Marco struggled against his tears, straining to find some sort of joke, anything to laugh at. Try as he might he kept coming up blank.
First he had lost his mother, that had been awful and from it he had started to lose his father as the older man sunk into a pit of grief that left no room for any of his old life.
Yet my some amazing miracle Marco's life had begun to get better. He had met this wonderful new kid and they had quickly become friends. Then before either of them had a chance to realize what was happening they had gotten involved.
Marco had started going out with this new boy and he had managed in an extremely short amount of time to fall in love with Tobias.
Marco had gotten so happy with his newfound love, despite their many arguments. The one argument they seemed to have almost daily was over coming out. Tobias was for it but Marco knew it was a stupid move. It wasn't that he was ashamed or anything, he just realized how society worked and they would benefit more if they waited a while longer before coming out.
Despite all of Marco's precautions his father had managed to find out.
It was the reason that Marco had had to break up with Tobias, though it had broken his heart to do so. Once more Marco's life had been shot to hell and this time he couldn't tell anyone, he had no one to confide in.
It was a deep dark secret that would have to fester inside of him for a long time, and there was nothing he could do about it, except to continue to carry on.
As Marco drifted asleep his father's words repeated in his head as they had done everyday since Marco's heart had been shattered.
"If you ever touch that boy or any other again I will kill him. Marco, you had better listen up because I am not kidding, I will kill your Tobias."
First he had lost his mother, that had been awful and from it he had started to lose his father as the older man sunk into a pit of grief that left no room for any of his old life.
Yet my some amazing miracle Marco's life had begun to get better. He had met this wonderful new kid and they had quickly become friends. Then before either of them had a chance to realize what was happening they had gotten involved.
Marco had started going out with this new boy and he had managed in an extremely short amount of time to fall in love with Tobias.
Marco had gotten so happy with his newfound love, despite their many arguments. The one argument they seemed to have almost daily was over coming out. Tobias was for it but Marco knew it was a stupid move. It wasn't that he was ashamed or anything, he just realized how society worked and they would benefit more if they waited a while longer before coming out.
Despite all of Marco's precautions his father had managed to find out.
It was the reason that Marco had had to break up with Tobias, though it had broken his heart to do so. Once more Marco's life had been shot to hell and this time he couldn't tell anyone, he had no one to confide in.
It was a deep dark secret that would have to fester inside of him for a long time, and there was nothing he could do about it, except to continue to carry on.
As Marco drifted asleep his father's words repeated in his head as they had done everyday since Marco's heart had been shattered.
"If you ever touch that boy or any other again I will kill him. Marco, you had better listen up because I am not kidding, I will kill your Tobias."