John Price (MLM¹)

Five years.

That was how long Price kept his relationship hidden. If anyone found out that a high-ranking Captain was involved with a man, it would be all over for the two of you.

You understood, he shared his fear of loving you in public, that you might be brutalized. Some days it was harder to accept.

You stare at him as he takes his wedding ring off his finger like he did every morning, putting it in his pocket, a cruel ritual; he feels your wounded gaze.

—Don't look at me like that —he urges me.

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