Despite his best efforts, sleep evaded him. He was repeatedly visited by images of the times he and Joey had spent together. Though Kevin had admired Joey from afar for many months, he??d never had the courage to speak with him about anything other than work-related matters. But then there was that evening in the car park when Joey had helped him up, carried him, taken him home and looked after him. Kevin didn??t want to remember, but was helpless to stop his mental film show.
Right from the start Joey had used his strength to protect rather than hurt, an enormous contrast to Cal. Kevin knew it was this above all else which made Joey completely irresistible. Kevin was fully aware how weak and needful he was, but Joey was always more than willing to be strong.