<blockquote>until Rodney wraps up with, “Not like you’d know what to do with one anyway.”
John manages not to react, not to flinch, but the jumper reacts for him, jerks up hard and he has to concentrate for a minute to get the flight smoothed out, and then when he turns to Rodney, Rodney’s staring at him.
“What?” John says.
“I just meant. That you haven’t. As far as I know. Since Chaya.”</blockquote>
➤ includes excellent tenth-grade backstory of each of them figuring out they're into guys.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/51789