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“It’s over,” said Will, almost flinching as he heard his own voice. “It’s over,” he repeated, and Jordan pulled him into a tight hug.
“I’m so sorry,” he said, rubbing Will’s back. “That bastard.”
“I don’t understand what happened,” he mumbled into the side of Jordan’s bleached buzz cut. “I went to talk. I just wanted to talk…”
“Bastard. The absolute bastard.”
“Jordan. I…I think I…”
“It’s OK. It’s going to be all right.” Jordan’s hand made a soothing circular motion on his back. “You’re better off without him. Good riddance.”
“What?” Will lurched away from Jordan. “What do you mean?”
“I mean, he really upset you,” said Jordan. “It’s probably for the best that it’s over.”
Will had been upset. But he hadn’t intended to go to the set and start a huge argument. He’d wanted to wait for Patrick to cool off so they could talk properly. That had been his plan. Until…
“Why did you make me come here?” he asked. “You always think a big, dramatic confrontation is the right thing to do.” The more he thought about it, the more this felt like typical Jordan, inserting himself into everything. “I can’t believe I let you talk me into this.” He turned to walk away, hearing Jordan’s footsteps following soon after.
“OK, first of all, I didn’t talk you into anything,” said Jordan, catching up to him again, “other than standing up for yourself.”
Will stopped in his tracks and turned to face him. “You don’t understand what’s at stake.”
“Some cishet wet dream’s reputation? Who cares, Will? He’s leaving anyway.”
“Were you trying to sabotage me?”
“What?”
“It makes sense,” said Will. “You’ve always been the little star. Lording it over everyone at the bar. And you love how people recognize you from your videos. I wondered, when I started doing drag, if you might get a little sour at me getting attention.”
“You sound crazy.”
“I didn’t want to think it,” Will continued, taking a step toward Jordan, his rage gathering momentum and his thoughts racing to keep up, “but you’re jealous. Aren’t you.” He brought his face right up to Jordan’s. “That my world suddenly got so much bigger than yours? That I’m the one getting us into parties with movie stars?”
Jordan took a step back. “Parties that you’re not legally allowed to talk about because your boo is a massive closet case. I’m not jealous, Will, I feel sorry for you.”
“It’s none of your business, Jordan! It’s my relationship.”
“Oh, sure, and when you get treated like shit, I’m supposed to just not say anything. That’s not how this works, doll.”
Will paused. “Are you in love with me? Is that it?”
“I was wrong before. Now you sound mental.”
“Then why can’t you stand to see me happy with someone else?”
“You’re not happy, Will! You’ve been fucking miserable, and too dickmatized to see it!”
“How the hell do you know?”
“You’ve been changing, Will. Don’t tell me you don’t know what I’m talking about, because I won’t believe you. You’ve been dimming your shine. Making yourself smaller, quieter. To fit in with him.”
“That’s ridiculous.”
“Is it? I’m not the only one who’s noticed, you know. April has, too. I bet even Margo has. And as for everyone else…”
“What do you mean, everyone else?” Will could hear his voice getting higher and higher, but he couldn’t stop it. “You’ve been talking about me? Who have you been talking to? This is a secret, Jordan.”
