Jay let out a breath, closing his eyes for a long moment. Then he opened up his secondary Instagram account. This was the one his parents didn't know about. The one where he was free to post whatever he wanted. And he did. He posted about Pride, he posted about everything he wanted to.
He lay still for a while before turning to Instagram again. Just as he opened it, an active account popped up in his Recommended.
He swiped onto the profile and saw primarily rainbows, and pride, and it was amazing. It was… what he wanted. Without a second thought he followed it, hoping to all gods that neither his parents nor his brother would find out he was following.
Jared blinked as he spotted the new follower, and raised an eyebrow slightly. He sent a message.
if I didn't know better, I might think you're stalking me, considering you found my secondary. Or are you stalking me? 🤔
Whoops.
` Up to you to decide. `
Then
` No but actually, the account came up on my Recommended. Are you the mod? `
it's my account, if that's what you mean. This one my parents don't know about, so I don't have to sanitize myself to ft their Republican sensibilities
Jared sent back.
What do I say?? Don’t mention Father, that’ll just be weird…
Oh, I see. Like a Finsta
i...I honestly don't know what that means.
Jared replied, embarrassed.
Have— Have you never seen One Day At A Time?
Damien grinned at his screen.
uhm...no?
Jared replied slowly, raising an eyebrow at the screen.
Damien gasped aloud.
My dude, get on that! You’re missing out! It’s on Netflix
Jared blinked.
why, what's it about?
Damien was getting excited, jittering as he typed.
So it's about this Cuban family, a grandma, a single mom, three kids and a Canadian landlord. It's a dumb comedy but it's really really quality TV, with an openly gay character!! And it's also got its emotional moments.
Jared blinked. Why is a straight guy getting so excited about an openly gay character?
huh sounds cool. I'll check it out :)
Awesome
He hesitated to text again, fingers hovering over the keyboard. He was itching to ask Jared about his own favourite shows, or bands, or anything to keep the conversation going… Anything at all.
It's on Netflix so yeah
k. Ill look it up at some point
He wanted to ask why Damien was so excited about a gay character when…when Damien was straight. Right? Right?
Damien bit down on his lip, feeling light-headed as he typed again.
He knew what he was feeling. He knew what it meant. He just didn't know how to… handle it, control it.
You shouldn't be talking to him.
Good to know. And you, any favourite shows?
Supernatural
Jared replied immediately.
Tho i'm only in like the second season. im way behind. also "The Flash" and "Doctor Who"
He couldn't manage a smile.
I _love_ Doctor Who, but I haven't watched Supernatural or The Flash. How about Sherlock?
oh Sherlock is good too!
He replied, smiling.
Yeah, it's kind of the Golden Trio, SuperWhoLock
yeahh but im behind in all of them lol
Jared lay down on his bed, looking at the phone.
Haha yes I get that
Damien's mother called him from downstairs. He shut his eyes, inhaling deeply before calling back to her.
Hey listen, I've got to go for the evening. See you tomorrow?
lol. Oh, alright. And yeah, probably. i guess. gn
Jared sighed softly.
Okay. See you tomorrow babe
If only.
Okay, see you tomorrow he sent.
c u
Jared replied. He put the phone down, staring at the ceiling.