The Gay Thing

This is post 24 of Section III. To begin at the beginning, go here. Section II begins here. Section III begins here.

But when Robert emerged from the bathroom in a soft, loose, lavender silk shirt and artfully faded black jeans, he had been thinking.
“Damn it, Jack, ‘natty’ is not a compliment.”
“No?”
“No. Natty doesn’t do it.”
“It?”
“It. Us. The gay thing.”
“Back to that again, are we?”
“Yes we are. Don’t you remember when we planned this, Jack? Tonight was supposed to be for us. Tomorrow we play for the straights.”

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