Daniel is trying not to look at Michael too much, but he can’t help his eyes being drawn to him when Michael stretches his arms above his head like a proud lion. His shirt pulls up a little bit, which is when Daniel sees the tattoo. It’s a small rectangle by his hipbone, pink, blue, and purple, the bi flag. Does it mean Michael is no longer in the closet? Does his family know? Surely they’d notice a tattoo at some point.
He doesn’t know how to feel. He’s built up assumptions in his head about Michael the adult, the teacher, and now he’s faced with thinking he might be wrong about it all.
“Married yet, Daniel?” Jason asks.
Michael, scowling at Jason, says, “You don’t have to answer that. Christ, Jason, are you trying to make him uncomfortable?”
“Don’t say Christ at a solstice circle mee
