Some mornings Jeff felt like he couldn’t even get out of bed because of all the hiding he was doing. He felt like he was living a double life, one with Steve, and one with the rest of the world. But this morning, he knew anything was possible, maybe even coming out. Steve and Jeff had only come out to their friends, Adam and Chris, who were also gay. They were the only ones who got them. Jeff was tired of hiding. He just wanted his family and the world to accept him, for him. He knew they would, they loved him, but Steve was hesitant. He didn’t think that the world would be as accepting. Jeff didn’t care though, he was just sick of hiding. He got out of bed and started getting ready for the day.
When he was finished, he called Steve. He was going to lay it all out and tell him that he’s going to come out to his family.
“Hey, babe,” Steve said when he answered the phone after several rings.
“Hey….” Jeff started, but he lost his words.
“What is it?” Steve asked, he could tell something was bothering Jeff.
“Steve I want to come out,” He said finally. He felt a nervous sweat creep down his back. They’ve had this conversation before, and it always ended up in an argument. Steve thought that if Jeff were to come out, all eyes would look at him too, because they were together 24/7.
“Jeff, you can’t…”
“I’m doing it whether you like it or not, Steve. I can’t take this anymore, I want my family to know that I’m happy, and if you don’t like that, then maybe we shouldn’t be together.” Jeff snapped.
Steve took a long pause and then sighed, “Jeff, I love you. If this is what you want to do, then I’m behind you 100%. Just wait, I’ll come over. We can tell your family together, and then I guess we can tell mine too.”
Jeff smiled, “thank you, Steve, it means a lot. I love you.”
When Steve got to Jeff’s house, he was really nervous. He had put off telling everybody for so long, he didn’t know if he was ready. But Jeff wanted to, so he had to support his boyfriend.
He knocked on the door and Jeff greeted him with a warm smile and a kiss, but Steve pulled away, “not right now,” he said.
Jeff rolled his eyes, “fine.”
Steve took Jeff’s hand and led him to the bedroom, “before we do this, let’s have some fun.”
He pushed Jeff onto his bed, and slowly slid Jeff’s pant down, and then started on his own. He got everything off and then started slipping into Jeff. He was almost all the way in when Jeff’s bedroom door opened. Both Jeff and Steve looked up to see Jeff’s mother standing there.
Steve whispered a faint “fuck” into Jeff’s ear. Jeff looked at Steve and quietlu sighed, “Caught red handed.”
Jeff turned his attention to his mother, still standing in the doorway, utterly shocked.
He shrugged, “Mom, I guess this is a good time to tell you, I’m, uh, I’m gay, mom.”