I don't know how to respond. I am uncomfortable not because Seth is a man, but because I never imagined him as someone who is even capable of crying. He can be so stoic and unreadable that one could easily, and maybe not wrongfully at times, assume that he is completely devoid of emotions. This is not one of those times. His emotions are pouring out faster than I can comprehend.
I want to hug Seth back but I am covered in soap and water. He doesn't seem to mind given the way he envelops me, but I am experiencing choice paralysis. I can respond in so many ways but I freeze instead. He is whimpering, shaking, gripped onto my good shoulder so tightly I worry he might injure the other half of me. He doesn't. Jeremy cried in front of me a handful of times throughout our relationship and I kne
