrugs, biting his lip.]
Anyway, whatever. Just some queer-bashing asshole, in the end. Now he's in jail and so am I.
[There's a different tone to his voice, now. One that seems to be calling a close to the conversation.]
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[To be like everyone else, he thinks; to be like the world, like Zane said. He's learned that there are places for him to be sort of like other people, places where he can kiss his boyfriend without fear, but he's still not sure that he really belongs anywhere at all.
It doesn't matter. With the warm pressure of Zane's Soothing fading away, the discomfort starts to rise in him, just as keen as ever. He shoots Zane a quick glance out of the corner of his eye and shrugs, biting his lip.]
Anyway, whatever. Just some queer-bashing asshole, in the end. Now he's in jail and so am I.
[There's a different tone to his voice, now. One that seems to be calling a close to the conversation.]