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TINY (as if he’s just seen it for the first tierly on its edge

TINY:

Cohs happily It’s a wonderful sound when he laughs happily, especially because it surprises Will whenever it happens

TINY:

What?

WILL:

There’s a boy! In my bed!

Will joins Tiny in the bed They share a tender kiss, then Will lies in Tiny’s arms It’s very sweet And I e could end the scene here With all my heart, I e could end the scene here, and Will could let this be exactly what it seems to be But Will can’t accept it He pulls out of Tiny’s embrace, sits up

TINY:

What? What is it?

WILL:

Look, Tiny--I’ to be on my best behavior, but you have to understand--I’ bad And sometimes someone like you can make me look the other way, so that I don’t kno close I a e And it’s what I deal with every day, and it’s not going away anytime soon It’s really nice to have you here, but do you want to know so? Do you really want me to be honest?

Tiny nods Of course he wants Will to be honest When you’re falling in love, you always think honesty is the right answer

WILL:

It feels like a vacation I don’t think you knohat that’s like Which is good--you don’t want to You have no idea how ht right now, ruining everything--

TINY:

You’re not

WILL:

I aet any say?

WILL:

No I just ruin it You don’t get any say

Tiny touches Will’s ear lightly, tries to lighten the et all sexy when you turn destructive

His fingers run down Will’s neck, under his collar

TINY:

I know I can’t change anything that’s already happened to you But you knohat I can do?

WILL:

What?

TINY:

So else

The next song is a ballad, almost a lullaby, delivered from Tiny to Will as Tiny cuddles him close Tiny wants so badly for Will to see how much he cares As happens with love, he cares carefully, and he cares carelessly, and he cares a lot about howHe knows Will is hurting And he wants to change that And he believes that the first step to change is letting the other person know that you’re there, and that you want to help as much as he needs help