He’d learned stillness was safer than words. Gay porn That it wasn’t real. Just put me in the fucking bed and get out!”The nurses stiffened but continued their work. His father loomed at the table, whiskey glass clutched like a weapon. “Look at you,” his father finally muttered, not even glancing up. “And Bobby?”The name made the room shift. Not cold, but distant. “I don’t know.”She exhaled, already bored. His arms dropped to his sides. Huh?”He crouched, his face close now, breath rancid with booze.”They eat you alive.”Adrian’s hands trembled. His father loomed at the table, whiskey glass clutched like a weapon. “Look at you,” his father finally muttered, not even glancing up. Calm. Ways to talk, to look, to lean. He sometimes stood at the window and watched them. The nurses will be here soon. “Hey,” he croaked, his voice still blurred from the sedatives. Another memory. Already practicing the charm, the misdirection, the grin that hid the hurt. Just that quiet, practiced calm. Learn how to keep your mouth shut.”A young Adrian, bruised but not crying. Drank. But you can learn from it.
