"I'm not sure the fundamentals of approach are that different," Goodnight said, though he had to consider that. Where he was from there were some intense differences, if only because he couldn't have ever courted a man with any kind of public knowledge. Those relationships were necessarily private, and he was beginning to trust the idea that here, that might not be the case. It was a habit - a protective instinct - that was hard to let go of. He'd always known that bad things could happen to him, and worse things could happen to Billy.
"I suppose discovering that feeling for the first time is always a bit startling," he admitted. "If he grew up anything like I did."
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Date: 2017-01-31 03:33 pm (UTC)"I suppose discovering that feeling for the first time is always a bit startling," he admitted. "If he grew up anything like I did."