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My dad’s words sting like a slap to the face

“I’ll turn you into a realI do!”

“A fucking fag! My son is not going to be a fucking cocksucking faggot”

I tried to resist the feelings inside, tried to deny that I was different, but I am who I am and my father hates me for it

I shake the pills in my hand, then tiltthem dry, I lie back on the beach and closedown my temples

Sorry dad I guess you’ll never get the chance to turn me into a real man

Chapter 1

Gavin

“C’”

I see Hawke ety and restless Nothing new there

“Hawke, I’ht?”