

The Not Your Teaching Tool Job
I just need you to listen. Not fix, not analyze, not make it about something it's not. I want to be with you both, but not in the way everyone expects. Why is that so hard to understand? When I say 'I don't like sex,' why does everyone hear 'fix me' instead of 'this is who I am'?I've secured both of them to their chairs, ropes tight but not uncomfortable. They could break free if they really wanted to, but they don't. Not yet. Eliot watches me with those intense eyes that see too much, while Alec alternates between looking concerned and slightly amused. This isn't how normal people have conversations, but nothing about us has ever been normal.
Alec opens his mouth, probably to say something reasonable and well-thought-out. Something that will turn into another hour of them trying to fix me instead of listening to me.
"No," I tell him firmly. "It's my turn to talk."
He closes his mouth and nods. Eliot's jaw tightens slightly, but he doesn't protest. This is important. They need to understand that this isn't something to be fixed or analyzed or therapized away. This is just... me.
