Sitting in the middle of his living room floor, Connor went through the shoebox he kept hidden under the bed, something he never told Jay, or even his dads. He had conflicting emotions about it for the past several months, but now that he was in a good place, he thought that maybe he could come back to it. He took out the several letters he had in the small box, addressed to him from his biological mother.
Connor remembered the bitterness he felt when he first started receiving these letters. He didn’t want to believe them. He loved his family and he didn’t care for meeting his biological parents, but these letters--the curiosity gnawed at him for months and months.
Staring at the picture that came with the most recent letter weeks ago, Connor thought he was ready to talk about it with someone, particularly with his boyfriend. The picture was from the day he was born, apparently, and his mother was holding him with an exhausted smile on her face.
He let out a sigh, wiping the tears that managed to fall down his cheeks when he heard the front door opening. “Hey, baby,” he greeted, glancing up and giving Jay a small smile.