First Gay Love In College Pt 1

I know you aren’t a girl. I still want to carry you books though, if that’s okay.” A small nod was all that answered him.
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Paul Wheeler was sitting outside of his campus dorm in the grass. He kicked off his sandals and sighed at the feeling of its coolness between his toes. He had taken to doing this almost every night now that the weather had lost the chill of winter. It seemed to calm him before heading to bed. College life was a lot different than he had expected. It was much less…eventful. He supposed he had expected a lot more action, but between rugby practice and classes, he really didn’t have a lot of time or energy for much else. He had received a substantial rugby scholarship, so he wasn’t about to blow his chances with heavy partying, drinking and whoring around.
Most of his other teammates didn’t seem to have the same feelings about that as he did though. He hated seeing the endless streams of girls leaving the rooms on his floor. No one seemed to care that the girls weren’t allowed in the dorm, much less inside the rooms. He shook his head at the risks all these morons were taking with their education. Paul knew he was lucky to be here at all, without his scholarship there would be no other chance for him to get a degree. Besides, he wasn’t interested in girls who gave it away for free. He actually wasn’t interested in girls at all.
He had been “out of the closet” for years. In all honesty, he didn’t feel he had really ever been “in.” As long as he could remember, he had liked guys. He told the rest of the team he was gay during the first practice, after some of...