Trigger warnings: Internalized homophobia, homophobia, mild violence, suggestive themes. You were warned, mate.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚢𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚛 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚁𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚣𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝚂𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚠𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜 𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜.
𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙, 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. "𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎? 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐?" 𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍, 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎.
"𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚏𝚘𝚢," 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚝, 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗. "𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚠!"
"𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎?" 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢'𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚘 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚏𝚘𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑.
"𝙷𝚎—𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎, 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢! 𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝙸—" 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, "𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚍𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚟𝚎—" 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍, "𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐! 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑!"
𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢'𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍. 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖. "𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎—" 𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖."𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜! 𝙷𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎!"
𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍, 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜. "𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝."
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