Matt
“Hey, you ready?”
Matt stared up from the desk and threw his pencil down and smiled at Martin.
“I am now. Not getting anything done today.” He flipped the screen to the journalism PC and shoved papers into his bag. The annoyance and confusion he’d courted all the while since lunch at being cold shouldered by James was again threatening to suffocate his thoughts and he worked hard to avoid that from happening.
“Are you alright?”
That’s his Marty, always direct and to the point.
Martin was a great listener, mostly because he didn’t say much and always seemed completely focused on whoever was receiving his attention at the moment. But Matt decided against offloading his stuff on his friend. Martin was dealing with enough of his own turmoil.
“It isn’t any easier being gay than it i
