[ Wow, he was an idiot. There he is pouring his heart out, making everything so much more complicated, and...and Ray has a different thing in mind. And Fraser suddenly realises how ludicrous it is. There's nothing wrong with the pair of them dating. It wasn't illegal for two men to date, sleep together, canoodle--even in public. They could do what they wanted. And maybe Ray...maybe Ray was okay with that. God, he could be bisexual, it might even explain his difficult relationships with his father and religion, and his overcompensation with women. Fraser should have seen that.
His mind was babbling away now. It rose to a cacophony then fell dead with the realisation that he had been laboring under the likely false pretense that Ray didn't want to admit their relationship at all; not to colleagues, to friends, even to fake family. Fraser had wanted to save him from that embarrassment--but how presumptious was that of him? He'd assumed that Ray would be ashamed of him, of them, and now it was Fraser who was ashamed, appalled with himself for all the sidestepping he was proposing when of course just coming out and telling everyone would be the best course of action to take.
There was a eagerness in his eyes when he looked back up at Ray. ]
Yes. Yes, like dating or something. I think I'd like that.
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His mind was babbling away now. It rose to a cacophony then fell dead with the realisation that he had been laboring under the likely false pretense that Ray didn't want to admit their relationship at all; not to colleagues, to friends, even to fake family. Fraser had wanted to save him from that embarrassment--but how presumptious was that of him? He'd assumed that Ray would be ashamed of him, of them, and now it was Fraser who was ashamed, appalled with himself for all the sidestepping he was proposing when of course just coming out and telling everyone would be the best course of action to take.
There was a eagerness in his eyes when he looked back up at Ray. ]
Yes. Yes, like dating or something. I think I'd like that.