Charlie is about pushing boundaries.
Getting Mitch to do gay stuff out in public.
Strange for two very closeted gay guys.
That don't want their parents to find out.
Or do they?
It is five forty five.
Charlie's dad red's pick up pulls up to the light.
He sees Charlie and Mitch at the coffee shop.
What Charlie's hand is doing under the table.
His dad waves shaking his head.
Grabs his phone, texts meet me at home.
In twenty minutes please.
He waits for the light to change.
Charlie drops Mitch off and heads home.
Shows up in his dad office
To find him naked looking at adult content.
You want to help with this kid. his dad asked.
Charlie's response was immediate.
Dad that's just scary, and illegal.
Isn't it? I am not gay, that was a stupid bet.
That will never happen again
For the rest of my life, I swear.
Then he ran to his bedroom.
Wishing he had a lock on the door.
He avoided being alone with his father.
As much as possible for the next two months.
Things finally got back to normal
Mitch and Charlie were back in the closet
Charlie was refusing to talk about it.
Needless to say until leaving for college.
Then weirdness was discovered online.
Mitch find a book called Scared Straight By 1of2dads
Technique used by Christians
To scare kids away from being gay.
Note: it is only temporary in most cases.
A few reports it had lasted over five years and longer.
There are a few cases where it backfired.
It turned both men gay due to saying yes.
Mitch reminds Charlie he takes after his dad.
He needs to get over it.
Someday he too could be scary and huge.
Charlie sends a link to Scared Straight to his dad.
With a text Still Gay.
Dad responds I knew that five years ago.
It wasn't to change the gay.
Just the public display.
I will never understand.
How can I love and hate.
The same person so much.
Normally at the same time.
Scared Straight - Story Time Blog
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