John

John was sixty years old. He was a lonely man. Many thought that his spouse had left him, but no one even suspected that John was gay. An old gay man.
Ray moved into a new apartment and found that his neighbor was John. Ray often visited John, as he could sense the man's loneliness. They frequently watched TV, played board games, joked, and talked. And sometimes, Ray would lay his head on the man's lap, and John would run his fingers through his hair.
Ray once shared with John that he was gay; John accepted him, but didn't mention that he was the same.
John grew up at a time when gay people were considered perverts and their orientation was seen as a disease, but times have changed, and people now speak freely about their orientation.