"He was a kid to me. A student. And then I learned that Red and he were together. Red, who is immortal like me, who is closer to my age than not. Who I see as a peer. That helped. Trying to think of MK as a legal adult according to human society helped some. And some of it was just spending time with him and considering what it might be like to be with him -- sexually, I mean. Emotionally, at the time, I was nowhere near ready. It was a slow process, and I fought myself most of the way."
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branchandroot
Re: January 4th
Date: 2025-01-03 04:41 am (UTC)"He was a kid to me. A student. And then I learned that Red and he were together. Red, who is immortal like me, who is closer to my age than not. Who I see as a peer. That helped. Trying to think of MK as a legal adult according to human society helped some. And some of it was just spending time with him and considering what it might be like to be with him -- sexually, I mean. Emotionally, at the time, I was nowhere near ready. It was a slow process, and I fought myself most of the way."