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"Co to Tell me You said back there you didn’t really think about your work, when you packed up and ca"

Noah signed, knowing Cooper wouldn’t give up on this It wasn’t the way he was built "I was dating this guy--David He’s still in the military and was closeted"

"Serious?" Coop asked

Noah paused for a ht so It’d been over a year"

"You were in love with hi a surprised edge to it

"No" That answer caht he was committed to me"

Beside him, Cooper mumbled, "Shit"

"Yeah My reply was a little harsher than that I could have killed theether I never saw that as ht they could take advantage of, and get aith"

"All his cheating says, is that David’s a bastard, not that there’s anything wrong with you And you didn’t let hi You walked away You’re not your dad"

He wasn’t surprised that Cooper knew exactly what he thought--how he felt He never wanted to be that man The one who let sons though I saw it enough, Coop Since David hid his relationships, well I guess, hid ours; that made it easier for hiether, and, therefore, I didn’t knoith so wheel, his knuckles turning white

He’d shen he walked away froain Not hide who he ith And what had he gone and done? Found himself in an even worse situation Noah not only had to keep his relationship a secret, hell, he didn’t even know if it was one He wasn’t with a man as in the closet, but a ht, until they started fucking around