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2013-08-03
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The closet is the safest place.

Summary:

John tries to build up the courage to come out to his dad.

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It's not like this is anything new. You ended your best broship with Dave close to eight months ago, and became full-on homo boyfriends. You talked it over a lot. A LOT. You weren't really sure if dudes were your thing, but it turns out they can be pretty okay. Dave is anyway. You love Dave a lot.

You don't have to be so sneaky about it when you're at his house. You actually don't have to be sneaky at all. His bro is really chill about you two being together, (and you're pretty sure he's at least a little bit gay himself) and he's even been really encouraging of Dave to be open about that kind of stuff. It's not what you expected from him at all, but you're glad Dave has such a good relationship with his bro.

You on the other hand... It's not like you and your dad don't get along it's just he's such an old conservative type. You know your dad says he'll love you no matter what, but... You're just not sure. It doesn't seem like something he would take easy. You keep stalling "coming out" to him, but you know you'll have to. You're sick of having to keep an akward distance between you and Dave while you play video games, or watch movies. ESPECIALLY while you watch movies. You're BOYFRIENDS, for christ's sake you're supposed to CUDDLE.

You also don't want to have to deal with the scare of your dad walking in on you two making out. It's almost happened a few times and you'd hate to see his face if he did. Sure, the embarassment you could handle, but being shoved out into the open like that without being prepared... You don't want to think about it.

Anyway, lately you have been trying to rack up the courage to tell your dad that you like dudes just as much as ladies if not just a little more. Dave has been a little supportive, but mostly he's just been, well, Dave. And that consists of ironic teasing that you're not supposed to take seriously but you do anyway because you can't just "tell him already." It's not that simple. He never had to deal with coming out to his bro. Bro walked in on you two macking it up on the futon and you stopped frozen, but Dave just kept on going while his brother grabbed some shit from the room and left. You felt a lot more comfortble with his bro after that.

Bottom line, you just really want to be out to your dad and know that he's comfortable and okay with you and still loves you as much as he says he does.

You still don't know how to go about that, but you're trying. You really are.