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“Maybe he’s trying to tell you something,” Marnie suggested, “When you grow up, like, repressed and stuff, you kinda have to dress a certain way and be a certain way to survive. Even if that means compromising the way you want to be, you know?”
Naim frowned,
“But Ryan’s always been-”
Marnie frowned,
“Masculine?”
Naim nodded dumbly,
“Yeah. He’s not like me. I was like, I was kinda like this, even before I moved to Bandi.”
Marnie shrugged,
“Maybe I’m wrong,” she said, standing up and brushing clay chips off the front of her apron, “I think Ryan is more, how do I say this? Open than you think he is. He probably had to use masculinity as a front, you know? Something to protect him against what he was feeling.”
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Naim finds lacy black lingerie in their underwear drawer.