The tense silence was worse than anything Hugo could have said. Worse than anything he could have yelled. He could deal with Hugo yelling. He was familiar with that. But this.. He didn't know how to deal with a quietly fuming Hugo.
"I'm sorry but you don't know– the baggage– I'm just–" Scorpius couldn't piece together a coherent thought without another one crashing to the forefront of his mind. He took in a deep, sobering breath.
"I'm nothing but a disappointment to my family and we've only been dating for two months and you expect me to disappoint them even more by telling them?"