Tangled Life Of A Gay Teen Pt 1

How weird would it be for him to help raise his dead ex-wife’s child that she had with another man. That’s some prime daytime television shit right there.”
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It was always busy in the mornings at Coffee|Bar but Matt felt more pressure than usual as he busied himself between taking orders and making orders. He’d only worked there for a few months and was feeling bad about requesting the weekend off to go home. The least he could do was prove to Denise that she hadn’t made a mistake hiring him.
Hilary elbowed him after he fumbled and then saved a stack of cups. “Dude, calm down. What’s got you wound so tight? This isn’t like you.”
“I think Denise is irritated that I asked for the weekend off. What if she fires me?” He paused and blew out a deep breath. “Maybe Mom could find someone to babysit.”
“You think Denise really gives a fuck?” she asked. “The deal with having a business that relies on college students to stay afloat is having a million time off requests at any given moment. Weekend requests are the easiest to fill because no one has classes. There’s a dozen people wanting those hours, Matt. You’re fine.”
“I know,” he groaned. “I just don’t want to lose my shifts. I have good shifts, great shifts even.” He had managed to have a great schedule that gave him premium hours, a little time off, and no conflict with his classes. It was a college wet dream.
“You have great shifts because you slay the job. Now finish your damn shift without wrecking the place and go watch your cute-as-a-button late-in-life…I mean, lil brother,” she winked.
Matt rolled his eyes but laughed anyway. The acronym was damn funny because it was true. Where Matt had been the product of high school...