Reward of Courage by D.H. Starr

Author:D.H. Starr [Starr, D.H.]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Reward of Courage

the people he trusted most in the world. “Tyrell, I’m not about to just up and out myself

to someone just because they out themselves to me. I’m not like that. I thought people

were supposed to handle coming out in their own time and in their own way.”

Tyrell sucked air though his teeth, the sound grating on Derek’s nerves. “Don’t give

me that crap. I totally came on to you. The least you could have done was to let me

know you’re gay.”

Derek was finding it impossible to follow Tyrell’s logic. “Why? Because you

showed interest in me?”

“Yes.”

Derek’s stomach churned the soda he was drinking. Tyrell wasn’t just annoying

him, he was making him angry. Luckily, he was better at masking his feelings than

Tyrell. “That’s a pile of shit. I don’t have to tell you anything about myself I don’t want

to. Now you know I’m gay, it doesn’t change the fact I wasn’t interested in you then

and I’m not interested in you now.” The comment had come out harsher than he had

meant it to. Given Tyrell’s propensity for drama and extreme behavior, he wished he

had tempered his reaction.

“But the other day when we had lunch and you asked me about first times. Wasn’t

that code for telling me you were interested in me?”

There was no mistaking that Tyrell truly believed what he was saying. There was

something pathetic about it and Derek’s temper settled. “I got that impression which is

why I haven’t called you. I wasn’t asking as a backwards way to giving you any signals

or hints. I was asking because I wanted to know. I’m not interested in you, Tyrell.”

Shock registered on Tyrell’s face and then he smiled. “I’ll be damned. I’ve never

had someone tell me that they weren’t into me before. It’s kind of hot.”

Derek wanted to reach across the table and strangle him. “Tyrell, was there

something in particular that you wanted to talk to me about?”

“I just find you incredibly interesting and would like to get to know you better.”

He seemed sincere enough, but so far, Derek saw none of the genuine side of Tyrell that

had begun to reveal itself that last day of orientation. He had never been one to dismiss

someone so completely without at least taking the time to get to know them first, but

Tyrell’s yo-yo behavior made it difficult to want to try. “Okay, so what do you want to

know?”

“Well, I’m going to guess you knew you were gay in high school. Guys who just

figure themselves out in college don’t come to gay meetings their freshman year.”

“And how would you know that? You’re a freshman. Do you have some

knowledge about how people behave in college that the rest of us don’t?” Derek was

surprised by the acid in his voice. “Sorry, that came out nasty. I didn’t mean to sound

like that.”

A feeble smile crossed Tyrell’s lips. “Actually, I have more experience with what

college kids are like than I care to admit. Where I’m from, if you’re going to have

contact with any gay people, you have to go to a very specific area in Birmingham.

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