Natale, Richard - The Rushes [Avidbook, MM, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy/Drama, New/Young Adult] Chapter Eight
According to Nina Salazar, the new shrink he was seeing, Owen Worth’s depressed, near-suicidal state had its roots in an unhealthy attachment to his mother dating back to his sister and father’s deaths. His well-intentioned efforts to comfort her had entailed setting aside his own personal growth, joining her evangelical cult and becoming affianced to a fellow born-again congregant, choices he might not have pursued otherwise.
All the while, he adamantly denied his persistent attraction to men, because it would have threatened his maternal ties. Yet, throughout his strangulated attempts to alter his persuasion, he had continued to engage in same-s*x encounters, punishing h
