TRIGGER WARNING: ABUSE, VIOLENCE, BLOOD, AND NEAR-RAPE INCIDENT NARRATION.
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Terry helped him get his mind off a whole lot of things. He had also stopped going to the clubhouse after he was harassed, but those memories still haunted him. His friends had wondered why he was hanging out with Terry and warned him that Terry was an asshole. But like the fool that he was, he didn't listen to them because Terry made him feel better. And when Terry asked to date, he had said he would think about it and had been touched when Terry told him that they were already in a relationship, and for the first time since they started hanging out two months ago, Terry said those three words to him.