"That's good that you have other people from your school here, too," Jason says. "I wish I had - " He stops mid sentence when Adam mentions that word. That word so much a part of his life. That word so much a part of his secrets. He visibly tenses, though he tries to hide it in a shrug.

"Oh," he says, trying to act casual even as his thoughts are a whirl of panic and wonder all at once. "I didn't realize you were..."

One small word, and it's still too difficult for Jason to say.