Purgatory

Chapter 27

"I will make you queen of everything you see. I'll put you on the map, I'll cure you of disease."

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I'm gay.

Chris was gay.

It's okay to be gay.

So why is it that the very word makes me uncomfortable in my own skin, makes me feel as if the whole world is watching me, waiting for me to screw up in the slightest bit so they can blame it on my sexuality?

I didn't know dad as long as Chris did, but I always wanted him to be proud of me, the same way I always wanted everyone to be proud of me.

Dad is gone, but I cannot shake the disappointment on Leo's face, cannot help the thought that maybe things wouldn't be this bad if I could just be normal.

Normal people are straight. Normal people are open. Normal people don't bleed themselves dry.

Of course, normality is just a concept made u