Bringing Newt home to meet his parents seemed like a good idea, at the time. Plus, they'd been begging him to bring over his 'friend' that he'd been spending so much time with. Thomas honestly assumed that his parents knew he was gay but just never made a big deal over the subject. Oh how wrong that thought had been in retrospect.
"You're dating a boy?" his father asked, a frown taking shape. "Why would you ever want to date a boy for?"
"I'm 26 years old, I hardly qualify as a boy at this point," Newt uttered, that only earned him an elbow tapped into his ribs.
"I love Newt, dad. He's one of the best things to happen to me and I don't see why I would date a girl considering," Thomas responded. He tried to downplay the oncoming assault that he knew was bound to happen. He should have seen it a mile away, honestly, even Newt tried to warn him that this wouldn't end well.
"Considering what?" his mother chimed in. Thomas held back rolling his eyes but the huff from Newt earned them both an icy glare.
"Considering the fact I'm gay, mother, in case you've not noticed. I actually thought you guys knew I wasn't interested in girls. I wouldn't have sprung it on you like this otherwise," Thomas explained. His mother let out a choked sob while his father wrapped his arm around her shoulders. Newt placed on of his hands on top of Thomas' and gently squeezed his fingers. Thomas breathed slowly and evenly as he tried to calm his racing heart. "I don't care if you don't agree with it, but this is my life and who I am. I want Newt and for some reason he wants me too. If you'd rather pretend I'm the son I'm not, I won't came back around to shatter that image for you."
"We love you Thomas and we just want the best for you," she sobbed out.
"This is the best thing for me! That's the crazy thing that you're missing! I'm happy, healthy, and thriving on my own without any help from you or the government. I'm even getting married next summer." Thomas thrust his left hand out for his parents to see the silver band that Newt had given him.
"Don't send us an invitation," his father commanded. He stood, pulling his mother along with him, leaving the pair alone in the living room.
"That went smashingly, now didn't it?" Newt attempted at breaking the tension. He pulled a stunned Thomas into his chest and held him there until the numbness of the outright disapproval of his family began to wear off.