if we ever stop talking, sing me a song
It isn't an easy parallel, not at the start. Preferences are usually derived from certain experiences, and as far as Ever understands it, that means something might have happened to make his parents this way. Hearing it was because of his father's past might have helped, though it might have hurt, as well. "Oh." He hums instead, trying to form mental lines between hot chocolate and kissing and boobs.
'It is?' Looking gobsmacked, Ever looks from Finn to Tobi and then back again, as if waiting for one of them to say just kidding! His lips form a queazy squiggle as he shifts uncomfortably; sex was enjoyable? Sticking your..you know, into their...but...but..
'Oh.' He repeats, feeling both hot and cold.
"It's okay not to understand it right now." Tobi adds. "The way you feel might change with time. When you were younger you didn't like to eat broccoli, and now you do. Some of this might be like that for you, but it also might not. Sex and affection are just some of the ways you can show how you feel about someone, but they aren't the only ways."
'It is?' Looking gobsmacked, Ever looks from Finn to Tobi and then back again, as if waiting for one of them to say just kidding! His lips form a queazy squiggle as he shifts uncomfortably; sex was enjoyable? Sticking your..you know, into their...but...but..
'Oh.' He repeats, feeling both hot and cold.
"It's okay not to understand it right now." Tobi adds. "The way you feel might change with time. When you were younger you didn't like to eat broccoli, and now you do. Some of this might be like that for you, but it also might not. Sex and affection are just some of the ways you can show how you feel about someone, but they aren't the only ways."
October
