Crushed & Amused (Druck - David & godmother (named Bea by me)
Bea is crushed when she hears the details of his outing from David, but tries not to let it show.
Ultimately, she can´t keep from tearing up and they hug for a long time.
He´s still her little boy, her godson, even at 18. She remembers when he used to play in her garden with the neighbors´ kids whenever he visited. She´d let him pretend he was a boy back then when his parents still pretended he wasn´t and when David really wasn´t pretending at all, but the other kids never suspected anything anyway, luckily. There´s no pretending now, unfortunately.
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The pain is real and these kids know, only they´re almost adults and should know better.
Just like the actual adults in that school. Bea lets out a bitter “Ha”, and gets furious at that PE teacher again. David glances at her, traces of tears still visible on his cheeks. “What is it?”
At the look of concern in his eyes Bea softens again. “Nothing. Just that teacher. If you left me alone in a room with that guy for 5 minutes I don´t know what I would do to thim.” David looks almost amused as he hugs her again.