"Kissing guys? Oh, it's fine, don't overthink it. I'm just a tempter from the city, selling you sins. Just keep out of your head." The last thing he needed was to be cockblocked by gay panic. Not the first time and not the last. He heard that sort of talk all the time, especially when he was young and AIDS had scared a generation off want to admit that sort of thing.

"It's not normal. It's different. Different is good. If you did normal all the time, you'd get bored." And then he moved in for another kiss, just hoping to take his mind off whatever was in his head.