My mother’s still asking if I’ve met any nice girls I might want to settle down with, so I think so.
[ he lies, insists that working for McCarthy keeps him too busy, and she seems satisfied enough. A noble crusade before marriage. When he got that job, his parents had never been prouder. Now he’s betrayed McCarthy, quit, and has spent his time since living in sin and sodomy. She’ll have nothing good to say. ]
It’s not just that it’s not allowed, where I’m from. They’re actively looking for anyone with same-sex proclivities in the government to weed us out. They think that our perversion [ air quotes implied with his tone ] makes us more susceptible to foreign or subversive influences. They want us in the open, so they can ruin us. I was seeing a woman for a while. She likes women, so we used each other for cover.
[ Another long sip, more of a gulp, and he’ll concede: ]
I think my sister Margaret might suspect something. She hasn’t said anything, though.
[ The curious look on her face when he’d lied about his gift from Hawk said enough. ]
You could...go back to medical school. It’d probably be all new, after so long. You could move to California, so you never have to see ice again. That’s where I’d probably go. Far from Washington.
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[ he lies, insists that working for McCarthy keeps him too busy, and she seems satisfied enough. A noble crusade before marriage. When he got that job, his parents had never been prouder. Now he’s betrayed McCarthy, quit, and has spent his time since living in sin and sodomy. She’ll have nothing good to say. ]
It’s not just that it’s not allowed, where I’m from. They’re actively looking for anyone with same-sex proclivities in the government to weed us out. They think that our perversion [ air quotes implied with his tone ] makes us more susceptible to foreign or subversive influences. They want us in the open, so they can ruin us. I was seeing a woman for a while. She likes women, so we used each other for cover.
[ Another long sip, more of a gulp, and he’ll concede: ]
I think my sister Margaret might suspect something. She hasn’t said anything, though.
[ The curious look on her face when he’d lied about his gift from Hawk said enough. ]
You could...go back to medical school. It’d probably be all new, after so long. You could move to California, so you never have to see ice again. That’s where I’d probably go. Far from Washington.